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Old 07-17-2013 | 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by ysslah
Speaking of, I'll never understand how the company decides if they want/need to declare irop. About a week ago they declared IROP in ATL and DTW with no thunderstorm within miles and no ATC programs for those airports, and they didn't declare one today when DTW had departure delays and ATL and ground stop. Am I missing something???
Hint: the definition is variable. The threshold for IROP gets higher/lower with that day's staffing level.