ATC Staffing / Fuel Costs

[Karee]

How many flights has your shop canceled over the last couple of weeks due to ATC staffing issues? Do you believe current flight schedules are sustainable? When do you think the ATC system will be fully restored to pre-pandemic capacity, if at all?

What steps has your shop taken to encourage fuel-efficient flight planning in light of these record-breaking prices? How long is your commute to your SOC/NOC/OCC and why don’t you have a bike yet?

 

[Bobber]

Staffing issues are terrible across every field, ATC, Pilots, Dispatch, OPS, Ground Crews. Who knows when it will recover.

Not sure about the gas initiatives we have been fueling for increased delays.

All I really know is today AUS went into covid cleaning and has a rate of 8AAR.

Why would you do covid cleaning in the middle of the day. That along with ZJX ZHU centers with staffing, and MIA being single RWY config it sucks to be an ATC coordinator today

 

[bbmikej]

Why would you do covid cleaning in the middle of the day. That along with ZJX ZHU centers with staffing

They may have some sort of trigger where if someone reports a positive they immediately shut down for cleaning. The second, more reasonable explanation is that it's the government.

Gotta love those saturday mornings where the FCAJX* comes out at 8am for the entire day.

 

[rivetor]

why don’t you have a bike yet?

I can't afford one

 

[Karee]

I can't afford one

How much does gas run you each month?

 

[DessertDx]

ZJX AFP is one if my favorite parts about dispatching an east coast desk.

 

[Karee]

ZJX AFP is one if my favorite parts about dispatching an east coast desk.

“How low can you go?”

 

[DessertDx]

“How low can you go?”

170 or the Gulf because we all know the AR’s are closing.

 

[bbmikej]

170 or the Gulf because we all know the AR’s are closing.

How far offshore do you want to go? We can take you into New York oceanic and avoid Jacksonville completely.

 

[Burrito]

ZJX AFP is one if my favorite parts about dispatching an east coast desk.

Might as well have some of these releases just replace TANKER with ZJXAFP at this point.

 

[Flyinthrew]

ATL to PTY the other day. JAX center says roll 25 minutes (which we have all figured out is a minimum) We asked to be filed around JAX. We onboard a little more fuel and add about 20 minutes to the flight time. On time arrival. I would do that over and over again.

 

[rivetor]

How much does gas run you each month?

Just enough to kill my discretionary spending and bike saving fund