Because WS' turnaround time is 35 mins.
The majority of our turns are 30 min, FYI.
It's actually kinda funny to watch a WS rookie try to de-ice a plane all by himself.
That would be funny. I mean, how does one drive a truck and sit in a bucket at the same time?
Most widebodies were meant to be deplaned/boarded with the 2 doors prior to the wing. AFAIK AMS is the only airport that has overwing bridges for heavies.
I found this article a load of BS:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060112/cgth021.html?.v=40
Ted will become the first airline to operate the fully automated, Over-The-Wing (OTW), Dual-End Jet Bridge -- an industry-leading loading bridge that enables passengers to board and deplane simultaneously from the front and rear doors on most narrow-body aircraft. This system will cut deplaning time in half and improve the customer experience.
If I understand that article correctly this is the "next generation" of the OTW bridge. The article says that both the front
and back bridges are driven automatically whereas the one's we operate are driven manually in the front and automatically in the back. Interesting to hear Ted is using the OTW bridges because they were in YVR a year ago looking and the one's there. I guess they liked what they saw.