TIER 1!

[mshunter]

I'd like to know how they were even able to get as far as they did, and then had the stones to keep going.

https://thepointsguy.com/2017/09/delta-weaves-thru-irma-san-juan/

 

[NovemberEcho]

Light chop the whole way too

 

[Cloud Surfer]

Was it you, @Derg ?

 

[Jordan93]

 

[Bandit_Driver]

why were these flights even dispatched?

 

[SeanD]

why were these flights even dispatched?

This is exactly what I was just getting ready to post.

 

[Cptnchia]

why were these flights even dispatched?

Because it was a Boeing

 

[mshunter]

why were these flights even dispatched?

That was the "how'd they even get that far" comment.

"Hey, we're about to launch you into a hurricane."

"Uh......uh.......no, not really. Do you need me to get you the number to the chief pilot?"

 

[Cptnchia]

Geesh, come on. Plenty of fuel, mainland alternates, why not go take a look. Like the title says, Tier 1. Don't got the stones, stay on he porch with the puppies.

 

[Adler]

Even my old cargo airline evacuated the SJU based plane.

 

[BlueMoon]

I remember being dispatched from LGA to MSY back when Hurricane Ike was still it in the Gulf. Winds were whipping right down the runway at MSY.

When I called to get the clearance in LGA, the clearance delivery controller asked me if I had time for a question. Sure...

"You guys aren't really going down there are you?"

 

[ArcherII]

 

[CFI A&P]

$20 says there wasn't a Fed riding the jump seat on that one.

 

[Whatusername]

I have a funny feeling that the bar that the crew is staying at will be playing the AC/DC song Big Balls well into the night.

 

[deadstick]

$20 says there wasn't a Fed riding the jump seat on that one.

$20 says none of the pax complained about a single thing on the flight out.

 

[CFI A&P]

$20 says none of the pax complained about a single thing on the flight out.

Probably turned the airplane so fast that Herb Kelleher is jealous.

 

[deadstick]

Taxi in, 180 pax/cargo off/on, fuel, taxi out -- all in (I believe) 52 min.

 

[BobDDuck]

It's not a big deal to launch into the face of something like that as long as you've got a whole bunch of good alternatives if it doesn't work. I flew a Charlotte to Freeport flight in 2011 just as Hurricane Irene was running in to the Bahamas. They gave us enough gas to get there and back (twice!) and we were supposed to get in just about 45 minutes before the outer bands of the rotation started hitting the island. We managed a 30 minute turn and took off with blue skies but a huge hurricane bar just to the east. We took two mechanics with us to QUICKLY solve any problems that might have came up. Total non event. Storm location forecasting is pretty good now and you can always turn around (did that once in 2009) too if it doesn't look good.

 

[CFIscare]

Taxi in, 180 pax/cargo off/on, fuel, taxi out -- all in (I believe) 52 min.

I doubt they were unloading 180 passengers. More like taxi in, 180 pax/cargo on, fuel, taxi out -- all in 52 min.

 

[deadstick]

It's not a big deal to launch into the face of something like that as long as you've got a whole bunch of good alternatives if it doesn't work. I flew a Charlotte to Freeport flight in 2011 just as Hurricane Irene was running in to the Bahamas. They gave us enough gas to get there and back (twice!) and we were supposed to get in just about 45 minutes before the outer bands of the rotation started hitting the island. We managed a 30 minute turn and took off with blue skies but a huge hurricane bar just to the east. We took two mechanics with us to QUICKLY solve any problems that might have came up. Total non event. Storm location forecasting is pretty good now and you can always turn around (did that once in 2009) too if it doesn't look good.

There you go. Have a solid plan. I liked the part about taking your own maintenance support.