Originally Posted by bocastephen
"Drastic" and "preemptive"? Since when is planning ahead and being proactive considered a bad thing? In my business, we don't wait until the tree limbs start snapping before making plans.
I would hope every option is on the table right now at CO ops...this is a major hub which has a very high statistical probability of being affected.
I certainly wasn't going to wait around for this stupid storm to blow away half my vacation.
With all due respect, I think you're being paranoid.
CO is not likely to lose any assets by having them at IAH. Alicia was pretty disruptive in terms of torrential rainfall and gusty winds, but there's a pretty healthy distance between Galveston and North Houston.
And suggesting that CO run an extra widebody to Hawaii out of EWR is really over the top. Why not move IAH-LGW to EWR? Or IAH-CDG? Or IAH-AMS? Or IAH-NRT? Or any number of other flights? Come on.
I, like you, am headed to our fiftieth state this weekend, but I'm not going to sweat this hurricane. Enjoy your trip.