UA Now Scheduling SNA Arrivals Past 11PM
Aug 10, 2012, 2:04 pm
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UA Now Scheduling SNA Arrivals Past 11PM
There are flights in the fall schedule that arrive a few minutes past 11PM. With a jet curfew 11p-7a, is UA expecting to land early every single night?
Aug 10, 2012, 2:16 pm
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I think they're expecting to land late every night! So why not show a later scheduled arrival if they have to pay the fines anyway?
Aug 10, 2012, 8:22 pm
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They will have to either be quite lucky with departures, traffic, and winds or be prepared to charter quite a few busses LAX-SNA.
Perhaps, we will see another scheduled change before the schedule you reference is actually put into effect.
Perhaps, we will see another scheduled change before the schedule you reference is actually put into effect.
Aug 10, 2012, 9:12 pm
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Not fines. Diversions to LAX, and bus rides down, with passengers unable to get cars and such. Nasty unpleasant. I don't know why they would do this, unless there was a change in the agreement on hours of landings (takeoffs only permitted until 10pm, landings until 11pm).
Aug 10, 2012, 9:33 pm
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Not fines. Diversions to LAX, and bus rides down, with passengers unable to get cars and such. Nasty unpleasant. I don't know why they would do this, unless there was a change in the agreement on hours of landings (takeoffs only permitted until 10pm, landings until 11pm).
Aug 10, 2012, 11:57 pm
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I always wonder about these rules. I personally think they are bull.
Even if UA pays $10K because they land at midnight where does that money go? I'm sure it's not going back to the homeowners and residents near the airport who are inconvenienced by the late arriving aircraft. It sure as heck has nothing to do with maintaining personnel levels in the tower at KSNA.
-RM
Even if UA pays $10K because they land at midnight where does that money go? I'm sure it's not going back to the homeowners and residents near the airport who are inconvenienced by the late arriving aircraft. It sure as heck has nothing to do with maintaining personnel levels in the tower at KSNA.
-RM