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DVA5919
Captain, MD-11
Joined on May 13 2008
Everett Century Club
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club
Commuter Conquest
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"...and don't call me Shirley" Hillsboro, OR USA
494 legs, 1,357.8 hours
4 legs,
3.7 hours online 493 legs,
1,355.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
March 19 2009 22:27 ET by Jack Vogel
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I'm curious, I thought we would have ALL NWA flights available to us now, but I was
looking at some data on Flightaware, and I saw this flight which is from KLAX-KOAK,
but I do not see it in our flight finder.
Can someone explain why this might be?
Thanks,
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DVA6540
Captain, B777-200
Joined on October 20 2008
Double Century Club
50 State Club
Caracas, Distrito Federal VE
240 legs, 562.2 hours
8 legs,
12.1 hours online 177 legs,
412.8 hours ACARS 12 legs,
23.1 hours event 363 legs, 903.4 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
March 19 2009 22:31 ET by Augusto Casado
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Usually the 9xxx flights are charters, and I think you can't find the charter flights in the Delta/Northwest Database are a passangers or cargo flights, but I'm not sure why the RW charters aren't in the schedule.
Hope this helps.
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DVA5353
Captain, B767-300
Joined on November 26 2007
Century Club
Gainesville, FL USA
146 legs, 197.9 hours
1 legs,
1.8 hours online 144 legs,
193.6 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
March 19 2009 22:56 ET by Mitchell Stecker
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Since it's a 99 flight from LAX-OAK, it's very unlikely that it's a charter flight, or any other revenue flight. It's most likely a staging flight.
Mitchell SteckerCaptain, B767-300
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DVA5919
Captain, MD-11
Joined on May 13 2008
Everett Century Club
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club
Commuter Conquest
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"...and don't call me Shirley" Hillsboro, OR USA
494 legs, 1,357.8 hours
4 legs,
3.7 hours online 493 legs,
1,355.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
March 19 2009 23:07 ET by Jack Vogel
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So what is a "staging flight" ? Seems we have less and less west coast flights, kinda unfortunate
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DVA5353
Captain, B767-300
Joined on November 26 2007
Century Club
Gainesville, FL USA
146 legs, 197.9 hours
1 legs,
1.8 hours online 144 legs,
193.6 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
March 19 2009 23:20 ET by Mitchell Stecker
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Ok, say (and these are completely out of my nose examples) that NW1040, a 744, just flew MSP-LAX, and they needed a 744 to fly OAK-HNL. Well, it might be best to schedule that 744 on both routes, since the airports are so close. So, naturally, in order to operate that route, it needs to fly the short hop from LAX-OAK, known as a staging flight. No passengers are carried on the flight (except possibly any crew that will be flying the next leg also).
That is (a horrible, butchered definition of) what a staging flight is.
Mitchell SteckerCaptain, B767-300
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DVA057
Senior Captain, B777-200
COMM
Joined on June 02 2002
Events Century Club
Six Century Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
"We Are ... Penn State!" Atlanta, GA USA
672 legs, 1,338.4 hours
531 legs,
1,076.4 hours online 392 legs,
786.1 hours ACARS 190 legs,
406.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
March 19 2009 23:43 ET by Terry Eshenour
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We currently have all NWA commercial flights in our database. A search of the RW NWA schedule reveals no non-stop service between LAX - OAK. Southwest Airlines provides service.
Terry EshenourSenior Captain, B777-200
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