tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898368070767082576.post6010757836677362092..comments2023-08-10T02:38:49.329+01:00Comments on The Dispatcher's Diaries: You can't cheat time...anymoreDispatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18143587383561774168noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898368070767082576.post-33927531578106658352022-02-25T13:30:40.800+00:002022-02-25T13:30:40.800+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.falkenjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02851176411344463335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898368070767082576.post-2504318396022671922012-10-09T09:05:56.073+01:002012-10-09T09:05:56.073+01:00My airline has used the ACARS for timing for maybe...My airline has used the ACARS for timing for maybe already 10 years or so. So I am used to it, so when having "foreign" airline it is always nice to be able to cheat a minute or two extra. Anyway, they record the break off, and as we use TBL type pushback, it would be not good to wait for the nose gear...Arenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898368070767082576.post-87872494966737777602012-04-17T16:40:18.196+01:002012-04-17T16:40:18.196+01:00That's kinda funny but I think in every workpl...That's kinda funny but I think in every workplace there's always a cheat. But thanks to ACARS, even if a lot hate this thing, still it is useful specially for assessing one's punctuality. Not bad at all. Things are innovating so fast that's why like biometrics, ACARS is there for the aviation industry. Thanks for this post, I think they wont kick you out of your job. You have just practiced your freedom of expression.<br /><br />James David teaches people how to buy single engine airplanes & has a passion for the <a href="http://www.best-aviation-sites.com/Cessna-170-For-Sale.php" rel="nofollow">Cessna 170 </a>James Davidhttp://www.best-aviation-sites.com/Cessna-170-For-Sale.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898368070767082576.post-7351107014588372062011-09-25T02:06:29.039+01:002011-09-25T02:06:29.039+01:00I was a dispatcher for a small regional in the Gre...I was a dispatcher for a small regional in the Great Lakes area and would have welcomed ACARS entering my out-off, on-in times to relive my workload. CSAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14179662587748084739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898368070767082576.post-18748539282660914412011-02-18T14:42:45.998+00:002011-02-18T14:42:45.998+00:00Glad to see you're posting again, welcome back...Glad to see you're posting again, welcome back.<br /><br />I guess the problem is that computers think only in black and white whereas the world is many shades of grey. It's the reasons why a delay happened that should matter, not the delay itself. (And to a passenger it's only the arrival time that matters, not departure.)<br /><br />As I understand it, one benefit of ACARS is that it reduces the level of uncertainty around events such as AF447, even if it doesn't solve them. <br /><br />Anyhow - whatever caused the delay, I'm sure it wasn't you!Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12885230069833600112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898368070767082576.post-68721606303258109912011-02-13T20:23:56.246+00:002011-02-13T20:23:56.246+00:00Anon,
I do agree it's a bad habit, and a dyin...Anon,<br /><br />I do agree it's a bad habit, and a dying one at least. Covering things up in reality is only burying one's head in the sand ever deeper and less is done to correct what is causing the delay.<br /><br />Unforntuately it seemed to become common pratice, not on a daily basis but regular enough. ACARS will hopefully see the death of it.Dispatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18143587383561774168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898368070767082576.post-62562840988032398062011-02-13T18:30:29.985+00:002011-02-13T18:30:29.985+00:00ACARS might be a relatively new thing but On Time ...ACARS might be a relatively new thing but On Time Performance shouldnt be. If theres a delay for any reason put it down. There is no point covering up failings in a turnaround, airport or with service providers. Its the only way it will get rectified. Cleaners, caterers, gate staff will try that little bit harder next time. Being delayed x amount of time due to airport procedures at the end of the month will give the airline something to fire back at the airport. I dont agree with the whole, "Can we call this one off on time" or burying the delay under spurious delay code. I know of airlines particularly low cost carriers, that publish by the minute what they expect to happen during every minute of the turnaround. People pay little serious attention because diiferent airports different scenarios. ACARs isnt a bad thing. Work with it and use it to your advantageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898368070767082576.post-19934008979425075692011-02-13T11:54:25.303+00:002011-02-13T11:54:25.303+00:00Hi Tracy,
I think most of the ones I deal with no...Hi Tracy,<br /><br />I think most of the ones I deal with now are a rotation of the nosewheel as well, as like you say they began to catch on about purely releasing brakes to get the time.Dispatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18143587383561774168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898368070767082576.post-42144399739411909762011-02-13T00:05:25.460+00:002011-02-13T00:05:25.460+00:00One airline I worked for logged the out time based...One airline I worked for logged the out time based on when the breaks were pulled, so if you had a nice crew they would pull the breaks well before push in order to get the on time. Another airline I worked for got wise to this practice and uses a full rotation of the NLG to mark the out time. If the push back operator was in training and was pushing to slow, ACARS wouldn't record the out time. So we take a ramp delay because it marks the out time as whenever the crew began taxiing.Tracy Salashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13197160226673981747noreply@blogger.com