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I was stuck overnight in Atlanta last week (before all of this) because they couldn't find a pilot. They had everyone sitting at the gate until 2am, when they f

by jmugan 2y ago

I was stuck overnight in Atlanta last week (before all of this) because they couldn't find a pilot. They had everyone sitting at the gate until 2am, when they finally gave up and rescheduled the flight for the next day.

christkv 2y ago
Not even end on month where it happens more often as pilots run out of hours then can fly in a month.
- Marsymars 2y ago
  It seems like it would make more sense to limit hours on a 30-day rolling basis rather than based on calendar months.
  - iamtheworstdev 2y ago
    there are rolling limits as well as calendar limits. depends on the airline and union cba.
pwillia7 2y ago
Hey this happened to me last week (before all of this) in JFK for the same reason. People even came to the gate while we were on the plane and said the pilot just landed 3 gates away, but he never came to our plane lol. They even ran out of hotel vouchers and were making people go 90 minutes away at 1 AM when the flight was scheduled (and took of at) 6.
- hex4def6 2y ago
  That sounds infuriating. 3 hours of travel time, plus 20 minutes for hotel check-in, plus 15 minutes for checkout, plus 15 minutes for waiting for the shuttle x 2, plus 10 minutes of walking to the bus stop, and that's 4:15 before you even hit the pillow. That would put you at 5:15 AM, 45 minutes before the plane departs. Delta recommends you be at the airport at least 2 hours before the plane departs. So by their own recommendations, there is no way this could work, even assuming you didn't even head up to the room.
  - grepfru_it 2y ago
    They recommend 2 hours so you are not late due to unforeseen issues at security. But a 5:15 (which is the time most airports actually open) there are only a handful of flights and as such, TSA is lightening fast. So that 2 hour recommendation really drops to about 45 minutes Source: lots of 5:45 flights with the airport security opening at 5:15

by jmugan 2y ago

christkv 2y ago

Not even end on month where it happens more often as pilots run out of hours then can fly in a month.

Marsymars 2y ago
It seems like it would make more sense to limit hours on a 30-day rolling basis rather than based on calendar months.
- iamtheworstdev 2y ago
  there are rolling limits as well as calendar limits. depends on the airline and union cba.

pwillia7 2y ago

Hey this happened to me last week (before all of this) in JFK for the same reason. People even came to the gate while we were on the plane and said the pilot just landed 3 gates away, but he never came to our plane lol. They even ran out of hotel vouchers and were making people go 90 minutes away at 1 AM when the flight was scheduled (and took of at) 6.

hex4def6 2y ago
That sounds infuriating. 3 hours of travel time, plus 20 minutes for hotel check-in, plus 15 minutes for checkout, plus 15 minutes for waiting for the shuttle x 2, plus 10 minutes of walking to the bus stop, and that's 4:15 before you even hit the pillow. That would put you at 5:15 AM, 45 minutes before the plane departs. Delta recommends you be at the airport at least 2 hours before the plane departs. So by their own recommendations, there is no way this could work, even assuming you didn't even head up to the room.
- grepfru_it 2y ago
  They recommend 2 hours so you are not late due to unforeseen issues at security. But a 5:15 (which is the time most airports actually open) there are only a handful of flights and as such, TSA is lightening fast. So that 2 hour recommendation really drops to about 45 minutes Source: lots of 5:45 flights with the airport security opening at 5:15