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Old Dec 21, 2012, 7:25 pm
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YYZ atc delays and getting stuck on board AC369 on the tarmac

AC369 is stuck in BOS on the tarmac since around 8:20. Its not too bad I've definitely had worse but what strikes me this time is that the YYZ atc restrictions were in effect 30-60 min before boarding... kinda lame forcing us to board like this and then the captain said thy just found out after boarding when I could see flightsats showing a delay before boarding.
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Old Dec 21, 2012, 8:06 pm
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its very icy out there in YYZ!
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Old Dec 21, 2012, 8:47 pm
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Landing in YTZ on Sky Regional tonite (Q400) it was my 2nd most windy landing experienced. Landing towards the West, later learned winds were out of NW at 50km/h! Is there is maxium headwind limit for Q400s?
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Old Dec 21, 2012, 9:22 pm
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Originally Posted by Tangoer
... winds were out of NW at 50km/h! Is there is maxium headwind limit for Q400s?
No idea. 50km/h is less than 30kts. All airplanes have cross wind limitations. Headwinds on the ground only benefit the plane.
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Old Dec 22, 2012, 4:53 am
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Originally Posted by StudentTravelerSR
AC369 is stuck in BOS on the tarmac since around 8:20. Its not too bad I've definitely had worse but what strikes me this time is that the YYZ atc restrictions were in effect 30-60 min before boarding... kinda lame forcing us to board like this and then the captain said thy just found out after boarding when I could see flightsats showing a delay before boarding.
One challenge when restrictions go into effect is the departure slot that gets approved is a wheels-up time. In order to request a time the aircraft (in most cases) needs to be loaded, closed, and pushed.
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