The pass rider intended to fly Southwest, went through security but ultimately didn't make the flight and walked away. Whatever he does after that really has no bearing on Southwest and the employee.
Jump to postkordcj wrote:emcm541 wrote:The ole number 9 is reporting ground stop at ORD due to weather
They’ve just evacuated the tower!
Time out..... A poster above indicated the diversion was required because of an APU issue. MSP and almost every major airport in the upper midwest and northeast current has low visibility, fog, freezing precip, and potential icing conditions. An operable APU is required for flying into known icing ...
Jump to postDisabled aircraft on a single runway only airport will trigger a closure
Jump to postI don't think I've ever seen fueling ability close an airport. Depending on the airport location, carrier, route, etc,. fuel can often be ferried in or an enroute fuel stop planned.
Jump to postJust a general question: Does any other airline flying A220s have ETOPS approvals? As for Caribbean routes to/from Eastern Seaboard and Mid-Atlantic cities, it would seem that ETOPS 120 would be enough. However, flying the most direct (and efficient) routes from those US cities to/from Ireland and ...
Jump to postFrom an trustworthy source at AA. Rumor has it. A second PHL-DOH is working same with PHL-TLV. Talks about yanking DEL out of JFK moving it to PHL is also happening. ALSO those 10 neos from AS. Will be sent to JFK to do secondary transatlantic out of JFK. Pretty sure none of these are ETOPS equipped.
Jump to postJust pushed out the groundstop until 0145z for 1st and 2nd tier
Jump to postToday when spotting at LAX two AAL 777W's took off 2 minutes apart for LHR. Both used the same flight number 136 but the first plane used a Papa callsign. Can anyone explain what that is all about? When tracking on flight radar they both are identified as 136... The flight is “stubbed”. Can’t have ...
Jump to postKOA airport closed for 4 hours due to a/c incident. Anyone know why? https://bigislandnow.com/2023/02/14/faa-investigating-aborted-takeoff-at-kona-airport-that-caused-abrasions-to-pilot/ Aircraft accident off the departure end of the runway. No serious injuries and airport was closed "briefly&...
Jump to postDFW big mess today. 649 (75% of scheduled flights) were canceled at DFW due ice-storm. Systemwide AA canceled 27% of its flights on Wednesday as of 11am Central. I've seen big ice storms in my day and flights don't usually get affected this much with the amount of chemicals they place on roads, air...
Jump to postCould AA/IB bid for the contract, and allow IB to operate it (as part of the JV)? It would allow said his yielding passengers access to connect at MAD (aiding European connections) and/or allow IB to work on building 'out' the route (particularly so, if they start as less-than-daily services). The ...
Jump to postStopped thru 1830z with many landing enroute.
Jump to postDaveMetroD wrote:The current FAA NOTAMs for MKE include this:
"!MKE 04/294 MKE RWY 01L/19R CLSD EXC TAX BTN RWY 07R AND APCH END
RWY 01L 2205021230-2209012300"
Prost wrote:Can pilots wave FAA duty legalities?
GPS UNREL INCLUDING WAAS, GBAS, AND ADS-B
MAY NOT BE AVBL WI A 50 NM RADIUS CENTERED AT 394900N
1044000W OR ALL QUADRANTS OF THE DEN VOR. FROM SFC - UP TO
FL400.
22JAN22/0500 01FEB22/0500 KZDV A0022/22
What time was it? I see the METARs showing 1/4SM in FG until 1420Z. Also, need to know the RVR not the prevailing visibility, could be 10SM with RVR of 1200’, ground fog RSW 101355 101353Z 06005KT 1/4SM FG VV002 20/19 A3015 RMK AO2 101255 101253Z 04005KT M1/4SM FG VV002 19/19 A3014 RMK AO2 101155 1...
Jump to postEverything people are hearing about a "walkout" at ZJX or whatever is nothing more than rumors and simply not true. On Friday ZJX experienced a very difficult day due to many factors, some of which were mentioned above. Staffing has been low around the country, some facilities worse than ...
Jump to postEverything people are hearing about a "walkout" at ZJX or whatever is nothing more than rumors and simply not true. On Friday ZJX experienced a very difficult day due to many factors, some of which were mentioned above. Staffing has been low around the country, some facilities worse than ...
Jump to postCubsrule wrote:OGG has got to be in the running whether looking at cities or something bigger. Kahului has about 25,000 people, Maui County about 170,000.
Well it's not like JAC is surrounded by mountains. Fairly wide open North and South and East. But was looking at Jackson Hole webcam this AM and saw snowing at a good clip. Then later at work saw the AA divert planes. Like you say, at least they got (will get) there. OK this made me laugh! Just to ...
Jump to postI’m at DFW now & this is something else. Our inbound a/c is “ somewhere on the tarmac.” The GA just lost it mentally. The rebooking center is about 200 people deep. AA’s inability to recover operationally is on full display. Meanwhile it appears as though Spirit is quickly getting planes on &am...
Jump to postIts just how ATC decided to route their CLT to BOS flight at this time. Several other CLT to BOS flights did that route today also, its normal. The routing is predicated on an FCA over northeast today. Not remotely a normal routing. ATC never dictates what routes airlines must file unless for weath...
