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The number of flights varies a lot by time of day, so there is nothing close to constant utilization.
by fallingknife 2y ago
The number of flights varies a lot by time of day, so there is nothing close to constant utilization.
- Filligree 2y agoThere's not much reason to turn them off outside of maintenance. When they're parked, they're connected to grid power.
- n_ary 2y agoA parked Aircraft is not kept powered when there are no maintenance or other routine(cleaning/checks/certification/preparation/restocking etc.) It is very surprising that how a lot of comments here claim the contrary. Even when parked for next flight, until resupply and cargo routines are declared, it is also not powered.
- thecosmicfrog 2y agoAirliners are regularly and routinely shut down. "Cold and dark" is a common startup procedure for the first flight of the day.
- CactusOnFire 2y agoI've flown with airlines before where there was a cascading delay due to a "plane deficit" at the terminal (not the technical term, that's my own). Not to say it's always uptime, but I imagine there are instances of constant uptime.
- fallingknife 2y agoThey can't just change things up on a dime like that. Even if it's 3 AM and most planes are sitting on the ground they can't just be used for your flight like that because they are all scheduled to take off in the morning rush a few hours later.