Predictions? 2/25 #6539 COS-ORD's arriving aircraft's flight canceled
Feb 24, 2013, 10:16 pm
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Predictions? 2/25 #6539 COS-ORD's arriving aircraft's flight canceled
Okay, what's likely to happen in this situation....
Tomorrow's #6539 COS-ORD (7:35am departure) is supposed to be on the aircraft that is today's #6369 DEN-COS. But that flight was canceled.
Tomorrow's flight status still shows normal. Is an aircraft likely to be ferried? Substituted? Any good guesses?
Not sure calling at this point will do any good, since tomorrow's flight is still showing on-time.
Thoughts?
Tomorrow's #6539 COS-ORD (7:35am departure) is supposed to be on the aircraft that is today's #6369 DEN-COS. But that flight was canceled.
Tomorrow's flight status still shows normal. Is an aircraft likely to be ferried? Substituted? Any good guesses?
Not sure calling at this point will do any good, since tomorrow's flight is still showing on-time.
Thoughts?
Feb 24, 2013, 10:27 pm
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Could be a couple of things...
1. Yeah, they may cancel the flight. My experiences on them "figuring out" that there's no aircraft to fly it can take several hours or longer.
2. They'll pull an aircraft off of, perhaps COS-DEN, from the morning departures. (Or an IAH flight).
3. The plane is actually there already, and has been for several hours or a day. I see a bunch of COS-DEN flights canceled late Sunday...Maybe more to/from other hubs as well. Inbounds made it in to COS, but never made it out.
4. Sure, ferrying is an option...I've seen it before in inclement weather when they need to catch up at a non-hub station...Even here at lil' ol' MBS before.
1. Yeah, they may cancel the flight. My experiences on them "figuring out" that there's no aircraft to fly it can take several hours or longer.
2. They'll pull an aircraft off of, perhaps COS-DEN, from the morning departures. (Or an IAH flight).
3. The plane is actually there already, and has been for several hours or a day. I see a bunch of COS-DEN flights canceled late Sunday...Maybe more to/from other hubs as well. Inbounds made it in to COS, but never made it out.
4. Sure, ferrying is an option...I've seen it before in inclement weather when they need to catch up at a non-hub station...Even here at lil' ol' MBS before.
Feb 24, 2013, 10:34 pm
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Given that virtually everything else ex-COS is zeroed out tomorrow, I guess we'll just have to see....
Feb 24, 2013, 11:07 pm
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Okay, what's likely to happen in this situation....
Tomorrow's #6539 COS-ORD (7:35am departure) is supposed to be on the aircraft that is today's #6369 DEN-COS. But that flight was canceled.
Tomorrow's flight status still shows normal. Is an aircraft likely to be ferried? Substituted? Any good guesses?
Not sure calling at this point will do any good, since tomorrow's flight is still showing on-time.
Thoughts?
Tomorrow's #6539 COS-ORD (7:35am departure) is supposed to be on the aircraft that is today's #6369 DEN-COS. But that flight was canceled.
Tomorrow's flight status still shows normal. Is an aircraft likely to be ferried? Substituted? Any good guesses?
Not sure calling at this point will do any good, since tomorrow's flight is still showing on-time.
Thoughts?
1) This is the crew's first flight of the day...out of COS....
2) the plane...N743SK....did cancel COS-DEN-COS tonight...BUT...it did sit in COS overnight after arriving from IAH....thus..the plane is in COS right now....
3) Conclusion...smooth sailing from COS to ORD on the 25th....
Have a nice day.....
Feb 24, 2013, 11:18 pm
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I'd guess you're fine.
The plane is sitting in COS; the COS-DEN-COS was probably cancelled due to conditions in DEN (snow/wind = 32/hr AAR = 245 minute average delays) today rather than mechanical issues.
The plane is sitting in COS; the COS-DEN-COS was probably cancelled due to conditions in DEN (snow/wind = 32/hr AAR = 245 minute average delays) today rather than mechanical issues.
Feb 25, 2013, 5:03 am
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I won't guess...I will go right to the source....
1) This is the crew's first flight of the day...out of COS....
2) the plane...N743SK....did cancel COS-DEN-COS tonight...BUT...it did sit in COS overnight after arriving from IAH....thus..the plane is in COS right now....
3) Conclusion...smooth sailing from COS to ORD on the 25th....
1) This is the crew's first flight of the day...out of COS....
2) the plane...N743SK....did cancel COS-DEN-COS tonight...BUT...it did sit in COS overnight after arriving from IAH....thus..the plane is in COS right now....
3) Conclusion...smooth sailing from COS to ORD on the 25th....
I clearly didn't drill deep enough on "Where is this flight coming from?"
Feb 25, 2013, 8:48 am
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Feb 25, 2013, 11:19 am
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COS is a Skywest maintenance hub and many planes overnight there for the early block the next morning. I've seen them pull a spare out of the hangar for substitution.
Cancelling a COS-DEN-COS is becoming much more common these days as is the increase of 145s and Q400s in the schedule.
COS-ORD used to be all CR7 and now all I see are CR2s - no way in heck am I'm doing that. Nor will I consider the COS-IAH E145 either.
For awhile there I was getting excited to see the reduction in CR2s out of COS but I suppose that was just wishful thinking. I guess I'll be driving to DEN a lot more now. *sigh*
Cancelling a COS-DEN-COS is becoming much more common these days as is the increase of 145s and Q400s in the schedule.
COS-ORD used to be all CR7 and now all I see are CR2s - no way in heck am I'm doing that. Nor will I consider the COS-IAH E145 either.
For awhile there I was getting excited to see the reduction in CR2s out of COS but I suppose that was just wishful thinking. I guess I'll be driving to DEN a lot more now. *sigh*
Feb 25, 2013, 11:38 am
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Actually, the COS-IAH 145 isn't all that bad if you can swing 12A. 12B&C are good if you have a companion. More than ample legroom on that exit row (unlike the RJ flavor of exit row). Of course that doesn't solve the IAH aspect of the equation...
Feb 25, 2013, 12:06 pm
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The two COS-ORD flights this morning were CR7sI'd MUCH rather ride in 12A of a 145 than ANY seat on a CRJ200.
The Q400s are awful in terms of reliability. There was once three days running when not a single Q400 flight to/from COS arrived/left on time.
Feb 25, 2013, 12:30 pm
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I agree on the Q400 and refuse to book them. They're simply too unreliable.
Feb 25, 2013, 1:03 pm
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Predictions? 2/25 #6539 COS-ORD's arriving aircraft's flight canceled
Agreed on all counts