Originally Posted by
blastoff
The thing missing from all of the quotes like this is...how would you have physically de-planed the passengers? XJT ERJ's are not equipped with stairs, and need external stairs or a jetway for people to get off. There are also no emergency slides. If ground handling refuses, now what? Have grandma jump 5 feet down in a thunderstorm...OSHA violation? Send the FO out to beat down a ramper and steal a belt loader?
very valid point, if this were a CRJ prob solved, but without steps for a hardstand, quite the predicament. like someone else mentioned, it's easy for us to armchair quarterback this crew, we weren't there and still do not know all the details. not fair to blame mesaba ramper, the airport manager should have been called in to handle this situation. why isn't he catching some heat?