In case you all didn't figure it out, and I know most of you have, someone on here didn't make it past American Eagle's application process.

 

as a former employee of american eagle im not really shocked by this incident. is it that big of a deal a whole 3 hours not really. eagle regualarly lets passengers sit on atr's in puerto rico with no water and no air carts in the heat. Its almost a regular occurence for a passenger to pass out at the gate.

 

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My issue is with the COMPANY not the crew, the crew must have been following some sort of protocol.
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Yup. Found the line in the manual right under the tab "company protocol"

It says "should the pilots decide to forcefully hold the pax in the airplane for multiple hours, they will give no person any water for any reason."

 

I have a question for you 121 guys, I know before I even board my passengers if there will be any delays, if I get the clearence and it's going to be 90 to 120 mins. before we can go I keep the pax in the term. Granted I only have typically 4 or 5 pax and not 70 . But why board the people if theres that big of a delay. Not trying to be a smarta$$ just want to know.

 

3 hours! OMG! Next time tell your parents to fly out of JFK when the Internationals Take Off. Its an everyday occurance in the NE!

 

If I call clearance and we get an EDCT of up to an hour or so, we usually board up anyway. By the time we get everybody boarded up, get the paperwork done, and make our way to the runway, we won't be sitting for very long anyway. As an added incentive, EDCTs are often pushed up if you can "be airborne five minutes from now." It's much easier to do that if you're at the end of the runway than if you're in the terminal's Panda Express.

 

See...if they returned to the gate, this guy would be on here talking about how much AE sucks because they couldn't even get his family to PIT.

 

I hear that the designers are working on a stupid filter, much like the language filter that already exists...

 

That sounds like the worst restaurant ever. I'm never going to eat there.

You know what I'm angry about? My local Chili's couldn't even get me from DFW to DAL, much less PIT. I sat there for at least 3 hours. But at least I got some water.

But seriously here, we're not talking about interstellar travel where you're dependent on the ship's life support system to survive. We're talking about little comfort items here. If it's really that big of a deal, buy a bottle of water in the terminal and bring it with you. But some snacks while you're there, it's better than what you're going to get on the airplane anyway. Buy a sudoku book or something so you have your own problem solving ability to complain about rather than that of a crew whose job you know nothing about.

I bet the pass riders on that flight were asleep. That's where I'd be. You sure learn a lot about riding on airplanes when you do it several times a week. Perhaps we should all get together and write a book or something. I want royalties.

 

It'd be a short book filled with crosswords and sudoko puzzles to take up space.

The first page would look like this:

1. Hit up FA for bottle of water on the way into the cabin.

2. Text message friends about how much your life sucks.

3. Look for cute girls. Sigh in disgust because you don't see any.

4. Hear announcement about "Unanticipated ground delays...you may use your cell phones" and throw in the Ipod

5. Sleep.

6. Wake up cuz the rotation was a little quick. Look around and go back to sleep.

7. Wake up at destination.