Dec 17, 2017, 10:45 pm
Last edit by: RatherBeOnATrain
Waiver posted: https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...er-outage.html
as of ~1am EST on 12/18:
AFFECTED CITIES (TO / FROM / THROUGH)
Atlanta, GA (ATL)
IMPACTED TRAVEL DATE(S)
December 17-19, 2017
TICKET MUST BE REISSUED ON OR BEFORE
December 22, 2017
REBOOKED TRAVEL MUST BEGIN NO LATER THAN
December 22, 2017
An Atlanta newspaper article that describes the aiport's lack of preparation and poor communications during the outage: MyAJC - Zero communication, Airport had no plan for total power outage (Posted: 8:28 p.m. Monday, December 18, 2017)
as of ~1am EST on 12/18:
AFFECTED CITIES (TO / FROM / THROUGH)
Atlanta, GA (ATL)
IMPACTED TRAVEL DATE(S)
December 17-19, 2017
TICKET MUST BE REISSUED ON OR BEFORE
December 22, 2017
REBOOKED TRAVEL MUST BEGIN NO LATER THAN
December 22, 2017
An Atlanta newspaper article that describes the aiport's lack of preparation and poor communications during the outage: MyAJC - Zero communication, Airport had no plan for total power outage (Posted: 8:28 p.m. Monday, December 18, 2017)
Power outage in ATL
Dec 17, 2017, 3:33 pm
#77
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All depends on inbound aircraft and crew. If it’s all early tomorrow and the inbound isn’t from ATL (at any point between now and then) you may be ok...but as we all saw in April, DL goes off the rails fast when ATL implodes
Dec 17, 2017, 3:34 pm
#78
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Dec 17, 2017, 3:35 pm
#79
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I think almost everything not involving ATL will be fine tomorrow. There may be something somewhere. But Delta is going to be doing it's absolute best to get things as normal as possible tomorrow with holiday traffic starting to ramp up and not lots of extra sears hanging around.
Dec 17, 2017, 3:35 pm
#81
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My wife is stuck in Memphis. Flight "diverted" to Memphis from San Diego (on the way to ATL). Is still supposedly continuing on to ATL but has been delayed further and further (3:25 departure to 4:00 to 4:30 to 5:00). Delta rebooked her from ATL on Monday but 3 flights are still showing as operating out of ATL tonight that have seats left. Need Delta to rebook her to a flight tonight but have been on hold for over an hour now. Delta.com offers no option to rebook what they changed her to...Not seeing any Delta reps helping stuck passengers on Facebook today. She was stuck in the Delta ATL meltdown last week on the way to San Diego and I wound up having to buy her a ticket on United to get her there.
Dec 17, 2017, 3:37 pm
#82
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I think almost everything not involving ATL will be fine tomorrow. There may be something somewhere. But Delta is going to be doing it's absolute best to get things as normal as possible tomorrow with holiday traffic starting to ramp up and not lots of extra sears hanging around.
Dec 17, 2017, 3:38 pm
#83
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You'd think airports would think of themselves like hospitals when it comes to power - multiple backup schemes, and each concourse/terminal separated so that a power cut in one doesn't affect all the others.
DIA has a big solar farm, which provides cutover and emergency power if the main grid fails.
DIA has a big solar farm, which provides cutover and emergency power if the main grid fails.
Dec 17, 2017, 3:38 pm
#84
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I was a victim in April, too. Though compared to others I didn't do too badly, just a six hour delay in SLC. My first flight doesn't depart until 5pm tomorrow. If todays flights mirror tomorrow's none of my a/c go to Atlanta at all before arriving here. I really would like to make it to work Tuesday... but we'll see.
Dec 17, 2017, 3:42 pm
#85
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Oddly enough, I actually got my first upgrade of the year the day after the August mega-meltdown. It truly is funny how somethings can work out.
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Dec 17, 2017, 3:46 pm
#86
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CBS46 reporting "they are shutting the airport down" with footage of extra APD arriving to assist with crowd control as it gets dark. Advising anyone with flights to not attempt to go to the airport at all.
It sounds like they're not expecting to operate again before morning.
And WSB is a bit more direct - saying airport is being evacuated.
It sounds like they're not expecting to operate again before morning.
And WSB is a bit more direct - saying airport is being evacuated.
Dec 17, 2017, 3:47 pm
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Second, SLC-IAH is longer than PHX-IAH
Dec 17, 2017, 3:54 pm
#89
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It wasn't just "8 days of misery" last April. DL was blaming every operational incident for two weeks or longer on "WX" from that incident, when in fact it was their complete unpreparedness and poor system recovery that was at fault. Expect to see DL using this as an excuse next week during the Xmas rush. Naturally, all these people today needing to re-schedule will run into the Xmas rush as well. I just wish DL would admit that their operations and procedures are a pathetic failure and try to do something different. Be it WX or power failures, this sh*t happens, and they need to learn to deal with it better.
Dec 17, 2017, 3:57 pm
#90
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That must have been the cause! 