Re: [Sky-1] Re: NW Question

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That too!!!  Then again...I've been guilty of not calling in times
myself..either departure or arrival.

Walter
DCA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Wilhoft" <dcjrwil@yahoo.com>
To: "The Airline List" <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>; "W Wilson"
<wlw-jr@att.net>
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 08:53
Subject: Re: [Sky-1] Re: NW Question


> I agree with you Walter when I was working as an agent
> for Worldwide FS/AirTran we would always get calls
> from SOC(Systems Operations Center/Dispatch) asking
> why the tims were not in the system yet...Dan
> PS-Sometime it was because they cre had not called in
> the times or if it was the last flight the cockpit
> crew forgot to give the tims to us to enter...Dan
> --- W Wilson <wlw-jr@att.net> wrote:
> > ..also..what NW needs to know is that bad wx was in
> > the area...subsequent
> > ATC delays resulted and these factors were written
> > on the daily report.
> > With all this in mind, it's documented that it was
> > beyond control of the
> > certificate holder..thus the delay/(diversion) will
> > not count against them.
> >
> > ...and yes...the ETA at DAY is messed up and appears
> > it was never updated
> > with the arrival.  Previous experience
> > "(speculation)" is that, DAY ground
> > folk wanted to unload the aircraft, get the pax out
> > and go home.  (that was
> > the last flight of the evening and it was two hours
> > late)...and they never
> > entered the arrival time...happens often when late
> > night (last) arrivals are
> > late and all they want to do is go home.
> > (Personal note:  I have had to call a crew at the
> > hotel to make sure they
> > were there, because I never got an arrival block
> > time).
> >
> > Walter
> > DCA
> >
> >

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