Ready or not??
This aircraft was hardly "ready" to leave if engineers were working on it and ATC would have been so advised.
Therefore the doors should have been disarmed if it was on stand and "tech". The front steps should have been lowered and also steps could have been positioned at the rear door as well.......at cost to FR.
To answer your question WetFeet a 737 will carry whatever bottled water it's current bar packing plan allows it to and is based on previous sales. It will not be enough for 200 people in a delay situation such as this.
However FR, as does any carrier, has a duty of care to it's pax and crew. The SCCM should have been on the Captain's case requesting a catering uplift of water to be distributed on the ground in this situation if potable water was not available.......also at cost to FR.
That is effective CRM and apparently lacking here. I have never worked for FR but assume CRM is taught and therefore practiced.
The decision to put forward anything relating to pax welfare to company Ops rests with the Captain.
Edited to correct rubbish grammar/spelling. My post assumes the press release quoted above is accurate.
Last edited by lowcostdolly; 20th Jun 2011 at 12:40.