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Yeah, but traveling with three kids under six is kinda asking for it.
Maybe they could have just overnight freighted their kids to the destination instead.
Yeah, but traveling with three kids under six is kinda asking for it.
Four hours worth of construction, wx, and delayed flights? How does THAT work? And at what point does the crew start getting cranky?
I thought aviation had "the best and brightest".... They can't figure out an aircraft stuck in the "tarmac vortex"?
Maybe they could have just overnight freighted their kids to the destination instead.
Maybe they could have just overnight freighted their kids to the destination instead.
Or you know, a car. The way he made it sound it was one adult and three kids under six (correct me if I'm wrong). I'd rather flog myself like that guy in the DaVinci Code.
That's the airline business. Spain customers were delayed extra time because it wasn't "operation's idea" quite yet.
Are these the same breed of folks who demand ATC never ever ever give their flights direct because their flight plan they built 15 hours ago is going to be the most efficient? Despite what ATC/flight crews have live in the cockpit?
My getting cranky in the right seat of the Mighty Brazilian Buzzsaw is pointless, because no amount of crankiness on my part will make flow control better (or just go away), make certain stations suck less, or make it so the airplane can legally land below RVR 18.Four hours worth of construction, wx, and delayed flights? How does THAT work? And at what point does the crew start getting cranky?
Yeah, because a long road trip of a single adult with three kids -- which takes three to four times as long, and with all the logistical issues associated with being in a car and on the road that long (bathrooms and food?), and the price of petrol these days -- is just so much of an easier option.
Or you know, a car. The way he made it sound it was one adult and three kids under six (correct me if I'm wrong). I'd rather flog myself like that guy in the DaVinci Code.
Funny, ATC is exactly the same.Sometimes, you just wait until it's time for some people to go on break.
If you look closely at this press release, you may notice some strange things about it. There are many grammatical and punctuation errors.So perhaps they could put down the wine in Napa and realize that without infrastructure investments, there will be "tarmac confinements" and perhaps the organization can find another victim to enrichen themselves with.
After all, it's election season. Plenty of low-hanging fruit to make a few dollars off of!
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NAPA, CALIF., SEPT. 19, 2012 — NAPA, Calif., Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- FlyersRights.org today called on The Department of Transportation to investigate and fine airlines $27,500 per customer stuck on grounded planes in July. The DOT announced there were 18 domestic flights stuck on the ground for longer than the tarmac rule allowed in July, making it the second-worst month since the policy took effect in April 2010, according to Transportation Department records.
"It's outrageous that any airline, in face of the fines imposed by DOT, would violate the 3-hour tarmac rule" said Kate Hanni, Executive Director FlyersRights.org. "But for the DOT to avoid fining these air carriers would truly be a tragedy in the face of July's tarmac confinements," continued Kate. "No other organization fought harder than FlyersRights.org to stop tarmac delays, and we will not stay silent if these events again become a part of the US air travel experience. There have been several large scale tarmac events for which no fines have been imposed, i.e. October 2011's Snowmageddon at Bradley International, and clearly the airlines will continue holding poor, unsuspecting people hostage on the tarmac unless the DOT enforces the tarmac rule."
"Weather does not keep a plane out on the tarmac; tarmac strandings are entirely the fault of the airlines and until every airline CEO has been stuck in a hot, sweaty, metal tube without food or water and shrieking babies indefinitely, the tarmac incidents will continue." Continued Hanni.
Domestic flights with longest tarmac delays exceeding three hours were: Shuttle America flight 3512 from Chicago O'Hare to Atlanta, 7/13/12, delayed on tarmac 257 minutes; ExpressJet Airlines flight 6180 from Rapid City, S.D. to Chicago O'Hare, 7/13/12, delayed on tarmac 249 minutes; ExpressJet Airlines flight 5918 from Richmond, Va. to Chicago O'Hare, 7/13/12, delayed on tarmac 242 minutes; SkyWest Airlines flight 5211 from Cleveland to Chicago O'Hare, 7/13/12, delayed on tarmac 221 minutes; ExpressJet Airlines flight 5875 from Harrisburg, Pa. to Chicago O'Hare, 7/13/12, delayed on tarmac 219 minutes. There was only one international flights with a tarmac delay exceeding four hours: Caribbean Airlines flight 526 from Georgetown, Guyana to New York JFK, 7/7/12, delayed on tarmac 243 minutes.
FlyersRights.org is the largest Airline Passengers Rights Organization in the World with 50,000 members and a toll free hotline manned 24/7 for airline passengers in distress: 1-877-359-3776
SOURCE FlyersRights.org
My getting cranky in the right seat of the Mighty Brazilian Buzzsaw is pointless, because no amount of crankiness on my part will make flow control better (or just go away), make certain stations suck less, or make it so the airplane can legally land below RVR 18.
In fact, being cranky period is pretty useless.
But I dislike sitting on the ramp just as much as the next guy. Most Captains I fly with will hold off boarding if we have a mechanical (like Derg describes) or for flow too, so that we can avoid sitting on the ramp. And I don't hesitate to ask for a lav dump, even if it means we're gonna be late, because flying with a full crapper isunpleasantfreaking disgusting (recirculation fans - both off!). But there's only so much that we pilots control.
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