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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 3:52 pm
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drat19
 
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I run into it at least 20% of the time on NWA in both MSP and MEM. Depends on the gate configuration, type of plane (it's almost always on a DC9) and/or availability of staff/tug to perform the push/pull.
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