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When I worked at JFK, it wasn't uncommon to have us on a diversion alert when LGA was in the crapper. Flight plans were routinely filed xxx-JFK-LGA, and they'd "overfly" JFK once the ground stop opened up.
Most times it worked. And there were times we ended up with MD80's and F100's on the ground at JFK, which was a bit of a problem considering we didn't have too many people qualified on them...
As for the APA's position.... these are the same guys who claimed Arpey flew to SJU on a corporate jet instead of on AA, which was proven to be a manufactured inaccuracy (i.e. outright lie).
When I worked at JFK, it wasn't uncommon to have us on a diversion alert when LGA was in the crapper. Flight plans were routinely filed xxx-JFK-LGA, and they'd "overfly" JFK once the ground stop opened up.
Most times it worked. And there were times we ended up with MD80's and F100's on the ground at JFK, which was a bit of a problem considering we didn't have too many people qualified on them...
As for the APA's position.... these are the same guys who claimed Arpey flew to SJU on a corporate jet instead of on AA, which was proven to be a manufactured inaccuracy (i.e. outright lie).