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Old May 28, 2002 | 7:30 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by UAPremierExec:
It's called "padding" :-)</font>

Wouldn't it be best for all involved if they just scheduled more down-time for aircraft instead? It's about the same thing to allow a little 'padding' in the anticipated turn-around time as it is to actually have 'padding' on the flight. I figured the schedule was 'padded' as it is--when ACA is on-time (rarely), the flights tend to arrive either destination 10-15 minutes ahead of schedule anyway. Why inconvenience the passengers even further?
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