Re: Bidirectional Binary Self-Joins
From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:36:10 GMT
Message-ID: <uOjPh.2325$aG1.1128_at_pd7urf3no>
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> re:
> http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007g.html#22 Bidirectional Binary Self-Joins
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> the max. in the world that i found ... was 16 flight segments for
> the same flight number (and presummably same equipment) that started
> early in the morning and finished late at night at the same
> airport.
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:36:10 GMT
Message-ID: <uOjPh.2325$aG1.1128_at_pd7urf3no>
Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote:
> paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac> writes:
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>>I think you are probably right about a six-segment likely maximum in >>practice, which I seem to remember seeing somewhere, although I only >>saw the airline biz for a couple of years. Also, on some continents, >>maybe even in NA, smaller airlines like to cheat and re-use flight >>numbers for the same plane on the same day at the same airport, to >>save fees. I think the airline people call those "lollipop" flights >>because if you draw a picture of the route, somewhere there is a leg >>connected to a circle of sorts. >> >>When I say flight "number", these days I'm assuming base-36 numbers!
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> re:
> http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007g.html#22 Bidirectional Binary Self-Joins
>
> the max. in the world that i found ... was 16 flight segments for
> the same flight number (and presummably same equipment) that started
> early in the morning and finished late at night at the same
> airport.
Oh, pardon me, I said segments when I should have said legs! (Always happy to talk about legs of some sort. I'll shut up for tonight.)
p Received on Sat Mar 31 2007 - 04:36:10 CEST