Jump to postIts just how ATC decided to route their CLT to BOS flight at this time. Several other CLT to BOS flights did that route today also, its normal. The routing is predicated on an FCA over northeast today. Not remotely a normal routing. ATC never dictates what routes airlines must file unless for weath...
Jump to postROUTES: FROM: ORIG ROUTE - ORIGIN SEGMENTS ---- ----------------------- KAPF KMKY >PATOY JOHNN Q118 ATL RAFTN FLM J43 ROD KAUS KSAT >FUZ TUL J87 JOT KCLT >DOOGE Q63 OCASE ROD KELP >ADM TUL J87 JOT KIAH KHOU >WTSON BYP TUL J87 JOT KMCO KORL >BRUTS Q118 ATL RAFTN FLM J43 ROD ZFW >TUL J87 JOT ZHU(-AUS ...
Jump to postATC playbook routing for ZBW
KCLT has this specific routing but KATL traffic to KBOS does not
Oilman wrote:Why is LAS and MDW ATC still closed? It seems like they’ve had enough time to sanitize the facility.
What's going on at PHL?" per FAA: "Due to OTHER / OTHER, there is a Traffic Management Program in effect for traffic arriving Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA (PHL). To see if you may be affected, select your departure airport and check "Delays by Destination"...
Jump to postThat's it. Game over.
Jump to postKFTG wrote:There is a delay program in effect at ZTL?
You would think that traffic would be low enough such that it wouldn't be needed.
Yesterday, I saw that ZLC shut down due to the earthquakes in the Salt Lake City area. Today I saw ZID at least partially began to shut down for 'illness'. I heard rumors of ether ZNY or JFK tower going down on the corona thread. If anyone can provide updated information and possible implications o...
Jump to postLast I looked they were in a GDP with 20 arrival rate, hence the delays
Jump to postCanesFan wrote:Weatherwatcher1 wrote:ilovepabst wrote:
AA 738 is not ETOPS certified and routing wouldn't require it either
Would ETOPS allow a more direct route?
It wouldn’t make much of a difference, if any.
I assumed the tech stop was on the north leg. I’m pretty sure the aa 738s are extended over water equipped because I see them routinely operating into BdA. Extended overwater flight is defined as one over water at a distance of more than 50 nautical miles from the nearest shoreline. As long as you ...
Jump to postFired DL FA suing the airline for wrongful termination. Must have been #1 on the seniority list. Sounds like a real PR mess. https://www.foxnews.com/travel/delta-flight-attendant-79-making-250000-fired-steal-milk-carton Not really a PR mess if she was fired for cause. $250K/yr for a FA, wow. There ...
Jump to postAA newsroom had a piece about this amazing story. First time I ever heard about this.
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/08/21 ... 398750400/
[*] The BBC is challenging the story of AA for the diversion citing anonymous sources that the aircraft was actually in bad shape and that the reason was a broken APU and that AA knew of the broken APU days before. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50461302 That would be false, under ETOPS you can’t...
Jump to postDoes BOS have 787-trained mechanics? Does BOS have 787 pilots? Is there gate space for a 787 at BOS? Is there a spare plane (with a crew) that could continue the flight from BOS? Without this, BOS doesn't make sense. They'd have to ferry a replacement plane to BOS (adding more hours), ferry a crew,...
Jump to postMy recollection is that we can't use SFJ eastbound for anything non ETOPS Why? We can list it westbound for delivery flights and if needed for a 121 operation but have to contact SFJ and coordinate the times it would be used, ultimately so they can get paid I would assume. I can only speculate that...
Jump to postGreat.....if they had the gas. Do you know what all the fuel requirements are for flag operations? I do, thank you for asking. Why are you assuming they did not have the gas for a flight that was filed to be easily within the YYR radius, and as far north as 54N putting it not that far from the SFJ ...
Jump to postI wonder what the risk was that the crew decided it was unwise to fly the 3200mi from YUL to LHR but felt confident to keep the plane in the air for 1500mi from YUL to DFW... Crossing an ocean comes to mind. May have been worried about the ETOPS capability. If ETOPS equipment was a concern, it woul...
Jump to postWhere did the flight originate and was it a completely blown TAF or did ATL even have VCTS in the fcst?
Jump to postAhh, if only flying were so simple. If you lose an engine at the equal-time-point, you will drift down to lower altitude, have substantially more drag in the form of control surfaces counteracting the adverse trust and a windmilling engine, and the plane going slower on a single operating engine. A...
Jump to postThat made me laugh. Your enroute alts would never be any further than origin or destination alts so you would not need extra fuel for ETOPS. Ahh, if only flying were so simple. If you lose an engine at the equal-time-point, you will drift down to lower altitude, have substantially more drag in the ...
Jump to postJust curious, could HA add DEN-HNL with the A321 (does it have the range) with DEN being hot and high? Would be a beautiful addition to DIA! In the thread speaking on HA's new OGG-LAS service, it was said more than once that their A-321neo's schedule was ideal (4:30 am arrival & 6:30 am departu...
Jump to postVS11 wrote:I can easily see AA deploying A321T from BOS,yes, the ones with lie-flat first class, to LHR, and to the west coast.