While our air transportation system may not be capable of fixing every problem when faced with extreme weather events, FAA, airports and airlines can and must streamline their communications systems to mitigate similar problems when the next perfect storm hits.
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After the tarmac-delay incidents at Bradley Field in Connecticut the airwaves were full of news reports about the incident where a JetBlue plane sat on the tarmac for more than seven hours. Lost in the news were the facts that there were other planes delayed for similar lengths of time, some from other airlines and that the situation was the result of a massive surprise October snowstorm that hasn’t been seen for a century.
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Dreamliners wait for certification at Paine Field, DOT may extend tarmac delay rule, transforming Southwest Airlines
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After a bogus, apparently airline-financed study claimed that the new tarmac-delay rules were causing airlines to cancel an extraordinary number of flights, a dispassionate study of delays shows that cancellations showed a small gain, mostly due to weather and the volcanic ash problems.
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The October tarmac delay numbers have just been released by the Transportation Department, and there’s good news: No one had to wait on a parked plane for more than four hours.
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With all the talk lately about getting stuck on the tarmac, you better come prepared for an extended wait! According to the Houston Chronicle, the top 5 tarmac delays in July lasted between 268 minutes and the infamous 392 minute Delta delay.
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ExpressJet Flight 2534 from Nashville to Newark spent 269 minutes on the runway on Nov. 30, 2008, according to the latest Transportation Department figures. That’s almost 4 1/2 hours.
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