Brrrrrr.....
01-21-2019 | 01:33 PM
#12
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I get the divert and the mechanical issue. What I dont understand is how it took 14 hours to get a rescue aircraft to Goose Bay. Should have been 4 to 5 hours max. It’s a 2 hour flight from EWR. A AOG in minus 30 temps should have been the number one priority for UAL ops.
01-21-2019 | 02:25 PM
#13
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I get the divert and the mechanical issue. What I dont understand is how it took 14 hours to get a rescue aircraft to Goose Bay. Should have been 4 to 5 hours max. It’s a 2 hour flight from EWR. A AOG in minus 30 temps should have been the number one priority for UAL ops.
01-21-2019 | 02:34 PM
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From: Tom’s Whipping boy.
I’ve been to Goose, in the winter. Planned flight in the Air Force. I can’t believe Dispatch and the FODM were on board with that divert. There is nothing there. I recall the last time we put one in there, passengers wound up sleeping on cots in a hangar.
We need to do a better job of divert planning for such things other than a fire on board.
Gander is only another hour. Way better accommodations. Real hotels and a good hospital.
Good thing the APU didn’t quit.
How do you force a crew to leave their home on a day off, in the dead of winter to ferry a plane to somewhere that’s 30 below?
We need to do a better job of divert planning for such things other than a fire on board.
Gander is only another hour. Way better accommodations. Real hotels and a good hospital.
Good thing the APU didn’t quit.
I get the divert and the mechanical issue. What I dont understand is how it took 14 hours to get a rescue aircraft to Goose Bay. Should have been 4 to 5 hours max. It’s a 2 hour flight from EWR. A AOG in minus 30 temps should have been the number one priority for UAL ops.
01-21-2019 | 02:51 PM
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I’ve been to Goose, in the winter. Planned flight in the Air Force. I can’t believe Dispatch and the FODM were on board with that divert. There is nothing there. I recall the last time we put one in there, passengers wound up sleeping on cots in a hangar.
We need to do a better job of divert planning for such things other than a fire on board.
Gander is only another hour. Way better accommodations. Real hotels and a good hospital.
Good thing the APU didn’t quit.
How do you force a crew to leave their home on a day off, in the dead of winter to ferry a plane to somewhere that’s 30 below?
We need to do a better job of divert planning for such things other than a fire on board.
Gander is only another hour. Way better accommodations. Real hotels and a good hospital.
Good thing the APU didn’t quit.
How do you force a crew to leave their home on a day off, in the dead of winter to ferry a plane to somewhere that’s 30 below?
01-21-2019 | 03:13 PM
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You don’t need a 777. They flew the people back to Newark. You need any combination of airframes with enough seats to bring the people back.
01-21-2019 | 04:22 PM
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I’ve been to Goose, in the winter. Planned flight in the Air Force. I can’t believe Dispatch and the FODM were on board with that divert. There is nothing there. I recall the last time we put one in there, passengers wound up sleeping on cots in a hangar.
We need to do a better job of divert planning for such things other than a fire on board.
Gander is only another hour. Way better accommodations. Real hotels and a good hospital.
Good thing the APU didn’t quit.
How do you force a crew to leave their home on a day off, in the dead of winter to ferry a plane to somewhere that’s 30 below?
We need to do a better job of divert planning for such things other than a fire on board.
Gander is only another hour. Way better accommodations. Real hotels and a good hospital.
Good thing the APU didn’t quit.
How do you force a crew to leave their home on a day off, in the dead of winter to ferry a plane to somewhere that’s 30 below?
Any serious medical problem in Gander gets taken to St. John's, I'm assuming Medlink was the one who decided on Goose...maybe not. The ferry crew was more than likely reserves.
01-21-2019 | 04:41 PM
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I get the divert and the mechanical issue. What I dont understand is how it took 14 hours to get a rescue aircraft to Goose Bay. Should have been 4 to 5 hours max. It’s a 2 hour flight from EWR. A AOG in minus 30 temps should have been the number one priority for UAL ops.
