Back to the topic at hand. First a little flifo from tonight.
Flight # 310
Depart Charlotte, NC
Date 7/21/2007
Gate B3
Scheduled 4:15 PM
Actual 4:19 PM
Status Diverted To JAX
Flight Status
Diverted To Jacksonville -
Jacksonville International Airport (JAX)
Date 7/21/2007
Actual 7:20 PM Departed
Arrive Tampa, FL
Date 7/21/2007
Gate F85
Scheduled 5:58 PM
Actual 8:13 PM
Status Arrived
Third time in three weeks. The flight wasnt even scheduled into TPA until 601pm tonight and at 630pm it was already on the ground in JAX. Does West dispatch not believe in any extra fuel for hold time? The same plane just flew from LAS-CLT (over 4 hours) and 30 mins past its skd 1 hour 30 min flight its already on the ground at the alternate. I know you dont want to fly around with loads of extra fuel, but 3 times in 3 weeks would normally indicate something isnt quite right. No other flights diverted again. Can someone in dispatch explain the reason this particular flight keeps getting zapped? Its summer. Its Florida, please put some more fuel on so it can make it with a little circle time and not have to divert each week. Its getting REAL old, quick. (At least next month this CLT-TPA-CLT is back to East metal!)