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"Tomatohead" wrote in message
... http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4122187 Typical "news" story. "Newsflash, Summer brings hot weather, details at 10" When a reporter experiences real life, that's a news story. If some poor schlub on the plane had called the reporter after the fact and reported "the plane we flew from Chicago was hot" the very same reporter and editors that published this story would have laughed them off the phone. What quirk of nature caused only the reporter's aircraft to become heat soaked while sitting in 100 degree weather? The more news you read, the less you wil know. -- Scott |
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tscottme wrote:
What quirk of nature caused only the reporter's aircraft to become heat soaked while sitting in 100 degree weather? Did you actually read the story? |
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tscottme wrote:
What quirk of nature caused only the reporter's aircraft to become heat soaked while sitting in 100 degree weather? The fact that the APU was malfunctioning, thus no cabin ventilation until engine start-up, and that the very engine start-up which was instrumental in preventing slowly boiling the passengers to perfection was delayed for over two hours. So, it wasn't simply a hot day, it was a very unprofeesional handling of a problem with an airplane - by the airline, mind, it seems the crew did the best they could. |
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"Anno v. Heimburg" wrote in message ... tscottme wrote: What quirk of nature caused only the reporter's aircraft to become heat soaked while sitting in 100 degree weather? The fact that the APU was malfunctioning, thus no cabin ventilation until engine start-up, and that the very engine start-up which was instrumental in preventing slowly boiling the passengers to perfection was delayed for over two hours. So, it wasn't simply a hot day, it was a very unprofeesional handling of a problem with an airplane - by the airline, mind, it seems the crew did the best they could. Most newspapers don't give this much space to a bank robbery or a murder at convenience store.. The newspaper could have at least posted a poll question to see if its readers think sitting on a hot plane was: A. uncomfortable B. potentially dangerous C. George Bush's fault. -- Scott |
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Anno v. Heimburg wrote: tscottme wrote: What quirk of nature caused only the reporter's aircraft to become heat soaked while sitting in 100 degree weather? The fact that the APU was malfunctioning, thus no cabin ventilation until engine start-up, and that the very engine start-up which was instrumental in preventing slowly boiling the passengers to perfection was delayed for over two hours. But busted APUs are very common. You can bet that United's facility in Pheonix handles this situation better. The article never explained why the ground air supply was not sufficient. Does Chicago not have sufficient facilities to pump air? -Robert |
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That's Daley's down, nothing but hot air unfortunately.
Robert M. Gary wrote: Anno v. Heimburg wrote: tscottme wrote: What quirk of nature caused only the reporter's aircraft to become heat soaked while sitting in 100 degree weather? The fact that the APU was malfunctioning, thus no cabin ventilation until engine start-up, and that the very engine start-up which was instrumental in preventing slowly boiling the passengers to perfection was delayed for over two hours. But busted APUs are very common. You can bet that United's facility in Pheonix handles this situation better. The article never explained why the ground air supply was not sufficient. Does Chicago not have sufficient facilities to pump air? -Robert |
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"tscottme" wrote in
: Most newspapers don't give this much space to a bank robbery or a murder at convenience store.. The newspaper could have at least posted a poll question to see if its readers think sitting on a hot plane was: A. uncomfortable B. potentially dangerous C. George Bush's fault. I was delayed in a plane recently with a failed APU. It wasn't one of the 100 degree days, but it got pretty damned hot and uncomfortable in the cabin until we reached altitude. I've been on a few planes with failed APUs recently, and usually they pump air in externally at the gate. For some reason they didn't do it on this plane, so it was hot as soon as we boarded. We sat in the runup pad ("penalty box") for about a while, and then the captain announced that we would be held up for about 45 minutes and he would have to shut down one of the engines and the air conditioner because of fuel requirements. After a few people got up to get water from the flight attendants, they had the balls to start turning people away saying that there was no water left. (Of course, somehow during the flight after it had cooled off and they were doing their serving, somehow they "miraculously" had water.) The heat was uncomfortable. The situation was potentially dangerous (if nothing else from potential rioting). And it was without a doubt George Bush's fault. (Isn't everything?) |
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Judah wrote: After a few people got up to get water from the flight attendants, they had the balls to start turning people away saying that there was no water left. (Of course, somehow during the flight after it had cooled off and they were doing their serving, somehow they "miraculously" had water.) Maybe they can't take off without some minimum amount of potable water? |
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tscottme wrote:
"Tomatohead" wrote in message ... http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4122187 Typical "news" story. "Newsflash, Summer brings hot weather, details at 10" When a reporter experiences real life, that's a news story. If some poor schlub on the plane had called the reporter after the fact and reported "the plane we flew from Chicago was hot" the very same reporter and editors that published this story would have laughed them off the phone. What quirk of nature caused only the reporter's aircraft to become heat soaked while sitting in 100 degree weather? The more news you read, the less you wil know. The story seemed quite straight-forward to me. I had a recent such experience on Southwest at Phoenix and they didn't even have the courtesy to provide any explanation. But, it distracted the flight attendants sufficiently that they didn't give the cabin safety announcement until after takeoff (a clear and blatant FAR violation). |
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