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Old Feb 20, 2019 | 12:56 pm
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Originally Posted by Symmetre
I should clarify ... AC's OTP has been particularly brutal for a couple of years now.
There have always been some issues, but I agree it has gotten worse.

And again, I believe it is firmly tied to AC's (probably Ben Smith's when he was running things) desire to get a higher-than-average utilization (hours/day) from the aircraft to increase profits.... The example I had the other day has the schedule allowing 1 hr 25 min to turn a full 298 pax plane and it is just not enough time.....Invariably it runs late.
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