What's the longest you've sat waiting for ramp crew?
May 23, 2013, 8:02 pm
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One hour on pmCO from SFO to EWR on a redeye. We had a powerful tailwind and arrived very early. Unfortunately some ground crew called in sick and others were running late that morning,
May 23, 2013, 8:13 pm
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In any case, I found it on flightstats:
5/23 UA6010
runaway actual arrival 8:01 AM
gate actual arrival 8:47 AM
So it was 46 minutes this morning. Longer than I realized!
May 23, 2013, 11:05 pm
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It's not a "too afraid" issue, rather it is a defined safety policy. When the lightenting detectors detect a ground strike within x number of miles of the field (Not sure exact figure, I think it's within 10 +/-5) the hub carriers at ORD pull the ground crew, which includes jetbridge driving and "marshals" (the guys that park the plane.) They are then kept off the field for a predetermined time period from the last lightening strike (I believe it is 20 min.)
May 23, 2013, 11:31 pm
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~ 30-45 mins.
I was an LAX-JFK PS redeye, and in flight the pilot made an announcement that we had a forceful tailwind of 200 or 250 knots... I don't recall exactly and at the time I really had no idea what it really meant, but we ended up wheels down about 6AM for an ETA of 7 AM.
We pulled up to the gate and waited. The pilot then announced that we were waiting for a jet bridge operator. And we sat until sometime between 6:30-6:45 AM before deplaning.
I was an LAX-JFK PS redeye, and in flight the pilot made an announcement that we had a forceful tailwind of 200 or 250 knots... I don't recall exactly and at the time I really had no idea what it really meant, but we ended up wheels down about 6AM for an ETA of 7 AM.
We pulled up to the gate and waited. The pilot then announced that we were waiting for a jet bridge operator. And we sat until sometime between 6:30-6:45 AM before deplaning.
May 24, 2013, 12:12 am
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I have never waiting for anyone in CMH, ever. Its my home airport so I fly to CMH often. IAD, IAH have always been the worst for me. If I land at IAD and they tell me we are early, we will wait a really long time.