Jetblue Flight 29 Landing Gear Problem in NAS

MikeD said:
With those prices paid, time to look into ARFF contract services down there! :D
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I'd imagine it's a government function. It'll be billed like any true bureaucratic nightmare second only to India. $5.50 for the foam. $12,500 to start the firetruck engines, $17,000 in personnel fees and maybe 20 other things followed by 3/4 million in environmental clean up.
 
z987k said:
I'd imagine it's a government function. It'll be billed like any true bureaucratic nightmare second only to India. $5.50 for the foam. $12,500 to start the firetruck engines, $17,000 in personnel fees and maybe 20 other things followed by 3/4 million in environmental clean up.
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Environmental cleanup fee in the Bahamas? Hah! I could see that fine coming but they don't recycle and still burn their trash.
 
CFI A&P said:
Environmental cleanup fee in the Bahamas? Hah! I could see that fine coming but they don't recycle and still burn their trash.
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I know. The Bahamas to me, is hypocrisy come to life. But in reality it's not near as bad as some other islands.
 
MikeD said:
I would expect no less with it being an announced emergency. All kinds of prep/positioning time, versus had it been an unannounced emergency.
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Agreed, but I've seen quite a few videos where it was an announced emergency and it still takes them a few minutes to roll up on it.
 
pullup said:
Agreed, but I've seen quite a few videos where it was an announced emergency and it still takes them a few minutes to roll up on it.
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It happens, yes. Depends where the ARFF positioning is set, versus where the aircraft actually ends up. Sometimes, the two aren't similar or nearby. Not usually a problem at somewhere like LAX, where there's enough duty trucks to cover an entire runway. At some fields with a very limited number of trucks and a long runway, there can be a bit of a delay guessing what ends up where when all is said and done and actually arriving to it, especially if things don't go as planned. UA232 for example, looked like it was going to be pulled off without a hitch, right up until a few seconds prior to touchdown, then everything went to hell in a handbasket unfortunately.
 
MikeD said:
It happens, yes. Depends where the ARFF positioning is set, versus where the aircraft actually ends up. Sometimes, the two aren't similar or nearby. Not usually a problem at somewhere like LAX, where there's enough duty trucks to cover an entire runway. At some fields with a very limited number of trucks and a long runway, there can be a bit of a delay guessing what ends up where when all is said and done and actually arriving to it, especially if things don't go as planned. UA232 for example, looked like it was going to be pulled off without a hitch, right up until a few seconds prior to touchdown, then everything went to hell in a handbasket unfortunately.
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The runway still has scars.
 
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