Originally Posted by
sailingfun
It was a bit worse then what you heard. In defense of some of the rampers public transportation to the airport was shut down for part of the time. Delta finally threw in the towel and shut down all ops until noon on the 4th. Many inbounds had extensive holdouts for no gates.
For all the money threw away that day, Delta needs a better plan when the snow flies. Pay triple overtime, rent snowmobiles, hire limousines...
With everything we have riding on NYC, we can't afford such a weak link in the operation.