Well, we NEVER had to wait for our numbers. No matter what. But Dispatch was shooting the info through pretty quickly last week. Coming from having done all the grunt work pre-pushback, I'm not totally keen yet on the FO jamming numbers in from the heads-down position during taxi. Besides that, I used DECS at Eagle and have been missing it for years. I like having the airport info, like jet-bridge codes, and the aircraft subsequent flight info handy. I think it was the best of the two systems. Imagine that, I had to switch to the other side's way of doing things and I'm not kicking or screaming or crying or anything.
How much other DECS access do you guys have? At Eagle we could pull all that up from any computer with internet access. In addition we could also view MX history, previous write-ups, inbound crew, WX, and damn near anything the hides in sabre. It was great to do before leaving the hotel so you could see what you were in for, or save the trip to the airport if the plane was late or totally broken. Can you guys do that?