MarkMyWords
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- Aug 20, 2002
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From today until Tuesday our system will be great ly impacted by a severe weather event. CLT is forecasted to have freezing rain on/off all day today through tomorrow afternoon. PIT is forecasted to have up to 3 inches of snow, then changing to freezing rain overnight and into tomorrow. DCA/IAD/BWI is forecasted to get up to 6 inches of snow starting this evening and into tomorrow. PHL is forecasted to get up to 4 inches of snow then changing to freezing rain tomorrow. LGA is forecasted to get up to 4 inches of snow, all of it after midnight tonight and into tomorrow.
So how prepared are we for this event? Have all the stations involved fired up and tested their deicing equipment? Have we taken steps to reduce congestion, deicing and ATC delays in PHL. Are we going to ignore the problem again and try to operate a full schedule at all airports or are we actually going to take a proactive approach and reduce the flying to help the operation run smoother?
What do ya say Uncle Al? Do we bring all the customers to the airport and treat them like cattle standing in long lines waiting for those few physical agents to help reroute or do we plan something early and allow customers to be rebooked from the comfort of their home?
So how prepared are we for this event? Have all the stations involved fired up and tested their deicing equipment? Have we taken steps to reduce congestion, deicing and ATC delays in PHL. Are we going to ignore the problem again and try to operate a full schedule at all airports or are we actually going to take a proactive approach and reduce the flying to help the operation run smoother?
What do ya say Uncle Al? Do we bring all the customers to the airport and treat them like cattle standing in long lines waiting for those few physical agents to help reroute or do we plan something early and allow customers to be rebooked from the comfort of their home?