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Old Aug 13, 2016 | 11:48 am
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Originally Posted by beachfan
Is it the banking changes (I think that was the term) they made last year or just not enough time between flights?

One thing I notice besides chronic lack of gates - mechanical things getting discovered shortly before takeoff on planes that had been there for a couple of hours or more.
Originally Posted by no1cub17
This has to be part of it - big time. I cannot fathom which bean counter thought it was a good idea convert ORD ops to 35 minute connections. Would love to know the thought process behind that (actually no I wouldn't - it would be too mind bogglingly stupid to waste brain cells on!). On the bright side, booking it from L10 to G16 in 5 minutes is one hell of a workout!
Both posts make perfect sense to me/my understanding, I'm just trying to keep from in any way commingling the info that I have and my own opinion, since it's a big development and I don't really have as great an understanding as many here on what it all means. So, just putting out as fact what I know to be fact.

But, certainly as a personal opinion, these opinions sound pretty spot-on.
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