In message , at 09:51:46 on Thu, 20
Jan 2005, Michael Hoffman remarked:
In the airlines' dreams, the plane *will* only be landing momentarily.
The most efficient airlines have turnarounds of 30 min or less.

Odd then that I've heard the expression most on full service airlines
with 4 hr turnarounds. And that's not just inefficiency - if you are
shuttling between UK and USA daily, there will be perhaps two lots of 9
hrs in the air. The other 6hrs needs burning off somewhere, usually more
so at the "home" end of the shuttle.
--
Roland Perry