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Old Aug 11, 2016 | 5:21 pm
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Originally Posted by Widgets
Umm the technology hasn't really caused an IROP in days. The long recovery is the result of crews being out of place from the original cancellations earlier this week. But if you want to continue your blind crusade, then let me get some popcorn. I love reading people dumbly blame the wrong reasons for delays.
However, I think it's fair to ask whether DL had appropriate contingency plans in place, including rescheduling algorithms to move crew to where they could have the most positive effect on the network system. There should have been advanced planning for how something of this nature would be handled, but instead we get the impression that it's being done in a seat of the pants mode.

One part of the job is to avoid meltdowns but it's equally important to know how to recover optimally when a meltdown does happen.
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