IFLYASA
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The problem with this is we are not always flying to a maintenance base. Like all the MCO flights, back and forth to SAT/TUL. 300 knots to SAT would take about 3 hours.with headwinds. Also the CVG flights as well. It can take hours to get maintence their to work on the aircraft. If this were just back and forth to ATL it would be different. I have seen some aircraft with 2 pages of write-ups waiting to go to a maintenance base, about 2-3 days of flying. Imagine being limited to 300 knots for 8-10 flights. That adds up.DetoXJ said:Just defer the APU over the radio. Probably quicker and less hassle than crawling into the APU hell hole. Being limited to 300 knots for one flight to get to a hub isn't a big deal as far as the company is concerned. A 300 Knot limit at most might add a couple minutes to the flight plan time and as far as fuel burn goes, it will probablly save the company some $$ in gas since going "balls to the walls" isn't the most economical way to fly.
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