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Aug 1, 2025 | 12:11 pm
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I've flown it in the 737 a number of times so sometimes it does.
I see how that was easy to confuse. RJ's, of course, take a bigger hit when airport capacity is limited due to their relatively smaller seating capacity. MKE reliability has an even bigger issue, though, because it is well inside the beginning of the FYTTE arrival and is more difficult to fit flights into the flow because, at that point, the flights, from farther away, have already been established with the appropriate in-trail spacing. That affects MKE-ORD departures regardless of the size of the airplane.
I see how that was easy to confuse. RJ's, of course, take a bigger hit when airport capacity is limited due to their relatively smaller seating capacity. MKE reliability has an even bigger issue, though, because it is well inside the beginning of the FYTTE arrival and is more difficult to fit flights into the flow because, at that point, the flights, from farther away, have already been established with the appropriate in-trail spacing. That affects MKE-ORD departures regardless of the size of the airplane.
Aug 1, 2025 | 1:09 pm
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Aug 2, 2025 | 4:24 am
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Not easily but they tend to be Markets where the express operator either sees more potential than mainline does not has other business reasons to operate them (such as a maintenance base). Timing may not be as tightly coordinated with mainline banks.
IIRC the last time I read a UAX operator contract (which was a while ago so things may have changed) for at risk flying the airline also has to pay for fuel which is covered/provided by the UA for "fee for departure" (non at-risk) flights
IIRC the last time I read a UAX operator contract (which was a while ago so things may have changed) for at risk flying the airline also has to pay for fuel which is covered/provided by the UA for "fee for departure" (non at-risk) flights
Aug 2, 2025 | 6:09 am
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With the exception of the flights that SkyWest operates at risk, I suspect that UA has complete control over which flights go out and which don't for the Express carriers as well -- otherwise, you wouldn't see the Express cancellation rates that you do. If Republic is making the decisions, they're not going to cancel their flight just so that UA can land one more larger plane.
With the exception of the flights that SkyWest operates at risk, I suspect that UA has complete control over which flights go out and which don't for the Express carriers as well -- otherwise, you wouldn't see the Express cancellation rates that you do. If Republic is making the decisions, they're not going to cancel their flight just so that UA can land one more larger plane.
The software they showed off was pretty cool. I can only imagine how sophisticated their tools are now.