Originally Posted by RobertS975
There is no crew base in BOS any longer, so here is my speculation... a JFK based crew flies up to BOS from LGA on the Shuttle to meet the flight and relieve the original crew. The plane pulls up short in BGR instead of BOS, and DL dispatch orders the relief crew to BGR via a DL shuttle 737. No DL connection flights are scheduled BOS-BGR between 9AM and 3:18 PM.
Purely speculation.
IF that's anywhere close to being the case.....there are undoubtedly a number of charter/air taxi operations at BOS. And I bet ALL of them would be cheaper than flying a 737 up to BGR.
IF so, someone decided to spend a lot more of DL's dwindling cash than was necessary. Another example of prudent fiscal management???
I'm willing to get a different explanation.