Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
I heard they did run out, but never had that confirmed.
I do not know what other pads we could use. They have to be approved and have the correct draining and storage for the runoff. I know AMR deices at the gate on Ramp one, but have never gone over to ask how they can do that and why we can't.
I remember the press when they found the deice fluid in the water supply. It changed the way we deice our jets in ATL. It effectively created a situation where we could not run half of the operation. Add the DOT-3 rule and any time we get snow or any other precip that requires a deice, the operation is going to get thinned out because of it.
Yes, we need to find a way to do better. Not arguing that. Just giving the background to why we have those pads on Ramp six.
I had friends that cancelled because we ran out of fluid. Pretty sad when we run that limited of a deice operation and still can't plan well enough to have enough fluid for what plans we planned on flying.
The drainage thing is certainly not a simple fix, as it would require ramp/taxiway reconstruction and reshaping... one would think with all the contstruction they've been doing that some planning might have gone into that. But probably not since we're entering into global warming and snow might be a thing of the past.
