Originally Posted by
ashill
Just had my Sunday early evening PHL-SEA (was originally booked on the Saturday flight, which obviously wasn't going to fly) cancelled. I'm surprised, as the snow is supposed to mostly stop not long after midnight here, and it's not like the plane will have been flying through PHL all day.
This is more of a PHL airport employee issue than an a/c issue. With the city paralyzed by the snow, it will be very tough for people to get to work at the airport. Think agents, rampers, TSA etc. probably be a few days before things resemble normal. That said, AS should be able to recover quicker without airplanes and crews stranded all over the eastern seaboard.
In DFW a couple months ago, a little bit of ice that melted by noon around the metro plex everything cancelled and backed up. Not because of a/c or de ice capabilities but because of employees inability to get to work/sick calls to avoid having to try to come in.