Flight canceled mid-air, heads back to Charlotte
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Probably a combination of hotels, places for overnight aircraft checks, crew not needing hotels and the fact that the morning flight was likely going to be canceled anyway because the crew flying in would not have been legal in the morning to continue to CHS.
I would imagine another crew was going to be taking this plane out early in the morning. However, another reason being is that by going back to CLT the airplane is in place in the morning to continue its line of flying for the day. Also like hp_fa said, hotels for pax and crews plus at that time of night the station would have just enough people there to get the plane unloaded and close the station for the night, while CLT would have more people available to help the paxs.
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for some reason, given the fact that this was operated by Republic, it does not surprise me after all they do have a bunch of idiots running that outfit who cant even put the correct fuel load in for a flight. over the last 2 or more weeks, yes even on clear sunny days, weve had numerous diversions all republic strictly due to the fact they did not have enough fuel to make it to their destination plus alternate so with this incident is it even feasible to have them as our express partner
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for some reason, given the fact that this was operated by Republic, it does not surprise me after all they do have a bunch of idiots running that outfit who cant even put the correct fuel load in for a flight. over the last 2 or more weeks, yes even on clear sunny days, weve had numerous diversions all republic strictly due to the fact they did not have enough fuel to make it to their destination plus alternate so with this incident is it even feasible to have them as our express partner it just seems they are run much like our mgmt team no direction what so ever
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Part of the problem is with the dissemination of NOTAMS themselves.
A typical mainline dispatch release will in clude the actual release portion with the required fuel, alternates if required, and MEL information. Then comes F4 Messages, Severe Weather (SIGMETS), METARS/TAFS, and NOTAMS.
In some cases, NOTAMS require decoding and interpretation. This has been a factor in several accidents and incidents over the years. They should be in plain language and "big ticket" NOTAMS should be highlighted in some way.
Dispatching a FAR121 flight is a collaboration between the Captain and the Dispatcher. However, the Captain is charged by law as the sole and final authority for the operation of a flight. Perhaps crew duty/fatigue is an issue in this case.
An incident or an accident could have resulted but fortunately did not.
A typical mainline dispatch release will in clude the actual release portion with the required fuel, alternates if required, and MEL information. Then comes F4 Messages, Severe Weather (SIGMETS), METARS/TAFS, and NOTAMS.
In some cases, NOTAMS require decoding and interpretation. This has been a factor in several accidents and incidents over the years. They should be in plain language and "big ticket" NOTAMS should be highlighted in some way.
Dispatching a FAR121 flight is a collaboration between the Captain and the Dispatcher. However, the Captain is charged by law as the sole and final authority for the operation of a flight. Perhaps crew duty/fatigue is an issue in this case.
An incident or an accident could have resulted but fortunately did not.
