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Air NZ crew heads home alone after LA suicide
The decision was made to fly the Boeing 747-400 back to Auckland with only the 13 crew and in-flight service director on board. An airline spokesman said the cost of flying the aircraft home without passengers would have been "up to $50,000". Somebody's arithmetic is more than a bit suspect... Two ways of looking at this, but for starters, it is a 6500 mile mission, so about 12 hours, and about 240,000 pouns of Jet A, or about 37,000 gallons, at current rates that is about 33,000USD just for the fuel. That says nothing about landing fees, maintenance, or anything else. The other way is to look at NZ's ASM cost. It is about 11 US cents, and that puts the price at about 280,000USD. Either way, NO WAY IT CAN BE DONE FOR ONLY $50,000 Mr Sims said the passengers due to fly on NZ3 would have experienced delays of up to four hours. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydispl...ection=general |
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Air NZ crew heads home alone after LA suicide
matt weber wrote:
NO WAY IT CAN BE DONE FOR ONLY $50,000 I bet the hold was filled with cargo. That revenue would offset some, if not all, of the cost. |
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Mr Sims said the passengers due to fly on NZ3 would have experienced delays of up to four hours. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydispl...tion=news&t h esubsection=general Assuming AKL was their final destination. For those making connections it could be heavens-knows-what |
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Air NZ crew heads home alone after LA suicide
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 02:36:16 GMT, Raffi Balmanoukian
a wrote: in article , James Robinson at wrote on 2/29/04 10:34 PM: matt weber wrote: NO WAY IT CAN BE DONE FOR ONLY $50,000 I bet the hold was filled with cargo. That revenue would offset some, if not all, of the cost. not on that little notice. The crew were on their way to LAX. Long before the crew board, the aircraft bellys are being loaded. There are cut-off times for cargo to be accepted at a 'gateway' which LAX is. This would have enabled cargo to have it manifested and ready to be loaded even before the aircraft had arrived. Don't forget, the majority of it is containerised. Roll it on, roll it off. Cath |
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Air NZ crew heads home alone after LA suicide
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 02:36:16 GMT, Raffi Balmanoukian
a wrote: in article , James Robinson at wrote on 2/29/04 10:34 PM: matt weber wrote: NO WAY IT CAN BE DONE FOR ONLY $50,000 I bet the hold was filled with cargo. That revenue would offset some, if not all, of the cost. not on that little notice. Depends. If it were the plane they werre due to fly out on, the cargo would conceivably have already been half-loaded anyway. So "keep loading, boys, there's no payload limit on this one". |
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Air NZ crew heads home alone after LA suicide
Mutlley scribbled:
a b c wrote: Air NZ crew heads home alone after LA suicide 25.02.2004 By LOUISA CLEAVE Gee. What a precious lot. I guess they will need counseling on some sunny beach for a month before they return to work. Talk about a pampered group of workers. Some of the crew were prepared to work the flight, but it was Air NZ management that sent them all home on an empty plane... Sending the aircraft back to NZ empty would have cost Air NZ a lot more that just the crew's wages they paid out... -- Replace the obvious with paradise to email me. See Found Images at: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~mlvburke/ |
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Air NZ crew heads home alone after LA suicide
"steve" wrote in message
... The safety of passengers could have also been at stake.....given how distracted the cabin crew could/would have been. Yeah it would be fun if the pilot and co-pilot relived the experience of a corpse splashing on the windscreen during a flight. Good idea to bring them home |
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Air NZ crew heads home alone after LA suicide
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 13:46:27 +0800, budgie wrote:
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 02:36:16 GMT, Raffi Balmanoukian wrote: in article , James Robinson at wrote on 2/29/04 10:34 PM: matt weber wrote: NO WAY IT CAN BE DONE FOR ONLY $50,000 I bet the hold was filled with cargo. That revenue would offset some, if not all, of the cost. not on that little notice. Depends. If it were the plane they werre due to fly out on, the cargo would conceivably have already been half-loaded anyway. So "keep loading, boys, there's no payload limit on this one". Definitely! I've seen flights that were diverted to LAX the night before due to fog closing out SAN, come down the next morning loaded to the gills with cargo that would have come down in dribs and drabs during the day. Most people don't realise how much cargo aircraft carry. Plus it can be anything from live animals to bodies and transplant items [often the latter are actually carried inside the cabin]. Cath |
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Air NZ crew heads home alone after LA suicide
"Raffi Balmanoukian" a wrote in message news:BC681CA2.2147C%walkabout@TAKEOUTTHETRASHTOREP LY.ns.sympatico.ca... Mr Sims said the passengers due to fly on NZ3 would have experienced delays of up to four hours. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydispl...tion=news&t h esubsection=general Assuming AKL was their final destination. For those making connections it could be heavens-knows-what Keep it in perspective - this was a one-off. Bad weather and aircraft equipment defects cause thousands of flight delays and cancellations every year. As a passenger I certainly would expect a cancellation in the circumstances. I am sure ANZ would have made a considerable effort to assist those affected by the cancellation of the flight. John |
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