US Airways fares poorly in on-time ranking
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US Airways had the second-worst on-time performance in June, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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I wonder if PHL had anything to do with the overall LACK of performance on on time? You "spit" on the runway overthere, and its backed up for eons.
Management,
STop playing "art of war" games with Allegheny County.
Solution: BRING OUR FRIGGEN FLIGHTS BACK THROUGH PIT. And use the damn Hub already.
Management,
STop playing "art of war" games with Allegheny County.
Solution: BRING OUR FRIGGEN FLIGHTS BACK THROUGH PIT. And use the damn Hub already.
I know we must be taking maintenance delays in PIT. There is nobody on the line to work. Heavy maintenance keeps going to work on Line a/c since they don't have enough mechanics to run the gates. But they keep on and on taking maintenance delays.
I don't believe anyone cares.
I don't believe anyone cares.
My bet is on the weather, for lousy arrival times, crew shortages and losses this quarter. Why not have it all wrapped into one neat little excuse?
***** Note to management. Learn from this years (and lasts, and the year before) and plan for the weather. In the summer it storms and in the winter it snows.....How many times can "unexpected severe weather" continue and be unexpected?
***** Note to management. Learn from this years (and lasts, and the year before) and plan for the weather. In the summer it storms and in the winter it snows.....How many times can "unexpected severe weather" continue and be unexpected?
As a frequent passenger, I have no idea what is going on but it's been horrible as of late. It's gotten to the point where I have no confidence I'll either get out of my originating airport or make my connection or that the connection will depart.
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With cities like CLT, PHL, DCA, LGA and PIT all reporting rain fall totals for the summer (so far) in excess of 150-190% of normal, there should be little wonder why our OTP stats have fallen into the toilet. With that rain comes low ceilings, reduced visibility and most likely thunderstorms. Any of these events in cities like LGA and PHL have a crippling effect on the ATC system and that lead to extensive delays.
The one area that I will say that we are lacking is our ability to recover late flights through the hubs. The vast majority of the out stations are able to turn aircraft around below minimum turn times, but our hub stations are really falling behind the eight ball, especially PHL. PHL should be able to turn an A319 in 30-35 minutes, but on nights with ATC delays they will take up to an hour to 75 minutes! We have to motivate and challenge our employees to regain as much time as possible (without compromising safety) and add additional staffing when we know there is going to be a bad weather event.
The one area that I will say that we are lacking is our ability to recover late flights through the hubs. The vast majority of the out stations are able to turn aircraft around below minimum turn times, but our hub stations are really falling behind the eight ball, especially PHL. PHL should be able to turn an A319 in 30-35 minutes, but on nights with ATC delays they will take up to an hour to 75 minutes! We have to motivate and challenge our employees to regain as much time as possible (without compromising safety) and add additional staffing when we know there is going to be a bad weather event.
Mark, in CLT when three rampers are unloading a flight and loading it back up it is not gonna happen in 30 minutes. It takes 10 minutes to deplane, 15 minutes to clean an A319 and at least another 20 minutes to board. Plus when you have bags coming from 40 mainline flights and 40 express flights it is not gonna work.
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On 8/8/2003 2:48:46 PM MarkMyWords wrote:
PHL should be able to turn an A319 in 30-35 minutes, but on nights with ATC delays they will take up to an hour to 75 minutes! We have to motivate and challenge our employees to regain as much time as possible (without compromising safety) and add additional staffing when we know there is going to be a bad weather event.
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On 8/8/2003 2:48:46 PM MarkMyWords wrote:
PHL should be able to turn an A319 in 30-35 minutes, but on nights with ATC delays they will take up to an hour to 75 minutes! We have to motivate and challenge our employees to regain as much time as possible (without compromising safety) and add additional staffing when we know there is going to be a bad weather event.
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10,000 lbs. turn in 35 min. with 3 people? Not going to happen....let alone make any gain.
PHL can't even cover all the OT (when they try to) on bad weather days. 136 agents on OJI....everyone is beat...why would they do a double shift in the rain?
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Look Mr Negativity.....with your Can't do attitude, you set yourself up to fail. You refuse to even try. Your attitude is like those in PHL that make excuses for not being able to do something. When CLT is challenged they give it their all and can actually do it!
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Appearantly we deal with totally different people. I deal with CLT, PHL and PIT on a regular basis and when challenged CLT rises to the occasion nearly everytime. I think the key is to challenge people, set expectations. With out a goal in mind there is nothing to aspire to. So many people with your attitude fail to even try.
Mark you dont know me or anything about me, you can ask my leads, foreman or manager while I am at work I give my 110% effort. I am just telling you a hub is a differant operation then a out station. The hub work is differant, and you have more people to work with when the operation goes to crap.
