Here is the flifo entry online for flt 228 today.
This flight is estimated to depart from Tampa, FL at 4:45pmDue to weather conditions moving through the Tampa, FL area some flight departures from Tampa, FL have been delayed.
This is our PHL flight with all of our 8pm and later international passengers. Summertime in Florida = thunderstorms. Our manager said he has talked with scheduling about moving this flight to an earlier time since 430pm is prime thunderstorm time with an East wind and he didnt seem to think they were interested. We have also mentioned in the past about restricting international connections on this flight, but marketing nixed that idea as noncompetitive. Well, if someone would look at the track record of this flight since the summer started (approx June 1) until now, they would see that this flight is continually delayed either due to local weather at this time of the day, or ATC kicking in at PHL (usually about 4pm) and the loss of international passengers and associated revenue for the entire summer season must be tremendous. Some days we have 25-40 pax or more making international connections. The agents and management have identified this flight as a critical flight in the daily operations and yet no one seems interested in taking action to either correct the timing of the flight or change the connections to protect the associated loss of passengers, revenue and the added loss of good customer relations when they cant get home for another day since there are very limited international flights. (Before anyone speaks about the bad PR, yes it is noticed on a daily basis and those at the counter can attest to that. Ever been cussed at in German?) I understand that there are constraints in making the schedule with connections and marketing, but when a problem is identified with various solutions offered, I thought management at CCY and those in the know would ATTEMPT to PROTECT REVENUE and CORRECT THE PROBLEM. This unfortunately is not a new problem. This particular flight has been a problem for 3 or 4 years now and each summer it is allowed to continue as if nothing is wrong. Can someone give us some answers?
This flight is estimated to depart from Tampa, FL at 4:45pmDue to weather conditions moving through the Tampa, FL area some flight departures from Tampa, FL have been delayed.
This is our PHL flight with all of our 8pm and later international passengers. Summertime in Florida = thunderstorms. Our manager said he has talked with scheduling about moving this flight to an earlier time since 430pm is prime thunderstorm time with an East wind and he didnt seem to think they were interested. We have also mentioned in the past about restricting international connections on this flight, but marketing nixed that idea as noncompetitive. Well, if someone would look at the track record of this flight since the summer started (approx June 1) until now, they would see that this flight is continually delayed either due to local weather at this time of the day, or ATC kicking in at PHL (usually about 4pm) and the loss of international passengers and associated revenue for the entire summer season must be tremendous. Some days we have 25-40 pax or more making international connections. The agents and management have identified this flight as a critical flight in the daily operations and yet no one seems interested in taking action to either correct the timing of the flight or change the connections to protect the associated loss of passengers, revenue and the added loss of good customer relations when they cant get home for another day since there are very limited international flights. (Before anyone speaks about the bad PR, yes it is noticed on a daily basis and those at the counter can attest to that. Ever been cussed at in German?) I understand that there are constraints in making the schedule with connections and marketing, but when a problem is identified with various solutions offered, I thought management at CCY and those in the know would ATTEMPT to PROTECT REVENUE and CORRECT THE PROBLEM. This unfortunately is not a new problem. This particular flight has been a problem for 3 or 4 years now and each summer it is allowed to continue as if nothing is wrong. Can someone give us some answers?