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Old May 26, 2012, 8:12 pm
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Originally Posted by Hachiko
Its a communication problem, it seems, between XJT and UniCal. My internal website will show a delay, but the boards won't show it. Somewhere between dispatch and whatever updates delays, the ball gets dropped.

That being said, an estimated time of departure is a number pulled out of thin air until the inbound aircraft is airborne.
The disconnect between XJT and UaCo really needs to get addressed. It makes flying XJT very uncertain.

For whatever reason, when I fly DL's RJ I never have these problems, the notifications and communication are excellent.
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