Lgw Cxld For Mar 20,21,22

[PSA1979]

Flight 98 is shown as canceled for Mar. 20, 21, 22 and flight 99 is shown canceled for Mar. 21, 22, 23. Anyone got a clue as to why?

I also see PHL-SJU has been down graded to a 320 for today and tomorrow. That's flight 1470 to SJU and flight 98 from SJU. 🙁

 

[luvthe9]

I think were down 2 330's, the one that fell off the jacks while swinging the gear in alabama, and the de-icing boom that fell on the wing a short time ago in PHL

 

[PSA1979]

I think were down 2 330's, the one that fell off the jacks while swinging the gear in alabama, and the de-icing boom that fell on the wing a short time ago in PHL

[post="257231"][/post]​

I knew we were down 2, but they hadn't cxld LGW until now. They put a 76 on MAN for at least a week and did some other down sizing to make do. But we're in the middle of Spring Break, this is Easter week and I thought our Trans Atlantic flights (which are full, full, full) are the big money makers.

Anyway, just curious, and wanted to see if anyone had any clue.

 

[a320av8r]

I knew we were down 2, but they hadn't cxld LGW until now. They put a 76 on MAN for at least a week and did some other down sizing to make do. But we're in the middle of Spring Break, this is Easter week and I thought our Trans Atlantic flights (which are full, full, full) are the big money makers.

Anyway, just curious, and wanted to see if anyone had any clue.

[post="257234"][/post]​

They are, but what'cha gonna do?
Hopefully these aircraft will be back up soon.

 

[tadjr]

Having the planes out of service is hurting all around. We also have a couple 757s out and they were using a 757 to cover for the 767 that is now going to MAN so we're down another one. If you have a 757 with a maint, good luck on getting something to replace it. We've had a 757 canx two days this week. Luckily they had a spare something to send down and back yesterday, but last Thurs they didnt have anything to bring down and we had a 734 that was going to ferry to PHL from a canx the night before. It seems we are just about down to bare bones for the schedule with all the planes out right now.

 

[ringmaruf]

Just a thought on why LGW might be cancelled and not another city--it's probably a bit easier to reaccomodate most of those pax since there are 2 daily PHL-LHR flights on BA, and US can probably reroute some connecting pax through CLT.

 

[PITbull]

I knew we were down 2, but they hadn't cxld LGW until now. They put a 76 on MAN for at least a week and did some other down sizing to make do.  But we're in the middle of Spring Break, this is Easter week and I thought our Trans Atlantic flights (which are full, full, full) are the big money makers.

Anyway, just curious, and wanted to see if anyone had any clue.

[post="257234"][/post]​

They are down two A330s. still.

The co. is trying to find a Charter outfit to fly the LGW, and the crews will be pay protected only if it doesn't cancel.

We need the money, so hopefully, they will find Charter it and not lose the revenue.

 

[700UW]

The one that fell of the jack was back in service.

Then you had the one with the Boom falling on it, why is there another one down?

 

[Whatnow?]

Anyone know when the two A330s will be back online?

 

[Dog Wonder]

The one hit by the deicing boom is out for at least another month.

 

[oldiebutgoody]

Anyone know when the two A330s will be back online?

[post="257281"][/post]​

They're probably training crews at Chautauqua to fly 'em.

 

[MarkMyWords]

To say our resources are tight is an understatement. Between being crew critical and mtc requirements, they are squeezing everything they can to maintain the flight schedule.

A/C 673 is in for it's S-check
A/C 677 is out due to the aircraft damage
A/C 651 is going in for a C-check today
A/C 652 is due out of it's C-check, but not until the 30th.

These heavy checks need to be accomplished before the May schedule because of the heavy airplanes allocated to the European flying. It is a very tight schedule and with 677 out, we will be cutting it very close.

The system is really showing signs of stressing with the high load factors, mtc requirements, crew shortages, station staffing, etc.

 

[E-TRONS]

This is a surprise?? This is how the planning normally operated. Marketing scheduled the aircraft to the max without any regard for unforseen circumstances that always surfaced during maintenance. And the execs over maintenance went along with it. The only difference now is the lower reliability that will be realized with the aircraft being worked by MAE <_< .

Management reaps what it does sow........they are trying to grow a lawn with a bag of weed seeds :down:

BRILLIANT!!

 

[NYPD]

In regards to our shortage of aircraft to fly the scheduled routes, one can only hope it does not get worse, but it most likely will.

On March 28th, the sh*t will hit the fan. That is the day that all of the utility leave and the day that all of the voluntary separation mechanics (hundreds of them) will leave. In addition, there will be mass movement of all maintenance personnel to their new positions (shop closings) and new shifts.

There is no doubt that the work force that keeps our fleet in the air will be stretched to the limit. Mechanics who have not worked on an airplane since the YS-11 days will be thrown on S-checks and Q-checks of our Airbus and 737 aircraft. They will not be happy employees, and the experienced 18-year mechanics that will be bumped to 3rd shift will not be happy either.

Combine all that with the dismal state of our parts availability, and you've got a recipe for disaster. There will probably be many airplanes on the ground in short order.

Truly pathetic!

 

[delldude]

To say our resources are tight is an understatement. Between being crew critical and mtc requirements, they are squeezing everything they can to maintain the flight schedule.

and running in this mode (just like the philadelphia experiment)will show the flying public and the world how a small glitch in scheduling/maintenance can mushroom into a major debacle.
why do we run this way?? :down: