Old 09-06-2009, 05:57 PM
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shfo
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Originally Posted by bgmann View Post

The American Airlines passenger jet sat for four hours on the runway. Stupid media! It didnt sit on the runway for four hours. But isn't there a 'Minimum Takeoff Fuel' amount listed in the dispatch release?
Just to play devil's advocate, I've sat on runway 13L/31R at JFK for more than 3 hours with both engines shut down. They were using the 22s for arrivals and departures and used the 31s/13s as taxiways. There were storms over all the departure fixes so not many flights were getting out.
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