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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 10:57 am
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Originally Posted by MatthewLAX
It will be interesting to see if any U.S. airlines follow.
Nothing new.

A couple of years ago, I was on a UA flight from SFO to ORD. As we reach cruising altitude, the captain comes on the PA and says something to the effect of:

"Welcome aboard... we'll be flying over this and that... we've got a good tailwind, so normally we'd arrive ahead of schedule, but the beancounters have asked us to fly a little slower to save some gas..."

The funny thing was listening to channel 9. ATC kept asking the crew to increase speed. The pilots would bump the throttles forward for a few minutes until the restriction was lifted, then slow right back down again. This went on all the way to Chicago.
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