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July-23-2002 BDL-ATL-LAS
Got into ATL about 30 minutes late because of thunderstorms we flew down to Florida and then turned back up to Atlanta. Then We got on our ATL-LAS flight by like 5 minutes and start taxiing. Get to number 3 in line for takeoff and then the airport closes for about "30 minutes" which eventually turned into 3.5 hours because the storms stalled over the airport. Then the airport reopens during the thunderstorms because the planes have no more fuel to divert or circle so they opened it up. Then the winds shifted so the other side of the runway was active so we were no longer 3rd in line for takeoff at 08R we wound up according to the pilots 63rd or 67th? (can't remember which oen it was) in line for takeoff on 26L. So all in all we were leaving ATL an hour after we were supposed to arrive in Vegas. Most exciting takeoff I'll tell you that. Bolt of lighting right off the right wing as we were going into the clouds. As exciting as that was it only gave us 2 hours to check into our hotel and get ready for our first game when we got to Vegas.
How long have you waited for take-off?
Started by AirKevin, Aug 25 2005 12:50 PM
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Posted 25 August 2005 - 10:27 PM
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Posted 26 August 2005 - 05:02 PM
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Ouch.
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Posted 26 August 2005 - 09:35 PM
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Pilots are paid by the hour. That's the real reason for the long delays 
[Edited on 8-26-2005 by miller22]
[Edited on 8-26-2005 by miller22]
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Posted 26 August 2005 - 10:13 PM
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I know someone whos flight from Vancouver - Calgary was supposed to be like 1 hour.. turned into 5 hours..
It was so foggy that day they came in and tried to land twice, but had to go to edmonton to refuel.. then they came back to try to land in calgary, succeeded, but if they didn't would have been forced to go back to vancouver
It was so foggy that day they came in and tried to land twice, but had to go to edmonton to refuel.. then they came back to try to land in calgary, succeeded, but if they didn't would have been forced to go back to vancouver
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Posted 27 August 2005 - 07:23 AM
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I win.
9 hour scheduled layover, think it was EVA. DFW - LAX - TPE - HKG. Taipei international terminal, 10PM to 7 AM local time. Spent the time discussing video games with some random person the whole time. Still e-mail the poor bastard on occasion. DAMN that terminal is boring.
9 hour scheduled layover, think it was EVA. DFW - LAX - TPE - HKG. Taipei international terminal, 10PM to 7 AM local time. Spent the time discussing video games with some random person the whole time. Still e-mail the poor bastard on occasion. DAMN that terminal is boring.
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Posted 27 August 2005 - 09:49 AM
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The longest i've had ro wait was at Edinburgh Airport, I was scheduled to take of at 4pm and didn't until 1am thats 9 hours!
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Posted 27 August 2005 - 02:53 PM
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My cousin actually waited a couple hours at Sea-Tac because the EVA flight from TPE-SEA-EWR was delayed at SEA.
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Posted 28 August 2005 - 10:53 PM
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I don't think waiting in the terminal counts. Waiting out on the plane is different.
Earlier this year it took me 4 hours from pushback at PHL to landing at BWI... about a 20 minute flight on a B757.
As somebody who travels in and out of Philadelphia a lot.... when the weather is bad, a two hour taxi out for take-off is very common.
Earlier this year it took me 4 hours from pushback at PHL to landing at BWI... about a 20 minute flight on a B757.
As somebody who travels in and out of Philadelphia a lot.... when the weather is bad, a two hour taxi out for take-off is very common.
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Posted 29 August 2005 - 12:52 AM
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Yeah, but that's a scheduled layover you could schedule a 22 hour layover if you wanted. All of these are unscheduled delays.Originally posted by Scalpel4
I win.
9 hour scheduled layover, think it was EVA. DFW - LAX - TPE - HKG. Taipei international terminal, 10PM to 7 AM local time. Spent the time discussing video games with some random person the whole time. Still e-mail the poor bastard on occasion. DAMN that terminal is boring.
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Posted 29 August 2005 - 04:41 PM
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real life...
c172 had to wait for 30 min to take off. busy traffic that day...
wja 737 waited 0 min... cleared straigh out departure:cool:
FS
longest wait..
10 min... 3 landings in a row:(
BoB
c172 had to wait for 30 min to take off. busy traffic that day...
wja 737 waited 0 min... cleared straigh out departure:cool:
FS
longest wait..
10 min... 3 landings in a row:(
BoB
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Posted 31 August 2005 - 11:24 PM
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Originally posted by Syrami764
Yeah, but that's a scheduled layover you could schedule a 22 hour layover if you wanted. All of these are unscheduled delays.Originally posted by Scalpel4
I win.
9 hour scheduled layover, think it was EVA. DFW - LAX - TPE - KUL. Taipei international terminal, 10PM to 7 AM local time. Spent the time discussing video games with some random person the whole time. Still e-mail the poor bastard on occasion. DAMN that terminal is boring.
Well, no, because I didn't have a choice. The flight to Kuala Lumpur literally had that long of a layover, it was the only way to get there when I needed. That was my first time in the TPE international terminal, and it was before the last renovation and expansion. BTW, Before I said HKG, my mistake, meant KUL.
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Posted 31 August 2005 - 11:52 PM
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Well, it was still scheduled. We're talking about unscheduled.
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Posted 01 September 2005 - 05:16 AM
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Originally posted by AirKevin
Well, it was still scheduled. We're talking about unscheduled.
Actually, the thread started out talking about flight sim.
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Posted 02 September 2005 - 02:28 AM
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All and ALl i have waited 5-6 hours to depart before.
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Posted 02 September 2005 - 11:27 AM
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Well, Scalpel, you got me. But THEN we were talking about unscheduled.
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Posted 03 September 2005 - 04:28 AM
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Originally posted by AirKevin
Well, Scalpel, you got me. But THEN we were talking about unscheduled.
To true, to true, and I was not. However, none of you can beat the legendary NWA ordeal a few years back. I'm sure you all know it, although I'm sure nobody knows anyone who was there. that day.
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Posted 05 September 2005 - 12:16 AM
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I know what your talkig about Chicken, being on the ground for about 7 hours on a plane with no food or anything. If they went back to the gate they could lose their take off spot.
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Posted 05 September 2005 - 05:56 AM
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That are beautiful pictures of FS2004, what are you settings?Origineel gepost door Pacific
This took 1 hour and 20 minutes from pushback to takeoff. MSP with UT on full.
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Posted 05 September 2005 - 06:13 AM
Actually, i spent 10 hours at Madrid-Barajas Terminal after flying VGO-MAD and had to sleep in the terminal for the MAD-SIN flight, as it left at 8:55am in the morning....
We got to Madrid around 10pm, we landed in thunderstorm in an A320 and all the bags were wet due to the heavy downpour... We had to find some seats in the terminal and try to sleep.. Oh well, lucky the SQ B747-400 was a nice sight in the morning, before we headed back home....
And in a plane, the most time i spent waiting was 15-20 mins at Madrid aswell, waiting for the queue to shuffle down to us, as we left for Vigo!!
We got to Madrid around 10pm, we landed in thunderstorm in an A320 and all the bags were wet due to the heavy downpour... We had to find some seats in the terminal and try to sleep.. Oh well, lucky the SQ B747-400 was a nice sight in the morning, before we headed back home....
And in a plane, the most time i spent waiting was 15-20 mins at Madrid aswell, waiting for the queue to shuffle down to us, as we left for Vigo!!
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