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DVA6476
Captain, B757-200
Joined on October 03 2008
South America
47 legs, 95.2 hours
24 legs,
52.1 hours online
44 legs,
90.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
October 26 2008 15:18 ET by Oswaldo Mendoza
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Last flight took me to Puerto Vallarta Mexico on board of a 752. At the time of building the flight assigment, I didn't check for the returning flight in the hope of doing so on the next day. The next day, there was no returning flight for the 752, though. There were, of course, returning flights operating for the company but assigned to other types of planes.
Can I just do the returning flight to ATL using the 752 instead of the predefined plane and make it account for the Logbook and all that it involves? Am I restricted to wait for another day when the 752 is scheduled to be used?
I guess Delta operates the 752 to Puerto Vallarta only in selected days due to payload factor. Actually, the ATL-PVR flight turned out to be scheduled on saturday.
Oswaldo MendozaCaptain, B757-200
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DVA6551
First Officer, CRJ-200
Joined on October 24 2008
Eastern Canada
2 legs, 1.0 hours
2 legs,
1.0 hours online
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Posted onPost created on
October 26 2008 15:24 ET by Christian Blouin
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Newbie question. Flying assignments don't have to depart at the arrival location of the previous flight. You want to do this just because it makes more sense from a narrative POV?
Christian BlouinFirst Officer, CRJ-200
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DVA4890
Captain, B747-400
OLP
Joined on August 22 2007
Million Mile Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Millennium Club
"Jesus is my co-pilot"
McDonough, GA USA
1,022 legs, 3,005.6 hours
330 legs,
1,101.7 hours online
948 legs,
2,807.1 hours ACARS
59 legs,
156.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 26 2008 15:28 ET by Mark Fetters
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Oswaldo you can fly any plane any route as long as it can get there safe
Christian it is up to you i may do lax-atl than my next flight can be ksea-phnl so no
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DVA6476
Captain, B757-200
Joined on October 03 2008
South America
47 legs, 95.2 hours
24 legs,
52.1 hours online
44 legs,
90.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
October 26 2008 15:46 ET by Oswaldo Mendoza
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Yes. What's the point of having a cockpit crew left stranded at a foreign destination. I do accept it was my mystake not to fly the returning leg immediatly but having burned three hours and a half of my free time flying, I was kinda tired. But that's ok, thanks for the info.
Oswaldo MendozaCaptain, B757-200
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DVA5066
Captain, B757-200
Joined on October 05 2007
Online Century Club
B757 100 Club
Globetrotter
50 State Club
Everett 500 Club
Flying Colonel
Two Million Mile Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
US Mountaineer Club
US Coastal Club
NY
1,991 legs, 5,286.8 hours
172 legs,
333.7 hours online
1,903 legs,
4,996.5 hours ACARS
81 legs,
148.4 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 26 2008 20:13 ET by Michael Marano
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I'm the same way I don't do random flight. I don't like doing return flights unless necessary. I like hopping point to point, seeing different places and sometimes I'll cheat and use another airport w/in driving distance (e.g. EWR-JFK-LGA, DAB-MCO)
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DVA4290
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
Joined on April 04 2007
50 State Club
Online Triple Century Club
Quincentenary Club
"Lightning coming out of that one"
Houston, TX USA
502 legs, 829.4 hours
340 legs,
575.5 hours online
421 legs,
683.7 hours ACARS
41 legs,
81.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 27 2008 21:54 ET by Andrew Lynn
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Sometimes what I do when I don't feel like following a flow (telling from my log book, I usually to an out and return) I cheat and say in the last flight comments that I jumpseated somehwere or something to that effect.
Andrew LynnSenior Captain, CRJ-200
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DVA4176
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP
Joined on March 11 2007
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Black Pearl Club
White Knuckles Club
Events Triple Century Club
Online Forty Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Burbank Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club
Seven Millennium Club
"In the cold Kentucky rain"
Horn Lake, MS USA
7,161 legs, 11,618.7 hours
4,673 legs,
6,709.8 hours online
5,630 legs,
8,974.5 hours ACARS
371 legs,
587.0 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 27 2008 22:52 ET by Scott D Williams
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You need to jump seat Captain because that is what mimics the real world. You get to relax and even doze off just behind the crew and sometimes the seats have the sheepskin like the front line seats have.
Scott D WilliamsSenior Captain, L-1011-100
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