I'm about to. There's a ground stop whenever there is a cloud in the sky at IAH.
I'm about to. There's a ground stop whenever there is a cloud in the sky at IAH.
I am assuming its in a ground stop. Only thing I can imagine.
I dunno, I'm pretty unimpressed with IAH controllers. In Newark they've got almost no airspace to work with, and I seldom get holds or speed restrictions unless something really nasty is going down.
Going into Houston, though, it can be CAVU and I'll get 250 knots from Memphis on in. It freakin' blows me away that they have miles and miles of airspace to work with, but they can't figure out how sequence aircraft in it?
I hate Houston, and Houston crews.
PWOP BABY!
I dunno, I'm pretty unimpressed with IAH controllers. In Newark they've got almost no airspace to work with, and I seldom get holds or speed restrictions unless something really nasty is going down.
Going into Houston, though, it can be CAVU and I'll get 250 knots from Memphis on in. It freakin' blows me away that they have miles and miles of airspace to work with, but they can't figure out how sequence aircraft in it?
I hate Houston, and Houston crews.
PWOP BABY!
My favorite is "Jetlink 1234. you are six entrail of a company 145, slow to 160."
followed shortly by...
"Jetlink 1234, Houston monitor, slow to final approach speed."
i can explain this one. when i get paired with a houston FO and am going to IAH, this is usually what happens.
approach: "Jetlink, 40 miles from MKAYE, cross MKAYE at or above 7000, cleared ILS 26L approach. you are number 2 behind traffic on short final, 180 or better to the JEPNI."
FO: "flaps 9" and an attempt to slow to 180 kts...
it is almost as if they dont realize people are following us and slowing down 40 miles out is going to have an effect on planes hundereds of miles out.
i make it a point when i fly with these guys to demonstrate the 250 kts to 5 mile final, gear down, flaps 9, speedbrakes out until 160 kts, flaps 22 to 145kts, flaps 45 landing checklist, configured by 1000ft approach.
You would be astounded at the number of captains who are on the edge of their seat, squirming around, hovering their hand over the flaps handle, asking if I want the gear, asking if I want the flaps, telling me it's barely going to work and on and on.
no need to imagine, the FAA puts all that stuff online
http://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_list...p=Gstop&Gdelay=Gdelay&Route=Route&Other=Other
Dang JTrain... I'm glad I bid for EWR then...I hate Houston, and Houston crews.
Dang JTrain... I'm glad I bid for EWR then...
Bob