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Old 28th May 2017, 14:13
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BluSdUp
 
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Two doors for quick turn-around?

Not a good idea at all i suppose , for cost and structural reasons.

We can in the SLF ops do a much quicker turn with front and rear offloading and boarding onto apron. And lift-on wheelchairs front and back AND 20 minutes of fueling .
With airbridge, no way.
Is turnaround time as important with freight ops? It looks to me that a lot of large freighters are sitting idle.
We have from 06:00 until 24:00 to do our business, mostly.

Anyway , I am sure the loaders would find new way of tipping the Canoe!

One in front side, one behind wing, two loaders, incoming rear offload. New stuff, stuff it in front. Sounds simple, cant be.

I shall stick with SLF.
Happy Loading ( And Takeoff, Landing is the easy and fun part)
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