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Old May 26, 2007, 1:20 am
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Originally Posted by Beckles
You would think NW could find a crew leaving after 1:00 PM to take the 12:55 PM flight and put the 12:55 PM flight on the later flight ... we are talking about MSP here, not some outlying station, but I know such things are never as easy as it seems like they should be.
Right, scheduling issues can cause a variety of ripples. Also, your crew might not be MSP based; they might be DTW/MEM based, so they need to get back to their home hubs.
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