Zipadeelady
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Love the Henry Ford Museum. Actually planning a day to head there with the in-laws.
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Hurricane Irma
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Minnie1986
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That's what I said!
Welk, we did get to travel everywhere for the cost of the gate tax.
But I could have gone without 2 days of analyzing the Concorde crash just before we were scheduled to fly back to Florida....
Airport needs to operate within FAA safety guidelines. Can't just send more aircraft to an airport that size.
I'm hoping we stay calm and even if it takes a little longer, we arrive safely. I don't mind "reporting" from the scene as long as we have power and I'm not too rattled
Did you miss the "booze for adults" on my list? It's for nerves, you know....
Winds over 35 mph are hazardous for planes landing and taking off. Airports will shut down.
21stamps
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Yes but one more day.. add 1-2 flights per day at least. These are TINY planes. Not many people can fit on them.
With the east of Federal Broward evac travel just got a hell of a lot worse for Keys people.
Holy carp. I can't even imagine the backups right now.
21stamps
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What do you think about FLL, will flights tomorrow be good?
Flights will continue until wind speeds at the airport require the FAA to shut it down. The last thing any pilot wants is cross winds during take off or landing. Saturday at the latest, maybe? The governor said Miami will remain open as long as possible.
What I would have done, within FAA guidelines, is cut back on flights arriving and increased flights departing.
cosmicgirl
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There is no way to be sure. Even if the wind velocity is not too high, the crosswind might be, or the airlines could simply decide not to fly in to keep the aircraft from getting stuck there.
ETA: the good news is that both MIA and FLL have an intersecting runway, so they have more to work with than MCO.
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Eventually the airport will close to passenger traffic. Only flights will be those to move aircraft out that cannot be hangered.
So they fly turbo props into the Key West airport? Even worse equipment to fly during winds like this. My dad refused to fly on one. I took that as a warning to heed.
Disney guests - "Hurry! Let's get out of Florida before the storm hits."
Locals - "Flight of Passage has only a 30 min wait!!!"
That was basically what my wife said when I mentioned Disney is waiving cancellation fees for existing reservations this weekend - "I want to go to Disney World now, it'll be a ghost town!" (Mind you, she was just there last week
). We can still fly for yield fare for another 16 months, but it's stand-by. Definitely NOT how I want to list for a flight with a hurricane approaching!!
21stamps
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Yes, those are the only planes that fly in/out of Key West. They do get a little scary at times, but they're an adventure.
That was basically what my wife said when I mentioned Disney is waiving cancellation fees for existing reservations this weekend - "I want to go to Disney World now, it'll be a ghost town!" (Mind you, she was just there last week
So I'm assuming employee pass? The first to get bumped...and the last to re-board. Not the way I'd want to fly right now.
cosmicgirl
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Well... you'd be incoming... something tells me you'd get a seat.That was basically what my wife said when I mentioned Disney is waiving cancellation fees for existing reservations this weekend - "I want to go to Disney World now, it'll be a ghost town!" (Mind you, she was just there last week
Yes, former DL employee. I wanted to get 10 years in so I could have retiree flight benefits for life, but alas, I only got 3 years (and 5 total with my time as a contractor) before I was downsized in late 2015 so they could save on labor costs.
Yes, those are the only planes that fly in/out of Key West. They do get a little scary at times, but they're an adventure.
Not when you've hit that wall of thunderstorms you've watched starting to roll across the runway at West Palm Beach airport at about 1000 feet after takeoff. When the flight attendants look nervous, you need to be really, really worried....