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Sudden loss of one is unlikely enough that they probably don't have a specific plan ahead of time.
by ikeboy 8y ago
Sudden loss of one is unlikely enough that they probably don't have a specific plan ahead of time.
- entity345 8y agoYou're saying that airlines/delivery services like UPS don't plan and prepare for air disasters... That's laughable frankly. Anyone who operates a whole fleet of 767 has a plan in case of a crash. That's the most elementary professionalism.
- ikeboy 8y agoThis isn't an airline. Airlines operate many more flights with lots of people on them.
- ceejayoz 8y agoAtlas is an airline, with 112 aircraft. Airlines aren't limited to passenger transport - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_airline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_airline. That's certainly smaller than Delta's ~800 planes, but they're certainly not tiny.
- Slartie 8y agoSudden loss due to crash = unlikely (fortunately) Grounded for unknown timespan due to some kind of severe damage = does happen from time to time (good thing, because otherwise, crashes would become more likely...) Since the effect on the logistics chain is identical (at least apart from that single shipment in question), you just use the contingency plan for the latter when the former happens. And for the latter, you MUST have a plan.
- ikeboy 8y agoThe plan there involves sending the same cargo through another plane or similar.
- sokoloff 8y agoThey likely don’t need a specific plan. Airplanes go offline for heavy maintenance checks periodically and the carrier needs capacity to cover for that (or other AOG [broken airplane-“airplane on ground”] scenarios).