12:33 Apr 8, 2012 |
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| Selected response from: Martin Riordan Brazil Local time: 22:58 | ||||||
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4 | time parked and idle |
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3 | Time at the gate |
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Time at the gate Explanation: I think it's the time that the plane spends on the ground at the airport during which the passengers disembark, the plane is prepared for takeoff and the new passengers and or crew board. |
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time parked and idle Explanation: The 'stand' seems to be the parking lot, i.e. areas where aircraft are parked when idle, not unloading or loading passengers. So "ATA/time on-stand" would appear to be the interval from actual time of arrival until idle after unloading passengers. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.ukprivatejetcharter.co.uk/glossary/page2.html |
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