Now that I think about it, I do recall hearing the ripon controllers say, once anyway, that there was an accident and a
runway was closed. That was about the extent of it however...

I was in that cluster-f*ck of a "hold" around first Green, and then
Rush, lakes, and no controller explained anything during our time in
that blender.

It looked like a scene from "Hell's Angels" -- and it all could have
been made MUCH better simply by a controller saying "Guys, there's been
an accident." All of the angry, frustrated folks (who were literally
SHOUTING at one another on the FISK frequency -- a first, believe me)
would have instantly cooled their jets, and a whole bunch of them would
have diverted to another airport.

Instead, FISK just kept saying "it'll be a bit longer" -- and the swarm
just kept growing and growing. Some guys were saying that they held
in that race track for two HOURS. I held for around an hour, and it
was simply nuts.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
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