Amtran to the boneyard today - QUESTION

[satpak77]

This flight departed DFW and stopped in San Angelo / KSJT for whatever reason. They then went on to Pinal Airpark / Marana, Arizona.

Being a DC-10, it clearly could have made Pinal direct from DFW.

Why the stop in SJT?

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AMT7432

 

[flyinboxes]

There is a good nudie bar there.

 

[Whataburger]

Why the stop in SJT?

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AMT7432

Stopped in for a Whataburger.
And allegedly the General was onboard as the heavy jet consultant. They stopped in to check out SanAngelo State University since it is an arm of TexasTech Univ. His curiousity about West Texas is taking him closer and closer to you know where.

 

[grog_sit_reserv]

Don't know why they stopped, but it's sad to see ATA and Aloha gone forever.

Saw 4 of their 757's parked in PHX and 2 in LAS this week, just sad thinking they're done and all those people who lost their jobs thanks to this brutal industry.

They were good outfits and a harbinger of bad times ahead for all of us in the industry.

Tailwinds West, ATA and Aloha.

 

[Hickboy727]

For 3 scabs to get lunch. Good question though... their names will be published. Hope the burger was good!

 

[Kharma Police]

For 3 scabs to get lunch. Good question though... their names will be published. Hope the burger was good!

Retard...

 

[Esprit]

Retard...

Oh man, what a put-down! Did it take you all day to come up with that one?

ESPRIT

 

[learflyer]

probably didn't even stop. flightaware can be unreliable sometimes. Sometimes i'll track an airplane, and it'll depart an airport that it never showed landing at.

 

[satpak77]

Update

Just found out that ATA gave the crew 200K cash to pay for fuel, told them "get it to Pinal" and we don't care how you get it there.

Crew picked cheapest Jet-A enroute and anything left over went to them, with agreement of ATA, since they were jobless anyway.

Kind of a severance package....

 

[StopNTSing]

Interesting. Begs the question: So, how much reserve fuel would you plan for if it was (literally) coming out of your own pocket?

 

[Going2Baja]

What's the data for two engine op's? Maybe get a ferry permit from the local FSDO and shut the center one down - Satpak77, please post if you ever hear how much $$ they had left.

Baja.

 

[landlover]

Interesting. Begs the question: So, how much reserve fuel would you plan for if it was (literally) coming out of your own pocket?

i'd be landing with the low fuel light illuminated.

 

[bladeusa]

low fuel light nothing...
id be gliding it in .. never said you had to taxi it to the. just clear of the runway at the airport.

 

[~~~^~~~]

That's silly. Take the 200K, go home. Invest the 200K in an offshore trust account. When the lawyers show up say that your Boss told you it was your severance package and that your Boss is supposed to get 500K.

Your Boss has lost his job, what do you think he's going to say when they subpoena him? What is a jury of the peers (in my case, City of Atlanta folks with nothing better to do thant jury duty for $30 a day - think folks who could not cut it at the Wendys at Concourse C) going to decide?

Don't forget to pay taxes on the 200K. Move to an island while the case is on appeal.... get a job as a bartender making twice what airlines pay widebody Captains these days.... rinse, wash, repeat.

Checklist complete

Option2: Sell a commodities contract for a quarter million pounds of aluminum. Tell the buyer to come get his airplane.

 

[Jimmy C. Corn]

Just found out that ATA gave the crew 200K cash to pay for fuel, told them "get it to Pinal" and we don't care how you get it there.

Crew picked cheapest Jet-A enroute and anything left over went to them, with agreement of ATA, since they were jobless anyway.

Kind of a severance package....

shoot, you can get a lot of nose candy for that kind of cash. I'd start snorting, and bail out as soon as they flamed out.