Originally Posted by justageek
They should perhaps put something up on their web page advising their passengers that during the winter, aircraft on westbound transcon flights may need to stop to refuel.
Yeah, I've been a frequent flier for more than a decade now, and I had never heard of domestic refueling stops until now. I have been on weight-restricted flights before, but I guess it's easier for the really large carriers with more extensive networks to reaccomodate a few passengers than for one like B6 with limited connection alternatives. Also, B6 doesn't have to worry about reaccomodating pax who miss their connections on to Asia or Austrailia, which would probably be a major concern for UA, NW, etc.
Before reading this thread, I would have been quite surprised and annoyed if I were told we had to make a refueling stop because we didn't have enough gas to go the whole scheduled flight. Now I would just be annoyed.
