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Old Apr 17, 2010, 10:15 pm
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wb9tio
 
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Originally Posted by NoStressHere
Come on, we know flight schedules and publications have a great deal of fluff built into them. One airline wants to look like a shorter flight. The other want to look more like they are ontime.

Just airline b.s.
Absolutely true, at my home airport SAN several airline schedules have takeoffs "scheduled" between 0600-0630. Nothing actually takes off till 0630 because of noise abatement rules. There are still landings after 2300 mostly cargo.
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