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Their statements says they were ‘uncomfortable’ temperatures.
Nah fuckers, those are DANGEROUS temperatures. This just wasn’t an uncomfortable wait, this shit is serious
Of course this isn’t an unpopular opinion but I absolutely loathe air travel. It’s always a stain on any trip I take. I just got back from a trip where every connecting flight was missed by the fault of the airline. Who schedules for 1.5 hours to land, deboard, customs, security, and transit to another terminal at DFW? Why is the standard to do maintenance checks during boarding?
Now I’m not super familiar with how the systems work, but on most planes the AC doesn’t seem to work until they can start the engines. Atleast that’s been the case for almost every Boeing and other smaller regional jet makers. But with my most recent trip we were on A321s and those fuckers were frosty all the time. It was 102 outside and I was cold as fuck waiting for pushback.
I guess my point is, we need more laws on how long a reasonable wait is while boarded, and stricter regulations for high/low Temps… which can be averted by whatever the fuck Airbus is doing on the vomit comet A321
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Before pushback, the plane’s AC is provided with power over connections with the terminal, I believe. If a plane’s sitting on the tarmac (this would be after pushback), it’s not getting AC.
This is the sort of thing that is going to need FAA regulations. It is cheaper to leave people waiting in the heat then to move back and let people wait at the gate.
Apparently airlines can leave you inside a plane sitting on the tarmac 3 hours for domestic flights and 4 hours for international flights. I think those numbers are ridiculously high, especially if it’s 100 degrees and the plane has no AC.
https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer-protection/tarmac-delays
yea, there needs to be a exception for that.
I never fly delta, no matter how cheap the tickets are. I’ve never had a good experience with them.
Is there a ranking system I’m unaware of? I thought Delta was one of the better ones compared to say frontier or spirit.
Frontier and Sprint are a different tier than Delta, which is in the same tier as American Airlines. With Frontier and Sprint, you should expect everything to cost you something snd your trip to be bare bones.
Delta shouldn’t be like that at all. But within its tier, it’s the worst.
So what are tiers and who is in which one?
From my experience:
- Major - Delta, United, American Airlines
- Value - Southwest, JetBlue
- Budget - Spirit, Frontier, Allegiant
I’m not sure where Alaska and Hawaiian airlines fit in since it’s been a while since I’ve flown with them.
I’d add Alaska Airlines to the major category.
Cool, thanks.
I’m the total opposite. I pay up to double the fare sometimes to fly Delta.
Hopefully this bad press on this incident causes some policy changes at Delta on tarmac delays. That sounds miserable and dangerous.
Exactly. I’ve had a much better experience with Delta than than most other major airlines.
Filthy and disgusting. Truly pathetic. Prosecute Delta’s board of directors for murder and grievous bodily harm.
I agree for the bodily harm but the article doesn’t mention anyone dying…
Why pay attention to details when I can just RRRREEEEEEEEEE!!!
You should really read the articles before letting your righteous fury out, cause when you dont it just makes you look like a total imbecile
“Even under normal temperatures a tarmac delay is not supposed to go that long and we have rules about that, which we are actively enforcing and this is being investigated right now” - Pete Buttigieg
Yet from the transportation.gov website:
How long can an airline keep me on a DEPARTING flight before the airline is required to start moving the airplane to a location where passengers can safely get off?
- For flights departing from a U.S. airport, airlines are required to begin to move the airplane to a location where passengers can safely get off before 3 hours for domestic flights and 4 hours for international flights.
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Seems like the rules were followed. Also, that number seems like it should be an hour at most. At least in my uneducated opinion. And there really should be further regulations when it comes to acceptable temperatures inside the plane while waiting. I feel like I read similar stories to this every year or so.
