DCA chaos due to BOS runway construction
May 23, 2017, 5:43 pm
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DCA chaos due to BOS runway construction
I am booked on AA2150: scheduled departure 9:00 pm, monitors showing 10:00, flight stats.com showing 10:05.
i have a high standby number on AA2134 (GA says I'm sure to be boarded): scheduled departure 6:30, monitors showing 8:30, flight stats.com showing 11:29 (!).
What Do FTers think - should I assume flightstats is more accurate and stick with my original flight?
Or should I go with the standby flight, which looks like it will board at 8:00 and push back at 8:30 but might get stuck sitting on the runway for three hours (I overheard other pax making comments to that effect)?
EDIT: I now see I am cleared for 2134 (the 6:40 flight showing 8:30 departure but that might be 11:30).
i have a high standby number on AA2134 (GA says I'm sure to be boarded): scheduled departure 6:30, monitors showing 8:30, flight stats.com showing 11:29 (!).
What Do FTers think - should I assume flightstats is more accurate and stick with my original flight?
Or should I go with the standby flight, which looks like it will board at 8:00 and push back at 8:30 but might get stuck sitting on the runway for three hours (I overheard other pax making comments to that effect)?
EDIT: I now see I am cleared for 2134 (the 6:40 flight showing 8:30 departure but that might be 11:30).
May 23, 2017, 6:52 pm
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I'd be checking the inbound planes to see what's where.
I was at DCA on Sunday night and there were lots of folks trying to get to BOS on either AA or B6 who couldn't, with some chatter about the runway. Sounds like a mess.
I was at DCA on Sunday night and there were lots of folks trying to get to BOS on either AA or B6 who couldn't, with some chatter about the runway. Sounds like a mess.
May 23, 2017, 8:09 pm
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Forbes those who are/were wondering, I took the earlier flight and we took off less than 20 minutes after pushback. Arrived BOS before 10:00 pm.
So in this case going standby was a win!
So in this case going standby was a win!
May 23, 2017, 8:19 pm
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showing an 11:00 departure, whereas AA2150 (my original flight, 9:00) is still showing 10:00.
the guy sitting next to me on AA2134 said he heard the plane that we were on was supposed to be used for 2140 but it got switched to 2134, hence the delay for 2140.
I'm not sure when the construction started (it was within the last week!), but my seat mate said BOS will supposedly be down to one runway throughtout June and July, with intermittent closures continuing until some time in November.
May 24, 2017, 12:22 pm
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interestingly, AA2140 - scheduled for 7:30 - is still
showing an 11:00 departure, whereas AA2150 (my original flight, 9:00) is still showing 10:00.
the guy sitting next to me on AA2134 said he heard the plane that we were on was supposed to be used for 2140 but it got switched to 2134, hence the delay for 2140.
I'm not sure when the construction started (it was within the last week!), but my seat mate said BOS will supposedly be down to one runway throughtout June and July, with intermittent closures continuing until some time in November.
showing an 11:00 departure, whereas AA2150 (my original flight, 9:00) is still showing 10:00.
the guy sitting next to me on AA2134 said he heard the plane that we were on was supposed to be used for 2140 but it got switched to 2134, hence the delay for 2140.
I'm not sure when the construction started (it was within the last week!), but my seat mate said BOS will supposedly be down to one runway throughtout June and July, with intermittent closures continuing until some time in November.
May 24, 2017, 1:24 pm
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This is the first I've heard of the runway construction - is this likely to cause ongoing issues with the BOS-DCA flights? Or only at certain times of day? I've got a trip coming up for which I was thinking of routing back from Europe through BOS to DCA, and I'm now wondering if that is going to be a bad plan.
May 24, 2017, 4:03 pm
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I imagine this is more of a problem in the afternoon and evening then in the morning.
here is an article with the details about it.
http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-ne...n-logan-runway
here is an article with the details about it.
http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-ne...n-logan-runway
May 25, 2017, 6:35 am
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This is the first I've heard of the runway construction - is this likely to cause ongoing issues with the BOS-DCA flights? Or only at certain times of day? I've got a trip coming up for which I was thinking of routing back from Europe through BOS to DCA, and I'm now wondering if that is going to be a bad plan.
I was on JFK-BOS-BUF, the AA199 JFK-BOS was forced to be in ATC for more than two hours. (Not a biggie as it's in J A321T, so I got three hours of sleep in the same A321T F seat for JFK-SFO/LAX but it didn't fully recline). BOS-BUF was then gone canceled, so I had to be rebooked to go back to DCA and then ROC. A long way back home.
May 25, 2017, 9:10 am
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Several times over the last few years I've connected in DCA; AA operations there seemed CHAOTIC on each trip--must go with the LOCALE
May 25, 2017, 5:55 pm
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A few months ago I noticed for several departures pax were waiting at gates , well under < t-60, but there were NO agents.
Getting between the 2 concourses requires a bus connection, this info is not well publicized.
My note re "chaos" and "locale" is best left for an OMNI discussion.
Getting between the 2 concourses requires a bus connection, this info is not well publicized.
My note re "chaos" and "locale" is best left for an OMNI discussion.