Originally Posted by
bgmann
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.