<brick hits head>OK it's becoming more clear.Keith Smith wrote:For example, 52AZ has 4 gates, they're all pointed at 46CA. When the gates are full, there will be 12 pax going to/from 52AZ to 46CA. Someone comes along and adds them all to their queue with the intention of flying those jobs 3 days from now. I can 100% promise you that the system will not generate any more green jobs to/from the 52AZ/46CA city pair, as it already has 12 pax in the system (they're in somebody's queue).
This explains a number of things that I have noted flying on FSE. For example. Over the long Memorial Day weekend, I attempted to go to the Avi Suquilla (P20) hub and fly every job in my Barron. I found that almost as soon as a flight was done, more jobs appeared. Just like cockroaches.
This also explains why it's harder to fill the larger planes as multiple gates are needed to generate more than 3 PAX going to any one destination. FSE really does favor the smaller airplane.Keith Smith wrote:The hard and fast rule is that a gate will only generate 3 pax at any given time.
Obviously the gate behavior wasn't well understood from my perspective. I would not have thought anything of adding jobs to my queue and holding for a 3-7 days until ready to fly. So in that regards the information is useful to change my behavior.Keith Smith wrote:Last thought, "hoarding" is a relative term. I have no idea what's considered practical versus excessive in terms of how long you keep jobs in a queue. It could be hours, or days depending on your perspective. My only reason for making the post is that I suspected people were not aware of what impact it has. ie, they were keeping the jobs in their queue, not knowing what impact it would have on the ability of the airport to generate replacement jobs for others to fly.
What people DO with the information is beyond my control. The intention wasn't to say, "you must fly the jobs within xx hours." It was simply to raise awareness for a topic which probably wasn't well understood.
Thanks and sorry to be such a PIA.