Well, there needs to be a combo of flight and ground ops.
Currently, when one brings in a group of heavies, it kills the ground ops. That is why mixed mode is only so successful.
A gate is a gate, it is full with 120 pass ac or 450 pass ac.
Blended ops bring in heavies and lights, so ground ops isnt hit with a large number of high occupancy aircraft at one time or a large number of smaller occ aircraft at the same time...that is where the real capacity enhancement can be realized.
The airspace is not optimized when you have a group in hold, while another group queues. A light should not be in a hold pattern while 10 heavies approach.
We need to move past the light/medium/heavy/et al, designations and blend the aircraft to optimize the airspace and ground ops, and not use, the 'worst case' as a foundation for aircraft operations.
Last edited by FlightPathOBN; 28th Jun 2012 at 22:15.