FLC RPTS THAT THE ACR IS SCHEDULING UNREALISTIC FLT TIMES.

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THE ATTACHED SHEET CONTAINS THE ACTUAL FLT TIME REQUIRED PER SEGMENT AND SCHEDULED BLOCK TIME USED BY THE COMPANY IN SCHEDULING FLCS. THE PROB LIES NOT SO MUCH IN THE FLT TIMES; ALTHOUGH THESE TIMES DO NOT ADEQUATELY REFLECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF OUR MUCH OLDER THAN NEW AIRFRAMES/ENGS; BUT RATHER IN THE ARBITRARILY FACTORED BLOCK TIMES. CERTAIN LEGS REMOVE TAXI TIMES ALTOGETHER. THE ATTACHED SHEET SHOWS MANY (NOT ALL) SEGMENTS AND HOW MANY MINS PER SEGMENT THE COMPANY HAS SHORTENED THE BLOCK TIME TO DECREASE THEIR OPERATING COST PER FLT SEGMENT. NOT ALL SEGMENTS ARE INCLUDED ON THIS LIST. THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF THE MAJORITY. FLT TIMES USED ARE BASED ON OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE OF THE ACFT; IN MANY CASES CRUISE PWR IS NOT USED RATHER A MAX TAS OF 240 KTS IS SUBSTITUTED. BLOCK TIME SHOULD ALLOW ADEQUATE TAXI TIME OF 15 MINS AS IS DONE ON MANY SEGMENTS BUT ARBITRARILY SHORTENED ON OTHERS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE SCHEDULED TIMES DID NOT INCLUDE TAXI TIME ON AS MANY AS 4 LEGS PER DAY. OFTEN ACTUAL FLYING TIME RAN MORE THAN 9 HRS ACTUAL WHEN THE SCHEDULED TIMES WERE LESS THAN 8.