US investigates Delta over plane stuck on tarmac in extreme heat
US investigates Delta over plane stuck on tarmac in extreme heat
Passengers sat on the un-air conditioned plane waiting to take off in 111F (44C) temperatures.
Their statements says they were 'uncomfortable' temperatures.
Nah fuckers, those are DANGEROUS temperatures. This just wasn't an uncomfortable wait, this shit is serious
Of course this isn't an unpopular opinion but I absolutely loathe air travel. It's always a stain on any trip I take. I just got back from a trip where every connecting flight was missed by the fault of the airline. Who schedules for 1.5 hours to land, deboard, customs, security, and transit to another terminal at DFW? Why is the standard to do maintenance checks during boarding?
Now I'm not super familiar with how the systems work, but on most planes the AC doesn't seem to work until they can start the engines. Atleast that's been the case for almost every Boeing and other smaller regional jet makers. But with my most recent trip we were on A321s and those fuckers were frosty all the time. It was 102 outside and I was cold as fuck waiting for pushback.
I guess my point is, we need more laws on how long a reasonable wait is while boarded, and stricter regulations for high/low Temps.. which can be averted by whatever the fuck Airbus is doing on the vomit comet A321
At the gate we would hook up air to most aircraft via those big yellow hoses you'd see. From what I remember they can do both heat and AC. Sometimes, if the turnaround was suppose to be quick, they'd run the AC off the APU or ground power. Once they lose access to that then the only way to run AC was with a running engine.
Take all that with a grain of salt though. I haven't worked in the industry for almost 20 years.
Before pushback, the plane's AC is provided with power over connections with the terminal, I believe. If a plane's sitting on the tarmac (this would be after pushback), it's not getting AC.
This is the sort of thing that is going to need FAA regulations. It is cheaper to leave people waiting in the heat then to move back and let people wait at the gate.
Apparently airlines can leave you inside a plane sitting on the tarmac 3 hours for domestic flights and 4 hours for international flights. I think those numbers are ridiculously high, especially if it's 100 degrees and the plane has no AC.
https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer-protection/tarmac-delays
yea, there needs to be a exception for that.
I never fly delta, no matter how cheap the tickets are. I've never had a good experience with them.
Is there a ranking system I'm unaware of? I thought Delta was one of the better ones compared to say frontier or spirit.
I'm the total opposite. I pay up to double the fare sometimes to fly Delta.
Hopefully this bad press on this incident causes some policy changes at Delta on tarmac delays. That sounds miserable and dangerous.
Exactly. I've had a much better experience with Delta than than most other major airlines.
Filthy and disgusting. Truly pathetic. Prosecute Delta's board of directors for murder and grievous bodily harm.
I agree for the bodily harm but the article doesn’t mention anyone dying…
Why pay attention to details when I can just RRRREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
You should really read the articles before letting your righteous fury out, cause when you dont it just makes you look like a total imbecile