Originally Posted by
twochai
A wake up call? Delta already had the wake up call, ten years ago:
Comair's Christmas Disaster: Bound To Fail | CIO
Of course, Comair was only a subsidiary of Delta, not part of the main team - they were too smart to let such a thing happen!
The CEO of Comair walked the plank! Wonder if that'll happen this time around!
There is a little more to this story.
I have been told that in order to reduce stock holding at the airport Cincinnati had only a small supply of deicer and when snow/ice/freezing weather was forecast would call for supplies sufficient for the expected weather. in this case the tankers of deicer were on their way to the airport but were pulled over by law enforcement and told it was too dangerous for them to carry on driving due to the snow. So the airport was unable to deice aircraft and operations were halted. Not only did the aircraft tires freeze to the ground, but also the jetways froze in position.
Lots of holes in the cheese lined up. A really good learning exercise for the MBAs who run airports these days.