FDX question

[Quimby]

What's a "sweep" flight? We heard one of your flights use that callsign tonight.

 

[Huck]

Empty planes that launch from a far out station and follow the "wave" of inbounds as they launch from other cities. That way, if an aircraft has a mechanical, they can swoop in and get the cargo. Sounds expensive but the sort has a very short time window at the hub, and if a load of freight misses it we lose all the revenue....

 

[Quimby]

Ahh.........thanks.

 

[BVT94]

ahhh!