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DVA4989
Captain, MD-11
Joined on September 14 2007
Everett Century Club
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"All of us is just as dumb as none of us..." Auburn, NE USA
340 legs, 1,195.5 hours
14 legs,
40.2 hours online 323 legs,
1,101.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
June 30 2011 01:28 ET by Mick Gabelmann
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Curiosity and attention to detail got me on this one - just noticed that my last few PIREPs have had passenger counts in them.
First: is this some sort of tracking?
Second: does it correspond to payload loaded on the A/C or is it random?
Third: it's pretty cool but I never saw any NOTAM about it.
Fourth: is it related to a certain airline?
I could go on, but I won't. I'm just really curious as I just filed a PIREP and went to my logbook to verify everything was correct and noticed the extra line with passengers on it.
Thanks,
-Mick-
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DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM
Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"De oppresso liber" Surry, ME
1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs,
767.8 hours online 1,107 legs,
1,674.5 hours ACARS 55 legs,
114.8 hours event 195 legs dispatched, 134.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
June 30 2011 05:49 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
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I think it is based on historic data - and Luke stuck it in there...pretty nice little background add in. If I am using FSPassengers, I usually put that info in my remarks - I haven't done it lately, so I'm not sure if that would affect those numbers.
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DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP
Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club
"Col. Panic" Marietta, GA
2,240 legs, 8,963.0 hours
240 legs,
553.9 hours online 1,898 legs,
7,756.1 hours ACARS 75 legs,
196.3 hours event 2,276 legs, 9,097.9 hours total 91 legs dispatched, 66.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
June 30 2011 10:16 ET by Luke Kolin
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The passenger load is related to a few things - the seat count on the airplane, the target load factor per airline, a random distribution and a rolling sine wave of seasonal fluctuation. Right now it's not serving any purpose, but with ACARS3 that might change. Consider it "highly experimental" right now, but I want to have it in place to generate 50,000 or so passenger loads to validate my algorithm.
Cheers!
Luke KolinSenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM
Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"De oppresso liber" Surry, ME
1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs,
767.8 hours online 1,107 legs,
1,674.5 hours ACARS 55 legs,
114.8 hours event 195 legs dispatched, 134.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
June 30 2011 11:44 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
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Luke - would you consider letting pilots put in their own pax loads - based on if we utilize FSPassengers?
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DVA9678
First Officer, B737-800
OLP
Joined on April 14 2011
Western United States
32 legs, 55.9 hours
10 legs,
18.2 hours online 32 legs,
55.9 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
June 30 2011 12:35 ET by Trevor Majors
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Yes I'd like to be able to enter my own passenger load as well since I fly with FSpassengers
Trevor MajorsFirst Officer, B737-800
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DVA4989
Captain, MD-11
Joined on September 14 2007
Everett Century Club
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"All of us is just as dumb as none of us..." Auburn, NE USA
340 legs, 1,195.5 hours
14 legs,
40.2 hours online 323 legs,
1,101.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
June 30 2011 13:23 ET by Mick Gabelmann
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Ah fantastic! That sounds like a neat little experiment. Thanks for the responses. Yeah I had just seen it, so I went back in my logbook and it really only started a few days ago so I got curious. I like the idea - good call!
Clear skies to you all.
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DVA9571
Senior Captain, B767-300
Joined on March 10 2011
Everett 500 Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Six Century Club
Miami, FL USA
612 legs, 2,333.0 hours
590 legs,
2,242.9 hours online 602 legs,
2,307.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
July 01 2011 22:51 ET by Bob Klemm
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I'd like to know the number of pax before the flight. Helps with weight and balance, etc.
Bob KlemmSenior Captain, B767-300
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DVA238
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on August 15 2001
Online Double Century Club
B757 100 Club
Millennium Club
Million Mile Club
Everett Millennium Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
"Repainters, "Get Ready"" Comer, GA
1,468 legs, 3,409.3 hours
235 legs,
435.3 hours online 1,108 legs,
2,774.0 hours ACARS 1 legs dispatched, 1.8
hours
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Posted onPost created on
July 02 2011 08:34 ET by Brittany Sventon
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Well, there is a tool out there, that shows the passenger loads on the r/w Delta flights. I use this and FS Passengers to load my aircraft. With the QW/PSS 757 merge, I have access to more Delta aircraft, and rotate among the fleet.
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DVA9571
Senior Captain, B767-300
Joined on March 10 2011
Everett 500 Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Six Century Club
Miami, FL USA
612 legs, 2,333.0 hours
590 legs,
2,242.9 hours online 602 legs,
2,307.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
July 02 2011 14:40 ET by Bob Klemm
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When you select a flight and save a , using "Find a Flight", it would be a nice addition if it would give you some pax and cargo numbers for that flight. As far as I can see, you never see the number of pax until you file your report. I could make up a number, but chances are, it wouldn't match. ;-)
Bob KlemmSenior Captain, B767-300
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DVA5929
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP
Joined on May 10 2008
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
Six Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"It's buried under a big W!" TX USA
651 legs, 3,806.1 hours
472 legs,
2,922.9 hours online 565 legs,
3,319.5 hours ACARS 8 legs,
18.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
July 02 2011 21:31 ET by Nicholas Carpenter
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Brittany Sventon wrote:
Well, there is a tool out there, that shows the passenger loads on the r/w Delta flights. I use this and FS Passengers to load my aircraft. With the QW/PSS 757 merge, I have access to more Delta aircraft, and rotate among the fleet.
Which tool is this? Is there one for any of our other codeshares as well?
Nicholas CarpenterSenior Captain, B747-400
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DVA7577
First Officer, B777-200
OLP
Joined on July 18 2009
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
Everett 250 Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Buffalo, NY USA
334 legs, 637.3 hours
29 legs,
47.8 hours online 332 legs,
629.7 hours ACARS 5 legs,
9.4 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
July 03 2011 10:14 ET by Jesse Kovacs
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Nicholas Carpenter wrote:
Brittany Sventon wrote:
Well, there is a tool out there, that shows the passenger loads on the r/w Delta flights. I use this and FS Passengers to load my aircraft. With the QW/PSS 757 merge, I have access to more Delta aircraft, and rotate among the fleet.
Which tool is this? Is there one for any of our other codeshares as well?
http://flightaware.com/insight/airline_stats.rvt
It gives you the load factors for a given route.
Jesse KovacsFirst Officer, B777-200
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DVA4989
Captain, MD-11
Joined on September 14 2007
Everett Century Club
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"All of us is just as dumb as none of us..." Auburn, NE USA
340 legs, 1,195.5 hours
14 legs,
40.2 hours online 323 legs,
1,101.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
July 03 2011 12:39 ET by Mick Gabelmann
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That's a neat little tool! Very interesting set of stats.
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DVA238
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on August 15 2001
Online Double Century Club
B757 100 Club
Millennium Club
Million Mile Club
Everett Millennium Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
"Repainters, "Get Ready"" Comer, GA
1,468 legs, 3,409.3 hours
235 legs,
435.3 hours online 1,108 legs,
2,774.0 hours ACARS 1 legs dispatched, 1.8
hours
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Posted onPost created on
July 03 2011 21:43 ET by Brittany Sventon
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This is the tool that I use to calculate my Fs Passengers traffic.
http://cwsi.net/seats/dl/
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