Chicago Center Fire Recovery
09-27-2014 | 07:26 AM
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Chicago Center Fire Recovery
How are ops this weekend? Company hasn't posted anything since yesterday, which said it would be all weekend (of course not; it's Saturday. We'll tell you how the weekend went....on Monday).
I'm thinking with this kind of disruption, my schedule for next week might not even be Jello-powder.
I'm thinking with this kind of disruption, my schedule for next week might not even be Jello-powder.
09-27-2014 | 07:47 AM
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I've been on reserve for past few days and I have not seen any increase in open time or schedule recovery positioning. Scheduler I talked to yesterday for a short call sounded worn out and said he could use a drink.
09-27-2014 | 08:08 AM
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Well, that could be ANY day, not just the fire recovery. 
BTW: the national news is noticeably absent on said event today.
BTW: the national news is noticeably absent on said event today.
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09-27-2014 | 02:47 PM
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Just an example of a nearby class B airport that normally has interaction with Chicago center.
45 minute taxi out in DTW on this CAVU Saturday morning. On initial call to clearance delivery, the reply was "you are number 13" for a full-route clearance. Re-routed twice inbound to DTW later in the day to avoid ZAU.
Indy Center says they heard possibly several weeks!
Who knows.
45 minute taxi out in DTW on this CAVU Saturday morning. On initial call to clearance delivery, the reply was "you are number 13" for a full-route clearance. Re-routed twice inbound to DTW later in the day to avoid ZAU.
Indy Center says they heard possibly several weeks!
Who knows.
09-28-2014 | 07:14 AM
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That's kind of what I'm guessing. I doubt the FAA has scores of replacement parts for an entire communications center.
Apparently, there was fire damage, then water damage from the sprinklers.
In my Air Force experience, I was often surprised to find out a frequency would be disabled at a base because they didn't even have ONE spare radio!!
Magnify that by dozens of radios, comm lines, and the interface for 40 or 50 radar scopes...
Apparently, there was fire damage, then water damage from the sprinklers.
In my Air Force experience, I was often surprised to find out a frequency would be disabled at a base because they didn't even have ONE spare radio!!
Magnify that by dozens of radios, comm lines, and the interface for 40 or 50 radar scopes...
09-28-2014 | 10:37 AM
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I heard someone last night ask Kansas City Center about the recovery and the controller said to expect as long as 30 days. According to that controller the damage is pretty significant, so take that for what its worth.
09-28-2014 | 10:54 AM
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Left in the early stages of it friday and took a 3 hour delay as the plane we were going to use diverted. 10 minutes in trail on departure so about 1 hour or so. Tower to tower till dsm going west and we were kept down till 16,000feet till dsm.
Going back in today no delays, early descent but right in, only delay was the usual long taxi with the new rwy configuration.
Oh and very little info from the company other than dispatch was more on top of it today than friday which is not surprising. I thought ord did a great job friday consider the challenge that was thrown there way.
Local paper says 2 weeks till fully operational.
Going back in today no delays, early descent but right in, only delay was the usual long taxi with the new rwy configuration.
Oh and very little info from the company other than dispatch was more on top of it today than friday which is not surprising. I thought ord did a great job friday consider the challenge that was thrown there way.
Local paper says 2 weeks till fully operational.
09-29-2014 | 11:42 PM
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Left there today. About 45 minute taxi out, only because they were having to arrange plane manually for departure fixes. Paper strips is my guess.
No PDC, very bad radio for clearance, barely readable, and the clearance guy didn't really remember how to give a clearance, very disjointed. Horrible radio, seemed like someone was using a handheld from Radio Shack.
No PDC, very bad radio for clearance, barely readable, and the clearance guy didn't really remember how to give a clearance, very disjointed. Horrible radio, seemed like someone was using a handheld from Radio Shack.
10-13-2014 | 12:56 PM
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Back in Business
From UA's company news feed:
The FAA has restored full air traffic operations at Chicago Center in Aurora, Illinois. As of 8 a.m. Monday, ORD was operating with an AAR (aircraft acceptance rate) of 106, the normal rate for the current airport configuration; however, a significant weather system over the middle of the country will bring the airport's rates back down lower tonight and into tomorrow. During the outage only 64-80 aircraft were allowed in the airspace per hour.
The center was damaged on Sept. 26, forcing numerous cancellations and forcing all airlines to reduce schedules dramatically. In the past two weeks, we have worked with the FAA and our teams in the Network Operations Center and at ORD to match our flying levels with the available airspace capacity.
The center was damaged on Sept. 26, forcing numerous cancellations and forcing all airlines to reduce schedules dramatically. In the past two weeks, we have worked with the FAA and our teams in the Network Operations Center and at ORD to match our flying levels with the available airspace capacity.
05-04-2015 | 07:02 AM
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