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Um....Floats anyone??
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Hey WD:
This ought to help you get over that 1000 post mark. You guys sure run a fine airline!!!!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Let's see those Q1 profits!
More Travel Troubles at PHL
Computer Crash Adds to U.S. Airways Storm Troubles
March 17, 2007 - Travel is getting better at Philadelphia International Airport. Flights are getting airborne and travelers are getting to their destinations. But U.S. Airways, the largest carrier at the airport, has been hit the hardest by this storm, and again had more problems Saturday night.
At 9 pm U.S. Airways was in a standstill after the airline's computer system crashed. Weary travelers tried to find refuge on baggage check in stations as baggage checkers just stood there and watched.
In the late morning Philadelphia International Airport contacted the airlines and notified them that they have extra gates, transportable gates, tarmac busses and other amenities for them if they needed to get their passengers off of stranded planes on the tarmac.
But it wasn't until 4:15pm that the airport says U.S. Airways notified them for assistance. U.S. Airways tells us they waited several hours to call for assistance because they were still hoping the planes would be able to take off. They tell us they were trying to get passengers to their destinations and didn't want to cancel things until absolutely necessary. Once ice started falling, thats when U.S. Airways called PIA.
However that is just one aspect of the nightmare that has been unfolding for travelers at PIA. At 3pm Friday the airport said they were 95 percent shut down to incoming and outgoing flights. The 5 percent were planes en route that had to land.
Hundreds were left stranded, resorting to an uncomfortable stay in the airport. The lucky ones were able to make arrangements, but getting to their hotels was a seemingly impossible task as well. Taxis were scarce. Hundreds of stranded travelers waited in the pounding sleet to catch one. One man said he had been waiting in line for two hours.
At 6 pm Saturday ticket lines were still long at U.S. Airways. Passengers had waited up to 6 hours to just get confirmed on a flight.
Jim Morris of Stockton Springs, Maine told us, "They don't give anyone any direction. Everyone is confused. They just wait in line ... you can wait in a line for hours and when you finally get up there, they say you're in the wrong line."
Elwood Williams and his wife are trying to get to Orlando for their 25th wedding anniversary. It's been 2 days now ... patience is running thin.
"You look out across here and there are about 40 ticket counters and about a third of them are occupied," said Williams. U.S. Airways told Action News at least 10 flights were stranded on the tarmac for up to three hours. Travelers on those planes will get a full refund or a $400 voucher.
This ought to help you get over that 1000 post mark. You guys sure run a fine airline!!!!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Let's see those Q1 profits!
More Travel Troubles at PHL
Computer Crash Adds to U.S. Airways Storm Troubles
March 17, 2007 - Travel is getting better at Philadelphia International Airport. Flights are getting airborne and travelers are getting to their destinations. But U.S. Airways, the largest carrier at the airport, has been hit the hardest by this storm, and again had more problems Saturday night.
At 9 pm U.S. Airways was in a standstill after the airline's computer system crashed. Weary travelers tried to find refuge on baggage check in stations as baggage checkers just stood there and watched.
In the late morning Philadelphia International Airport contacted the airlines and notified them that they have extra gates, transportable gates, tarmac busses and other amenities for them if they needed to get their passengers off of stranded planes on the tarmac.
But it wasn't until 4:15pm that the airport says U.S. Airways notified them for assistance. U.S. Airways tells us they waited several hours to call for assistance because they were still hoping the planes would be able to take off. They tell us they were trying to get passengers to their destinations and didn't want to cancel things until absolutely necessary. Once ice started falling, thats when U.S. Airways called PIA.
However that is just one aspect of the nightmare that has been unfolding for travelers at PIA. At 3pm Friday the airport said they were 95 percent shut down to incoming and outgoing flights. The 5 percent were planes en route that had to land.
Hundreds were left stranded, resorting to an uncomfortable stay in the airport. The lucky ones were able to make arrangements, but getting to their hotels was a seemingly impossible task as well. Taxis were scarce. Hundreds of stranded travelers waited in the pounding sleet to catch one. One man said he had been waiting in line for two hours.
At 6 pm Saturday ticket lines were still long at U.S. Airways. Passengers had waited up to 6 hours to just get confirmed on a flight.
Jim Morris of Stockton Springs, Maine told us, "They don't give anyone any direction. Everyone is confused. They just wait in line ... you can wait in a line for hours and when you finally get up there, they say you're in the wrong line."
Elwood Williams and his wife are trying to get to Orlando for their 25th wedding anniversary. It's been 2 days now ... patience is running thin.
"You look out across here and there are about 40 ticket counters and about a third of them are occupied," said Williams. U.S. Airways told Action News at least 10 flights were stranded on the tarmac for up to three hours. Travelers on those planes will get a full refund or a $400 voucher.
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