Anyone else cancelled tonight, 6/27?
Jun 27, 2007, 9:07 pm
#1
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: MKE to EWR or PHL to Princeton, NJ; MKE to BOS
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Anyone else cancelled tonight, 6/27?
*rant on*
I was scheduled on the YX flight from BOS-MKE leaving about 8:20 this evening and it was cancelled... weather, they say. Still waiting for it to rain, only a few clouds.
Nevermind big blob of green between Boston and Milwaukee, I wanted to be back for the opening of Summerfest and they couldn't get me on a plane til 1:30!
*rant off*
I know all about air traffic management, but when I want to be home they just sound like Charlie Brown's teacher talking.
Thankfully I'm travelling on the company's dime and *I* didn't have to drop $279 to spend 12 hours in the Hyatt Harborside. Don't worry, I didn't make them buy me a lobster for dinner, I just ordered a pizza.
I was scheduled on the YX flight from BOS-MKE leaving about 8:20 this evening and it was cancelled... weather, they say. Still waiting for it to rain, only a few clouds.
Nevermind big blob of green between Boston and Milwaukee, I wanted to be back for the opening of Summerfest and they couldn't get me on a plane til 1:30!
*rant off*
I know all about air traffic management, but when I want to be home they just sound like Charlie Brown's teacher talking.
Thankfully I'm travelling on the company's dime and *I* didn't have to drop $279 to spend 12 hours in the Hyatt Harborside. Don't worry, I didn't make them buy me a lobster for dinner, I just ordered a pizza.
Jun 27, 2007, 10:18 pm
#3
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 83
Well.....the weather was fine in BOS, however there was a line of t-storms from Canada to TX. I am sure there was an AFP (airspace flow program) in place for all traffic moving through the eastern third of the country. This is a relatively new way for the FAA to slow traffic down. It basically delays all flights that are traversing an airspace that is impacted by t-storms.
Jun 28, 2007, 11:31 am
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chicago
Posts: 1,800
Well.....the weather was fine in BOS, however there was a line of t-storms from Canada to TX. I am sure there was an AFP (airspace flow program) in place for all traffic moving through the eastern third of the country. This is a relatively new way for the FAA to slow traffic down. It basically delays all flights that are traversing an airspace that is impacted by t-storms.
Jun 28, 2007, 12:06 pm
#6
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Location: MKE to EWR or PHL to Princeton, NJ; MKE to BOS
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According to airliners.net, there were lots of ATC delays yesterday, especially at ORD (what a surprise!). Many planes actually diverted to MKE. A British Airways 747, American Airlines 767, and a few others all flew into MKE because of storms and ATC delays. I'm sure that was an interesting sight!
I wonder if they let them off or of they made them wait it out in the plane because they didn't have anyone to process them!