Stupid Passengers (cancelled flights)

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12-31-2010, 06:00 AM

#21

FDXLAG

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Originally Posted by ExAF

No you shouldn't...you'll sit there and LIKE it!

(At least for up to 3 hours)

Hey if they had let me off at the 3 hour point I could have walked to memphis. But at the 5 hour point my 27 hour trip was canceled with an all expense paid trip to the acp to follow (actually just a phone call).

Dug out of the snow yet?

12-31-2010, 07:33 AM

#22

jumpseat2024

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Do the pax see any of this fined money..other than (I'm assuming) a travel voucher?

12-31-2010, 10:45 AM

#23

Grumble

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Originally Posted by jumpseat2024

Do the pax see any of this fined money..other than (I'm assuming) a travel voucher?

That's a valid question, however I think the reality of it is that, just like taxes, the gov't is using this to influence/control behavior.

01-01-2011, 05:38 AM

#24

DYNASTY HVY

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Originally Posted by Grumble

That's a valid question, however I think the reality of it is that, just like taxes, the gov't is using this to influence/control behavior.

The airlines behavior or the pax on how much bravo sierra they can take ?
If I had told people that ths industry would be the way it is today 20 years ago they would have called up the nearest loonie farm.

01-01-2011, 08:50 AM

#25

lakehouse

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If in a situation similar to that of the RJ stuck overnight, why cant the captain pull to the gate and tell whoever was inside open the airport or I am going to EVAC? and if they refuse, then evac the plane. The media and public opinion would strongly be on your side.

01-01-2011, 10:21 AM

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clipperskipper

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Originally Posted by rickt86

That's easy, there are 100 airplanes on 100 gates, and you taxi in looking for
a gate. This has happened on numerous occasions and a couple have set a precedent, like the people vs NWA, Thanksgiving 1998 I think, eight hours and no gate. Northwest paid dearly for that one, and there was a B6 incident in recent memory where a passenger bill of rights was issued to everyone.

If you blow the slides you are leaving yourself wide open to a lot of liability and criticism, Steve Slater style, although I never understood the trespass charge. I simple solution would be to call the duty manager, recommend towing ship 406 off of gate 31, and let us deplane our passengers. Most ops people can work a solution recommended to them, others cannot create a mental picture.

01-01-2011, 06:20 PM

#27

blastoff

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Originally Posted by clipperskipper

If you blow the slides you are leaving yourself wide open to a lot of liability and criticism,

Moreover, the aircraft/event in question was an ERJ which is not equipped with slides or an airstair door. It's a 5 foot drop. The liability would have been through the roof if they had evacuated.