Hurricane? THIS is a hurricane.
Most domestic airlines have well planned contingency plans for northers weather like snowstorms. Based on routes these planes tend to sit planes out in the warm aprons of MCO etc. til they can get back into some semblance of route planning. Rarely do you see the likes of the same airline flying in the last flight of the day to a northern city and get the plane cancelled and stuck there.
I suspect that their experience with how to best recover schedules is easiest when they park the planes at these same specific southern airports and return them to service against a smooth and tried plan.
In other words an extra day on the ground is a lot easier to handle when they resume service than having those planes and crew scattered somewhere else.
I suspect that their experience with how to best recover schedules is easiest when they park the planes at these same specific southern airports and return them to service against a smooth and tried plan.
In other words an extra day on the ground is a lot easier to handle when they resume service than having those planes and crew scattered somewhere else.
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KLM B747 back at St Maarten
28 oct 2016 would have been the last KLM B747 landing at SXM, now (for tragic reasons) she is back!
According the KLM newsflash, the relief flight is crewed by volunteers
28 oct 2016 would have been the last KLM B747 landing at SXM, now (for tragic reasons) she is back!
According the KLM newsflash, the relief flight is crewed by volunteers
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As noted in comments, #1 reverser not deployed. Someone said low mass therefore not required - don't believe that.
Has to be either tech prob or avoiding re-ingestion of debris.
Has to be either tech prob or avoiding re-ingestion of debris.
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I wonder if Branson is going to declare the damage to his insurance company
For some, it will be when one has acquired sufficient property or assets that can be sold to offset 99% of the liability with certainty. The other 1% (or more) would probably be disallowed for some reason by an insurance company anyway, and "pseudo" bankruptcy may become an alternative option. Only the middle classes buy insurance out of necessity.
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2017 is shaping up to possibly overtake 2004 in terms of the number of Hurricanes hitting the US. 2004 was a rough year in Florida with 4 making land fall. Two of them made a direct Bulls-Eye on Vero Beach. What are the odds of that ever happening again?
Oddly enough, 2005 also included storms named Harvey, Jose and Maria.
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