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Old Apr 22, 2017 | 10:15 pm
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sltlyamusd
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They divert to OAK to avoid 3+ hour atc delays at SFO. They figure it is better to operate out of Oakland on time (or close) than to delay pax for 3 hours at sfo, which then causes missed connections and downstream delays
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