Originally Posted by
BMEP100
I’ve been to Goose, in the winter. Planned flight in the Air Force. I can’t believe Dispatch and the FODM were on board with that divert. There is nothing there. I recall the last time we put one in there, passengers wound up sleeping on cots in a hangar.
We need to do a better job of divert planning for such things other than a fire on board.
Gander is only another hour. Way better accommodations. Real hotels and a good hospital.
Good thing the APU didn’t quit.
How do you force a crew to leave their home on a day off, in the dead of winter to ferry a plane to somewhere that’s 30 below?
They are employees. They should do what is needed. You start with the easy option. You call reserves. No reserves you offer it as overtime. No one wants that you cancel a revenue flight and reroute the crew.