ATL Ground Stop November 18, 2015?
Nov 18, 2015, 4:15 pm
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ATL Ground Stop November 18, 2015?
Nov 18, 2015, 4:33 pm
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http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp:
(Possible) tornado will definitely ground stop an airport.
Due to WEATHER / TORNADO-HURRICANE, there is a Traffic Management Program in effect for traffic arriving Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, GA (ATL). To see if you may be affected, select your departure airport and check "Delays by Destination".
Nov 18, 2015, 5:23 pm
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(except DFW, which ground stops any time there's a speck of cloud in the contiguous US)
Nov 18, 2015, 7:58 pm
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Nov 19, 2015, 5:36 am
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Yep sat on the tarmac for 2 hours in the north east because of this. No chance for us to get in the air after the 30 minute delay at the gate, but the captain I guess wanted to keep DL's "on time record" so we pushed back.
Unlike the folks in South Carolina we didnt get pizza, well we didnt get anything actually, not even water.
Sometimes DL really fails when it comes to basic options to make people happy like WATER. Though to be fair to the FA's, standing at the front eating, drinking, and chatting with each other was more important.
Of course dont worry if you had a connecting flight the FA's said they cant do anything over the announcements & to "just go google the number"
Could care less I didnt have a connection, but found that rude. Others must have too because 5 minutes later the same FA came on saying here is the number.
Second long delay in 2 days. First was a mechanical due to poor work at Tech Ops on DL's part with NO announcements for over 3 1/2 hours.
Unlike the folks in South Carolina we didnt get pizza, well we didnt get anything actually, not even water.
Sometimes DL really fails when it comes to basic options to make people happy like WATER. Though to be fair to the FA's, standing at the front eating, drinking, and chatting with each other was more important.
Of course dont worry if you had a connecting flight the FA's said they cant do anything over the announcements & to "just go google the number"
Could care less I didnt have a connection, but found that rude. Others must have too because 5 minutes later the same FA came on saying here is the number.
Second long delay in 2 days. First was a mechanical due to poor work at Tech Ops on DL's part with NO announcements for over 3 1/2 hours.
Nov 19, 2015, 7:59 am
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Yep sat on the tarmac for 2 hours in the north east because of this. No chance for us to get in the air after the 30 minute delay at the gate, but the captain I guess wanted to keep DL's "on time record" so we pushed back.
Unlike the folks in South Carolina we didnt get pizza, well we didnt get anything actually, not even water.
Sometimes DL really fails when it comes to basic options to make people happy like WATER. Though to be fair to the FA's, standing at the front eating, drinking, and chatting with each other was more important.
Of course dont worry if you had a connecting flight the FA's said they cant do anything over the announcements & to "just go google the number"
Could care less I didnt have a connection, but found that rude. Others must have too because 5 minutes later the same FA came on saying here is the number.
Second long delay in 2 days. First was a mechanical due to poor work at Tech Ops on DL's part with NO announcements for over 3 1/2 hours.
Unlike the folks in South Carolina we didnt get pizza, well we didnt get anything actually, not even water.
Sometimes DL really fails when it comes to basic options to make people happy like WATER. Though to be fair to the FA's, standing at the front eating, drinking, and chatting with each other was more important.
Of course dont worry if you had a connecting flight the FA's said they cant do anything over the announcements & to "just go google the number"
Could care less I didnt have a connection, but found that rude. Others must have too because 5 minutes later the same FA came on saying here is the number.
Second long delay in 2 days. First was a mechanical due to poor work at Tech Ops on DL's part with NO announcements for over 3 1/2 hours.
Nov 19, 2015, 12:06 pm
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Was on DL1761 PHL-ATL last night. Well... PHL-HSV-ATL
No pizza in HSV, but IMO, the flight crew managed the delay/diversion relatively well. Plenty of water, snacks and passenger assistance deployed to the best of their ability. There was some conversing amongst the FA crew while we were on the ground, but I think that was mostly re: calculating when they would timeout.
That said, some of the staff in the B10 Sky Club had CLEARLY timed out on their ability to provide even baseline customer service. It was getting ugly in there at 9:00PM last night. (Even by B10 standards)
No pizza in HSV, but IMO, the flight crew managed the delay/diversion relatively well. Plenty of water, snacks and passenger assistance deployed to the best of their ability. There was some conversing amongst the FA crew while we were on the ground, but I think that was mostly re: calculating when they would timeout.
That said, some of the staff in the B10 Sky Club had CLEARLY timed out on their ability to provide even baseline customer service. It was getting ugly in there at 9:00PM last night. (Even by B10 standards)
Nov 19, 2015, 12:13 pm
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But it's not just the on time record delta has to worry about. That AC sitting at the gate for two hours blocks other incoming aircraft from deplaning. Gates are often at a premium these days..
Nov 19, 2015, 5:26 pm
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Nov 19, 2015, 8:20 pm
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I'm flying out of Ohare on Monday evening to ATL.
I flew out of Ohare once on a random non busy day in the summer. Line was 15-20 minutes.
Monday scares me because of this.
How did you guys get that alert you are discussing in this thread? I want to check Monday afternoon what the conditions will be like for my flight so my Zip car res wont get wasted.
Thanks, apologies if this was anyway offtopic.
I'm flying out of Ohare on Monday evening to ATL.
I flew out of Ohare once on a random non busy day in the summer. Line was 15-20 minutes.
Monday scares me because of this.
How did you guys get that alert you are discussing in this thread? I want to check Monday afternoon what the conditions will be like for my flight so my Zip car res wont get wasted.
Thanks, apologies if this was anyway offtopic.
Nov 19, 2015, 9:58 pm
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I was flying RDU-ATL-SJC yesterday. At 5:15pm, just when we were about to take off in RDU, the pilot was told to hold because of the Tornado warning in ATL. Then we sat on the taxiway for ~2 hours. By the time we landed in ATL, it was already 8:05pm, and the SJC flight already took off at 8pm on time. Had to scramble; called Diomand line, and had them put me on the last flight of the night to SFO. Landed at midnight PST, and then took another 1.5 hours to go through the rental car routine + driving to San Jose. Not a fun night.
I also lost my FC seat on the SJC flight and ended up in a middle seat on the SFO flight. GA said that was the only thing she had.
The lady sitting in the middle seat behind me was also a DM. She was complaining about the middle seat too. She was going CUN-ATL-SMF, and missed the connecting flight. She was not too thrilled with the 2-hour drive after landing at SFO at midnight...
I also lost my FC seat on the SJC flight and ended up in a middle seat on the SFO flight. GA said that was the only thing she had.
The lady sitting in the middle seat behind me was also a DM. She was complaining about the middle seat too. She was going CUN-ATL-SMF, and missed the connecting flight. She was not too thrilled with the 2-hour drive after landing at SFO at midnight...