Originally Posted by
johnso29
Nu works on a WB. It's a whole different world on the Varsity side, especially when on a WB.
DTW ground ops can be terrible, and if they're actually on it the you'll often end up waiting for a gate agent. The other day I saw a ramper leaning on a container that said 'CAUTION FLAMMABLE JET A'. Do you know what he was doing while he was leaning on said container?
SMOKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Add to that most guys won't even check to make sure the ground power is good, they just plug and run. TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!
I agree. My sample size is small, I've been into DTW 4 times in the last month, but I've had significant ground ops issues every single time. The worst was yesterday. We could have easily had an on-time departure after arriving at our jet only 30 minutes prior to push but there was absolutely ZERO urgency on the part of ground guys to make it happen. Result: we took off 45 minutes late. Unacceptable.
And to make matters worse, as we're making PAs to the pax to explain that we're trying to get out on time, the guy dragging his feet the most was the baggage guy. Plus, he looked like he'd just woken up from a crack stupor. No semblance of a Delta uniform. A garish doo rag around his head, high top sneaks with the shoe laces untied and a wallet chain hanging down to the ground. I can only imagine what the pax on the right side of the jet were thinking.
Where is DTW management and what in the hell are they doing? I used to think our JFK ops were the worst. Not any more.