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Old March 1st, 2004, 09:04 AM
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Default Air NZ crew heads home alone after LA suicide

On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 13:46:27 +0800, budgie wrote:

On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 02:36:16 GMT, Raffi Balmanoukian
wrote:

in article , James Robinson at
wrote on 2/29/04 10:34 PM:

matt weber wrote:

NO WAY IT CAN BE DONE FOR ONLY $50,000

I bet the hold was filled with cargo. That revenue would offset some, if
not all, of the cost.


not on that little notice.


Depends. If it were the plane they werre due to fly out on, the cargo would
conceivably have already been half-loaded anyway. So "keep loading, boys,
there's no payload limit on this one".


Definitely!
I've seen flights that were diverted to LAX the night before due to
fog closing out SAN, come down the next morning loaded to the gills
with cargo that would have come down in dribs and drabs during the
day.

Most people don't realise how much cargo aircraft carry. Plus it can
be anything from live animals to bodies and transplant items [often
the latter are actually carried inside the cabin].

Cath