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Yahoo! Crazy Sean is back!
Hey Sean, did you miss this little tidbit from the NY Times?
<<<But last week JetBlue was not alone in long delays at JFK. According to data compiled by FlightStats, a Portland, Ore., travel information company, for Tuesday through Thursday, departing American flights were delayed an average of 202 minutes at JFK, JetBlue departures an average of 230 minutes and Delta Air Lines departures an average of 205 minutes.
The longest wait on those three days before a flight that eventually took off was 572 minutes at American, 694 at JetBlue and 577 at Delta, according to FlightStats.>>>![]()
Well I can't speak for other customers but I'd rather have a delayed or even lost bag then sit for 577 minutes on a tarmac! :down:
So I'm wondering how YOUR Head would look among the trees and large Stone fence in my back yard? Dip Feces!
Hmm makes me wonder if this would have been less of a mess had a fleet transition contract been agreed upon already. <_<
I'm familiar with ATC/weather you arrogant twit. YES safety first. Inside the airport NOT 577 minutes on a plane while crews time out and lavs overflow creating an unsanitary and thereby unsafe condition!
I waited 13 hours for a flight!!! In the comfort of the US Airways Club, At least US had enough common sense not to put us on planes they KNEW weren't going anyplace..
US does lot's of things I don't like but I've NEVER heard of them leaving folks stranded for 577 minutes with a gate in sight. Lost or delayed bags suck but 577 minutes on a plane sucks more.
Check your DOT stats I don't think the DL fares a whole lot better than US on baggage. At least not better enough for your arrogance.
US does lot's of things I don't like but I've NEVER heard of them leaving folks stranded for 577 minutes with a gate in sight. Lost or delayed bags suck but 577 minutes on a plane sucks more.
YES Peolple were on the plane away from the gate 8-9 10 hours. Some flights away from gate and could not return because all gates full and planes frozen on them. And you had flights landing with no gate to go to that waited that long also.This may be a stupid question but the bit posted by dariencc about this does not say the people where stranded on the plane. It says the flight did not take off for 577 minutes. Could that mean it was delayed at the gate for a rather large part of that 9 hours. I would think anyone stranded on a plane for 9 hours would have made more news than this. Im not saying it didnt happen, maybe it did but nowhere does it say the people were on that plane for 577 minutes. It seams that everyone is just assumeing that people where on that plane but noone really knows. Im not leaning either way on this, 9 hours on the plane just just as much as a 9 hour delay in the gate. I would just like to see facts saying people where on that plane for 577 minutes because to me they way the original is worded sounds like it was delayed for that long along with the American plane at 572 minutes and the Jet Blue at 694 minutes. But I will assume the Jet Blue is the one from the news just because thats the only plane I have heard about people being stranded on for so long in the news. I may be wrong but out of the 3 listed its safest to say that one had people on it. and I realize there is no real question in here.
Just did a quick news search and I only found a story about a Delta plane in Aspen on Monday that sat fully loaded for over 5 hours. Link But I found no reports of the plane with people on it for 9 hours. I am in no way saying that it didnt happen, I just cant find it anyplace. All I find is stories about the Jet Blue plane. The Delta flight in Aspen sounds like it was a disater though.YES Peolple were on the plane away from the gate 8-9 10 hours. Some flights away from gate and could not return because all gates full and planes frozen on them. And you had flights landing with no gate to go to that waited that long also.
10 HRS. ON JETGLUE
FLIERS GET FROZEN IN PLACE ON JFK TARMAC
By JEREMY OLSHAN, TOM LIDDY and HASANI GITTENS
Other airlines had delays and cancellations because of the weather yesterday, but none had passengers stuck on ice for so long.
Additional reporting by
John Doyle
I'm familiar with ATC/weather you arrogant twit. YES safety first. Inside the airport NOT 577 minutes on a plane while crews time out and lavs overflow creating an unsanitary and thereby unsafe condition!
I waited 13 hours for a flight!!! In the comfort of the US Airways Club, At least US had enough common sense not to put us on planes they KNEW weren't going anyplace..
US does lot's of things I don't like but I've NEVER heard of them leaving folks stranded for 577 minutes with a gate in sight. Lost or delayed bags suck but 577 minutes on a plane sucks more.
Check your DOT stats I don't think the DL fares a whole lot better than US on baggage. At least not better enough for your arrogance.
Simply because you happen to be a FF'er on LCC, this doesn't mean your privy to whats happening behind the scenes of an airline during an irop. I agree that its totally unacceptable to be stuck on a tarmac for 8, 9 or 10 hours. I don't, however, think there was this huge conspiracy by all the airlines involved to willingly, and more importantly knowingly, create this undesirable situation. Mistakes were made Piney, and while we all know you've never had the misfortune of making one, they do happen on occasion. Thank GOD Almighty you aren't a DAL FF'er!!! If you ever tax your brain, don't charge more than a penny. 🙂