Originally Posted by
np05
But we were told the President flew out himself this morning. Makes me wonder why there's an ATC hold at 4PM. This courtesy is extended many other dignitaries as well then?
Probably downline impact of the 30 - 60 minute VIP hold when he left around 12 CST. Closing ORD for even that short of a time period is definitely disruptive.
I know the flight of which you speak; it has a very good on-time record as I recall.
Haha it had a great on-time record. Sadly they've downgauged it to an sCO 757 so not as much fun / ability to get the CPU to BF
Originally Posted by
jkburns1
President and VP only I believe
I think the First Lady gets it as well if traveling alone. Oddly enough I've never been impacted by VIP traffic at DCA, only at IAD. I also think Karzai and Zardari may have gotten it for the NATO summit in Chicago last year, I know they closed the Kennedy / Edens for those two.