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United's Scheduling Error?

Debn From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 89 posts, RR: 1
Posted (12 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 769 times:

Does this make sense?

Date: 04/01/01
Flight UA5875 Departs FWA 2:30pm
Arrives ORD 2:20pm

Doesn't daylight saving time kick in on April 1st? As far as I know, Indiana doesn't change it's time. Looks like a serious error by some UAL employee.

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Big777jet From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (12 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 673 times:

Yep, I think you were right! It should be read 3:20pm not 2:20pm arrival ORD. I don't know what happen. Whoa!

Big777jet

Early Air From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 611 posts, RR: 1
Reply 2, posted (12 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 652 times:

contact ua, that is a problem.

Chiawei From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 884 posts, RR: 2
Reply 3, posted (12 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 647 times:

Part of indiana does have day light savings. Fortwayne is part of eastern time zone.

The other airport such as IND and LAF do not change.

Debn From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 89 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (12 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 630 times:

FWA does not observe daylight saving time.
I rechecked UAL schedule. Their daylight saving schedule starts on April 2nd(not on April 1st). Someone picked the wrong date.

DesertJets From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 7673 posts, RR: 18
Reply 5, posted (12 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 630 times:

Isn't Fort Wayne in the Eastern Time Zone though, IIRC only NW Indiana is in Central time and they don't switch to daylight savings.

Stop drop and roll will not save you in hell. --- seen on a church marque in rural Virginia

SegmentKing From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 6, posted (12 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 606 times:

If that leg is goofed up, all they need to do is make sure the ORD-FWA positioning leg is goofed up to. If it is, then all is well and they can fix it. Everyone will just be a tad early for the flight.

nate

JetService From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 4798 posts, RR: 13
Reply 7, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 556 times:

It appears the schedule is indeed incorrect. On 4/1/01 at 2:00am, the folks in ORD will move their clocks up one hour. The folks in FWA will not, therefore both will be on the same time (Central). So either this is a mistake or United is unveiling some new technology on this route. heh heh

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Jmc1975 From Israel, joined Sep 2000, 3161 posts, RR: 17
Reply 8, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 544 times:

Actually, it's Sothwestern Indiana (i.e. Evansville) that observes Daylight Savings Time and is on the Central Time Zone. All the rest of Indiana doesn't observe Daylight Savings Time.

.......

PHLFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 851 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 537 times:

Well, I have no idea if they observe DST in that part of Indiana, but I do know that either AA or UA is incorrect. If you look at AA4064 FWA-ORD its times are 1306-1407, someone has made a mistake.

Debn From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 89 posts, RR: 1
Reply 10, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 531 times:

I called and sent emails to United. No one responds. Looks like they don't give this issue much importance.

I have already booked a ticked on this wrongly scheduled flight. And I need to cancel it, cause I have some other things to do. Wondering, if I can use this "wrong schedule" excuse to make them waive the cancellation fee.

Segmentking From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 11, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 519 times:

01APR-SU-6A FWAORD(FWACHI) ET CT
ORD ALTERNATE CGX MDW
1#AA4338 Y5 B5 H0 K0 M0 V0 S0 N0 FWAORD 600A 655A * ERJ 0
L0 Q0
2#UA5879 Y9 B9 M9 H0 Q0 V0 W9 S9 FWAORD 650A 645A * D38 0
T9 K9 L9 G9
3#AA4326 Y1 B1 H0 K0 M0 V0 S0 N0 FWAORD 837A 931A * ERJ 0
L0 Q0
4#UA5877 Y9 B9 M9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 FWAORD 1100A1055A * D38 0
T9 K9 L9 G9
5#AA4064 Y6 B6 H0 K0 M0 V0 S0 N0 FWAORD 106P 207P * ERJ 0
L0 Q0
6#UA5875 Y9 B9 M9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 FWAORD 230P 220P * CRJ 0
T9 K9 L9 G.

2#UA5871 Y9 B9 M9 H9 Q9 V9 W8 S9 FWAORD 405P 355P * CRJ 0
T9 K9 L9 G0

4#AA4342 Y7 B7 H7 K7 M7 V7 S7 N1 FWAORD 606P 705P * ERJ 0
L5 Q5
6#UA5873 Y9 B9 M9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 FWAORD 700P 755P * D38 0
T9 K9 L9 G0

hehehe.. air wisconsin has just discovered how to offer time travel!

Rjnut From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 1166 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 506 times:

I used to do scheduling for Midway Connection in 1992 and that was one of my worst nightmares...fwa-mdw . i always made doubly sure, twice a year ,that i had that sched. correct, b4 loading with OAG.. Oops, looks like a mistake to me!!!

Boeing757fan From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 13, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 498 times:

A scheduling error kinda like the UAL 737-300's in TVC this summer? Watcha think?

JetService From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 4798 posts, RR: 13
Reply 14, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 485 times:

Debn, good luck with the 4 minute layover at ORD. Big grin

"Shaddap you!"

Rjnut From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 1166 posts, RR: 0
Reply 15, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days ago) and read 480 times:

One error i did make at Midway connection was loading a flight in OAG from MDW-TVC. but i entered MDW-TVL which is Lake Tahoe...the flight made it out to the travel agents systems and actually had someone booked on it...they were disappointed to not got to Tahoe

Boeing757fan From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 16, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days ago) and read 474 times:

Is it me, or is UAL the most screwed up airline in the business now.

ILUV767 From United States of America, joined May 2000, 3141 posts, RR: 8
Reply 17, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 465 times:

Its just you.

I Like To Fly From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 1188 posts, RR: 2
Reply 18, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 461 times:

Just you, I can think of some much worse airlines and mistakes. Smile/happy/getting dizzy

Why do you think a simple scheduling error makes them so screwy?

Debn From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 89 posts, RR: 1
Reply 19, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 453 times:

JetService, you are right.
I have only 4 minutes to connect at ORD.
But how do you know my schedule ? I didn't tell anyone.
Either you are God or an UAL employee.

JetService From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 4798 posts, RR: 13
Reply 20, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 425 times:

Debn, actually it was just a lucky guess. I was guessing your layover was anywhere from 45 minutes to 1:15 (that's what mine usually are). The scheduling-mistake slashed an hour off the layover, so I just pulled the number 4 out of the air. Besides, if I were God, FWA would have UAL mainline service. Big grin

"Shaddap you!"

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