Originally Posted by
Out of my Element
It was definitely foggy in LGB. I'm surprised they didn't make any announcement before landing of the diversion. My wife was lucky and got a car at Ontario (and Hertz waived the one-way fees!), but other folks on the plane were shut out of getting cars.
Don't know how JetBlue got the rest of the passengers to LGB, is there a way to find out without calling them?
A pilot's #1 duty is to safely fly the aircraft. Announcements are a second thought. Besides, until they land and talk to operations, the pilot nor flight attendants would have answers to the questions that passengers want to know (accommodations, time frames, etc).
I suppose on a wifi equipped plane you can make a reservation, but if you don't know if you're refueling and taking right back off, even that wouldn't really help.