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re: Ole Miss can’t afford a plane?
Posted on 11/14/26 at 10:31 am to Sl0thstronautEsq
Posted on 11/14/26 at 10:31 am to Sl0thstronautEsq
Hey Ole Miss: why do you fly out of Tupelo, MS when Memphis isn't much farther away?
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uhh something about flim flam, blimmety-blam we never thought about that got damn
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:07 am to Naked Bootleg
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Hey Ole Miss: why do you fly out of Tupelo, MS when Memphis isn't much farther away?
Tupelo is a much easier drive from Oxford and an easier airport to fly out of.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:09 am to Mempho
I would have rented my personal 737 to OM had they asked me
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:09 am to Pickle_Weasel
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Ole Miss charters via JetBlue operating out of Tupelo Regional Airport
Why the frick does Ole Miss use a New York based airline instead of Atlanta headquartered Delta, or Dallas headquartered American or Southwest?
No shite you couldn’t get a crew/plane from New York to cover the flight.
17x
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:09 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
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Honest question. Is there a reason they don’t fly out of Memphis using a non-budget airline that can be more accommodating?
LSU flies out of Baton Rouge. Why don't they fly out of New Orleans?
Let me help you with the answer. Because Baton Rouge airport is closer. Why would anybody drive an hour and a half to a different airport when they can fly out of a closer airport?
This has happened exactly once. Ole Miss has been playing football since the advent of air travel.
Why do LSU fans care so much about the Ole Miss/Oklahoma football game?
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:11 am to Sl0thstronautEsq
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Why not just embed the tweet?
Because most folks wouldn't bother to click it to read it.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:12 am to Pickle_Weasel
quote:gross
JetBlue
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:14 am to hashtag
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You think there were large commercial aircraft with crews just sitting around last night?
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yes. They're are crews in Memphis and a shite ton of planes. frick, they could've sent limos to Memphis to pickup the pilots and driven them to your shitty little planes at your shitty little airport.
No. There were not. I worked in the air line industry for 33 and a half years. When there is a grounding issue due to weather, bomb scare or terrorist attack (9/11) there are initially aircraft sitting on the ground due to being grounded. Once the issue has been resolved every available aircraft and flight crew is utilized to get air traffic back to running on schedule.
There are not
quote:sitting around not being used. That is ludicrous.
a shite ton of planes
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:15 am to DawgsLife
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Once the issue has been resolved every available aircraft and flight crew is utilized to get air traffic back to running on schedule.
Except the crew and plane that was supposed to fly the original departure.
This post was edited on 11/14/26 at 11:18 am
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:15 am to twk
quote:No SEC team should have to go to Norman Ok unless they choose to. Same for Austin, Tx.
That’s on Ole Miss for choosing a charter operator that doesn’t fly in the region.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:16 am to Pickle_Weasel
quote:Don't bother replying to a welcher.
Pickle_Weasel
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:18 am to hashtag
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They're are crews in Memphis and a shite ton of planes. frick, they could've sent limos to Memphis to pickup the pilots and driven them to your shitty little planes at your shitty little airport.
If JetBlue had pilots sitting in Memphis, they could have been utilized.
Delta, American, and Southwest all fly to Memphis.
JetBlue does not fly to Memphis, so no crew available in Memphis. The choice of Ole Miss to use JetBlue as the charter partner is retarded.
17x
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:22 am to Tuscaloosa
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Why the frick does Ole Miss use a New York based airline instead of Atlanta headquartered Delta, or Dallas headquartered American or Southwest?
Jet Blue certainly would not be my choice by a long shot. That said, jet Blue has crews based in a lot of different cities, just as Delta does.
That said, if a crew is out of time, and Delta did not have a crew in the city, they would not fly a specialized plane to bring a new crew in. They would try to find another airline that flies to the city and deadhead the crew in on the other airline....or they would bus the crew in from the nearest city.
Very similar to the way they do maintenance crews. If Baton Rouge has a maintenance issue a set of mechanics based in New Orleans would drive down to Baton Rouge to work on the aircraft.
Not every city has maintenance crews or flight crews, but many of the larger cities do.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:22 am to Gunga Din
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The birthday party was scheduled for Sunday instead of Saturday specifically BECAUSE of the game on Saturday.
