No APU, No Ground Air, No Problem?
10-20-2021 | 08:49 AM
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No APU, No Ground Air, No Problem?
Anyone here refuse to allow passengers to board until ventilation is established? Packing customers into a aluminum tube without fresh air for 30 minutes seems a little unwise these days.
10-20-2021 | 12:44 PM
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From: It's a plane and it's a seat
I had this exact situation happen years ago in ORD in the summer. APU INOP and no PC Air available. I refused to board the aircraft. I actually had to pull out our FOM to back up my position.
My solution was add an 1000lbs of extra gas. Start number 2 at the gate, cool the plane off and then board. Cooler heads prevailed and that’s what did, don’t be pressured. Be a CAPTAIN
10-20-2021 | 02:13 PM
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I had to deplane in DFW once for this couldn’t get the engine started and decided to deplane for the heat. Started number 2 at the gate and didn’t board until it cooled down.
I think there was a story from a couple years ago some ladies kid went unresponsive in the back of a hot RJ.
I think there was a story from a couple years ago some ladies kid went unresponsive in the back of a hot RJ.
10-20-2021 | 07:59 PM
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10-21-2021 | 06:53 AM
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there is. Don’t recommend it honestly, had to do it once when we lost the other pack on a plane that already had one pack inop. The plane gets absurdly hot, even in flight. Luckily no pax onboard as it was a ferry flight due to WX.
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