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Jet Blue Flight Rochester to New York City
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". . . as you know, we have experienced a lowering of our expectations."
-caption to a comic in newspaper referencing the lowering economic status of America.
I have never been on a rockier flight before. My computer is bouncing up and down on the eating tray as I am watching the wings of the plane flapping in the breeze like the wings of a bird through the porthole windows.
The pilot come on the loud speaker:
"I am sorry to inform you of this," he begins in an overly dour voice. Shit, I think that he is going to say we are turning back to Rochester because of the weather conditions. "But we will not be able to serve coffee on this flight because of the turbulence."
Whew, that was close. After more than an hour delay on the tarmac in Rochester, because the plane was not properly prepared, I was not cringing at the thought that we would not reach our destination.
Going to Maine. I need to get there quickly. I spent $170 to travel
fast, it would be for too ironic for my humor to bear if the plane could
not deliver me faster than the bus. There is a good chance I am going to miss my connecting flight in JFK
already.
Hoping to get on another, just hoping to make it to Maine somehow. Poor Chaya will be waiting for me a long time
in Portland.
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Wade from Vagabond Journey.com
in flying on plane to New York City, January 7, 2009
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I cannot figure out why this flight departed from Rochester over an hour
late. There was snow on the ground and it was cold, but the weather was
not a real factor. Simply put, the airline decided to de-ice the plane
only after it was fully boarded by passengers. The airline decided to
de-ice the plane at the precise time it was scheduled to take off. I
cannot understand this. The plane sat on the tarmac all night long. The
night was cold, and any foolish chap could see the icicles hanging off
of the wings and sides of the airplane. It was well known that the plane
would need to be de-iced - and that it would take over an hour to do so
- way before take-off time.
De-icing a Jet Blue airplane in Rochester, New York.
So why did the airline wait until the plane was boarded to do such
routine preparation as de-icing a plane in an Upstate New York winter?
It seemed at the time to be a simple matter of the airline failing to plan ahead, but I later learned that there was something more to it:
As far as airline statistics are concerned, a plane is counted as
being on schedule if it is boarded on time. So, therefore, it is common
practice for airlines to fully board their aircraft BEFORE making
mechanical repairs, weather preparations, or a variety of other actions
to make a plane ready to fly. If a flight is boarded on time, it is
considered to be a success for the airline, even if hours of repairs
need to be completed before lift off or the flight arrives late. So,
therefore, airlines often wait until a plane is boarded to make routine
repairs, which, in the end, probably makes the plane arrive at its
destination even later than if the repairs were done in advance and
boarding was delayed.
Rochester, New York in winter.
It is becoming a way of course in the USA for flights to depart late. I
would say that at least 60% of flights originating in the USA that I
have been on in the past few years have been delayed for some reason or
another. Airline delays are now an acceptable part of flying in the USA.
It is normal to sit inside of an airplane for over an hour as mechanics
do work that probably should have been done way in advance of the
boarding time. What strikes me as odd is that nobody seems to really
complain when this happens anymore. It has become normal for flights to
be delayed.
The people of the USA have lowered their expectations.
The hill can going go down from here.
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Reader Comments:
1/29/2009 22:05:23 Debbie says . . .
I also love jet blue. Perhaps you don't remember the plane that tried to take off, but dove into the Potomic because of ice. It is best to de-ice as close to take off as possible. I also was given a $25.00 voucher without knowing that there had been a problem. (The TV didn't work.) IT IS GOOD THAT THEY DE-ICE JUST BEFORE TAKE OFF! BTW - my last pilot looked just like Manny Rameriez and cracked jokes during the flight.
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