You put a higher priority on attending a game over your own grand daughter's birthday?
I probably wouldn't be telling folks that ..
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:23 am to Mempho
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There is no backup plan- and no one has one- for a national ground stop.
Actually, it seems like every other team traveling for away games this weekend had a back up plan. Ole Piss is being dragged over this, and rightfully so, bc it was a bitch arse move.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:24 am to meansonny
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Except the crew and plane that was supposed to fly the original departure.
Not necessarily. Not knowing how long a flight might be delayed, the flight crews would stay at the airport in the crew lounge. At a certain point, the crews staying at the airport would run out of time and be unable to fly for a certain amount of time. It gets very tricky.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:29 am to DawgsLife
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At a certain point, the crews staying at the airport would run out of time and be unable to fly for a certain amount of time. It gets very tricky.
Explain "unable to fly"
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:36 am to meansonny
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Explain "unable to fly"
Pilots, co-pilots and flight attendants are restricted by the FAA as to how many hours they can fly in a certain amount of time. (Day, week, month) Once they rech that limit they cannot fly. I have seen flight crews scheduled for a flight and due to weather all flights are grounded. The flight crews go to the crew lounge and sit, read, rest as much as possible until the weather lifts. Some flight crews can go to the airport, sit waiting for weather to lift and because of time limitations never leave the airport. They go right back home.
Time spent at the airport is counted (I think to a slightly lesser degree) toward their flight time. If a crew member, for instance, sits at the airport for 4-5 hours, and their flight time is maxed out to the extent they cannot fly to their next destination and stay within their time limits, they will not be allowed to fly per FAA regulations.
It could all depend on how much they have flown earlier in the day, that week or that month. It's a complicated formula that takes into account time in the air, time on the aircraft and time at the airport.
ETA
Not sure if I explained it to you clearly....but I tried. But, that is why it is tricky when there is inclement weather, and if you are ever at an airport and they announce they are waiting for a flight crew it MIGHT be because they are having to get a flight crew locally to fill in for the regular crew that was scheduled for the flight because the original crew ran out of time.
This post was edited on 11/14/26 at 11:40 am
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:38 am to DawgsLife
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Pilots, co-pilots and flight attendants are restricted by the FAA as to how many hours they can fly in a certain amount of time. (Day, week, month) Once they rech that limit they cannot fly. I have seen flight crews scheduled for a flight and due to weather all flights are grounded. The flight crews go to the crew lounge and sit, read, rest as much as possible until the weather lifts. Some flight crews can go to the airport, sit waiting for weather to lift and because of time limitations never leave the airport. They go right back home.
Time spent at the airport is counted (I think to a slightly lesser degree) toward their flight time. If a crew member, for instance, sits at the airport for 4-5 hours, and their flight time is maxed out to the extent they cannot fly to their next destination and stay within their time limits, they will not be allowed to fly per FAA regulations.
It could all depend on how much they have flown earlier in the day, that week or that month. It's a complicated formula that takes into account time in the air, time on the aircraft and time at the airport.
FAU flying +1100 miles to UCF
Arizona St. flying +1800 miles to Tulsa
Ole Miss can't figure out flying 550 miles to OU
Runt program.
Posted on 11/14/26 at 11:39 am to DawgsLife
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Pilots, co-pilots and flight attendants are restricted by the FAA as to how many hours they can fly in a certain amount of time. (Day, week, month) Once they rech that limit they cannot fly. I have seen flight crews scheduled for a flight and due to weather all flights are grounded. The flight crews go to the crew lounge and sit, read, rest as much as possible until the weather lifts. Some flight crews can go to the airport, sit waiting for weather to lift and because of time limitations never leave the airport. They go right back home.
Time spent at the airport is counted (I think to a slightly lesser degree) toward their flight time. If a crew member, for instance, sits at the airport for 4-5 hours, and their flight time is maxed out to the extent they cannot fly to their next destination and stay within their time limits, they will not be allowed to fly per FAA regulations.
It could all depend on how much they have flown earlier in the day, that week or that month. It's a complicated formula that takes into account time in the air, time on the aircraft and time at the airport.
The crew obviously was slated to fly Friday afternoon and fly Saturday night.
I'm struggling to see how charter flights are struggling with this time commitment because they are dedicated rides.
This isn't Uber.
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