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Stranded Virgin Atlantic Passengers Sleep ‘All Over the Floor’ at Airport
A Virgin Atlantic flight was forced to make an emergency landing this weekend, forcing more than 250 passengers to spend the night “all over the floor” in a Newfoundland, Canada, airport. The flight departed from London and was scheduled to arrive at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport just before midnight Saturday but instead made an emergency landing at Gander International Airport after pilots noticed a fuel leak mid-flight. (abcnews.go.com) Daha Fazlası...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
It's amazing how people take flying for granted. Those who complained needed a reality check. If the pilot didn't report the leak, then what? Well, run out of fuel and fall out of the sky, plane explodes? These people, albeit tired, impatient and angry, should be thankful that the crew did their job by ensuring the safety of it's passengers...it could have gone down a whole lot worse than being stuck in a small airport.
Stuff can and does break, no matter how good the mx program, and whether old or new plane. Your post is right on, but probably falls on deaf ears.
as a preacher you should know. We teach to the choir most of the time.,
Ha! You're not kidding.
I laughed when some passenger complained that there were people laying down on bathroom floor and bathroom counter, since the small airport was so jammed. First, I was impressed the bathrooms were clean enough that people were ok with laying down on the floor. But also, I can't imagine feeling the need to sleep that close to the stalls.
But all that silliness aside, the captain did a great job of getting out of the sky when a potentially catostrophic condition seemed to appear, and making sure everyone was safe, even if some did choose to relax in the loo.
Where Virgin seemed to drop the ball is keeping the stranded passengers on the ground for nearly 24 hours, when there weren't hotel rooms available in the area.
Wouldn't it have made sense to dispatch a plane to go pick up the stranded passengers. Virgin has at least one plane hanging out overnight at either Boston, Newark, or JFK, thar could've been used with little or no interference with the next day's flights. Especially in the New York area with 2 bases, they must've had sufficient crew avaiable. Maybe if on extended rest, they were out enjoying their layover, and might not have qualified for duty because of recent alcohol consumption, even if sufficiently rested.
I would imagine a charter could also be arranged with little notice. With so many planes sitting overnight and so many crew sitting available on reserve, a quicker solution to minimize the impact to passengers.
Though any outcome after a safe landing will always be less problematic than the alternative.
I laughed when some passenger complained that there were people laying down on bathroom floor and bathroom counter, since the small airport was so jammed. First, I was impressed the bathrooms were clean enough that people were ok with laying down on the floor. But also, I can't imagine feeling the need to sleep that close to the stalls.
But all that silliness aside, the captain did a great job of getting out of the sky when a potentially catostrophic condition seemed to appear, and making sure everyone was safe, even if some did choose to relax in the loo.
Where Virgin seemed to drop the ball is keeping the stranded passengers on the ground for nearly 24 hours, when there weren't hotel rooms available in the area.
Wouldn't it have made sense to dispatch a plane to go pick up the stranded passengers. Virgin has at least one plane hanging out overnight at either Boston, Newark, or JFK, thar could've been used with little or no interference with the next day's flights. Especially in the New York area with 2 bases, they must've had sufficient crew avaiable. Maybe if on extended rest, they were out enjoying their layover, and might not have qualified for duty because of recent alcohol consumption, even if sufficiently rested.
I would imagine a charter could also be arranged with little notice. With so many planes sitting overnight and so many crew sitting available on reserve, a quicker solution to minimize the impact to passengers.
Though any outcome after a safe landing will always be less problematic than the alternative.
I came back into FSM late one evening and 7 eagle flights had been diverted in there because of wx at DFW. They got out of their origins before DFW did the ground stop. It was after hours for the terminal as far as concessions went and pax were piled everywhere but they had restrooms, a softer seat than on the plane, AC and water. They had to stay about 3 hours, not all night but they were all bitching. Just goes to show, no pleasin'.
Those poor souls. How on earth were they able to endure such hardship? Probably weren't even able to get a Starbucks.