yesterday evening my mind was drifting as i watched a mess of aircraft on approach for MIA. for some reason i began thinking about the several instances where pax were incarcerated on the tarmac because there were "no available gates" "no available tsa" "no customs officers" etc etc.
well WTF did they do on 9/11 when 6500 aircraft were grounded by order of the FAA?!?! certainly i do not recall reading stories of pax trapped on board these grounded aircraft for 10 hours, so i imagine they were not.
yes, 9/11 was certainly an extraordinary day, but if the airports were able to handle that much pax traffic without warning, i simply do not buy for 1/4 of a second that they cannot accommodate a few extra planes in a storm. and no, it makes n difference to me what airport we are talking about. it's simple: when there is a will there is a way. anything less is just bullshit and laziness
well WTF did they do on 9/11 when 6500 aircraft were grounded by order of the FAA?!?! certainly i do not recall reading stories of pax trapped on board these grounded aircraft for 10 hours, so i imagine they were not.
yes, 9/11 was certainly an extraordinary day, but if the airports were able to handle that much pax traffic without warning, i simply do not buy for 1/4 of a second that they cannot accommodate a few extra planes in a storm. and no, it makes n difference to me what airport we are talking about. it's simple: when there is a will there is a way. anything less is just bullshit and laziness
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