Originally Posted by
Analise
BDL's response to the public is to say nothing. Sorry, they are JUST AS CULPABLE for not making any gates available.
BDL may have been in a position where no gates were available; either frozen stiff or taken up by earlier arriving aircraft, leaving no place to park. If that is the case, the BDL airport manager (the city), should have published a Notice to Airman and alerted the FAA command center as to the degraded capability of the airport. Also, if the JetBlue BDL station manager was on top of things, he'd alert HQ as to the situation and given JetBlue planners reason to consider other airports to divert to.