Clocks Change and BA's Schedule
Oct 27, 2019, 2:32 pm
#16
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From bitter experience, the BA2931 is 06:40 in the summer and 06:10 in the winter. That makes the difference between leaving the house at 04:00 and a leisurely drive to EDI, versus leaving at 03:45 and belting it down the M90 and usually also scraping ice off the car. The winter timetable is not something I relish.
Oct 27, 2019, 2:33 pm
#17
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Few years ago I flew back from the US during the week where the time difference was 4 not 5 hours and the flight was still scheduled to arrive at LHR at its usual time and they adjusted the departure time at the origin airport to cover it.
But I guess it’s not always possible to do that.
And yes as these dates are known about a long time in advance (unless you’re I think Morocco and you change your mind at the last minute) the airlines adjust their schedules for it.
But I guess it’s not always possible to do that.
And yes as these dates are known about a long time in advance (unless you’re I think Morocco and you change your mind at the last minute) the airlines adjust their schedules for it.
Oct 27, 2019, 2:48 pm
#18
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Incidentally, if, as promised, we stop changing time for the winter, I do wonder if the winter and summer season will keep happening on the same dates or change somehow. US airlines have long had more "seasons" of flights for instance, and I have often wondered if the 7 months - 5 months model is ideal for airlines.
I don't know where the dates for the IATA scheduling seasons came from. But ISTR that in the dim and distant past there may have been more global consensus on the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October being the dates for starting/ending DST, so that is a possibility.
Nevertheless, as countries have increasingly diverged from what (IIRC) was more common in the past, IATA has stuck to the same pattern. It would make some sense for IATA to move to the dates of any new global consensus on DST dates, but I see that as less likely now than ever. However, if the whole of Europe abandons DST altogether, I agree that it could cause this to be re-thought. I imagine, though, that we'd be looking at change in the medium term rather than the short term.
Oct 28, 2019, 5:07 am
#19
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Europe is last Sunday in October and last Sunday in March, whereas the US are first Sunday in November and 2nd Sunday in March, so there's a one week gap going back to winter time, and 2, sometimes 3, week difference in the spring.