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> Filling the plane can easily take 20 minutes - which in a half hour turnaround is often the critical path can you really reduce it that much, given that the
by paulmd 3y ago
> Filling the plane can easily take 20 minutes - which in a half hour turnaround is often the critical path
can you really reduce it that much, given that the plane needs to be refueled, cargo unloaded and reloaded, etc? like it may be the case that while it's inconvenient for passengers, the airline doesn't really care because it takes them a half hour to turn the plane around on the tarmac side anyway, so there's no benefit from reducing the passenger loading time.
- londons_explore 3y agopassengers are frequently the critical path. fuel and luggage crews can be quick. I've seen a luggage crew unload and reload a plane inside 8 minutes, including loading 2 airfreight containers.