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?
Any serious medical problem in Gander gets taken to St. John's, I'm assuming Medlink was the one who decided on Goose...maybe not. The ferry crew was more than likely reserves.