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Old Jan 29, 2017 | 1:17 pm
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Originally Posted by ptownca
Flight dispatching software optimizes the flight plan for fuel burn. There are a few variables like winds, weight, ATC traffic which come into play.
this ... about 12 years ago I was on a very lightly loaded AA 757 that went up to 41000 ft STL-ORD
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