NY Area Ground Stop

[airmale516]

yup, another $hit $how at lga... and the issue was not so much weather, i work in ops, the pilots said the wx was not that bad... as per our (nwa) dispatch and my freind who works for aa, his disptach also comfirmed, yet another atc meltdown...

[njgtr82]

yup, another $hit $how at lga... and the issue was not so much weather, i work in ops, the pilots said the wx was not that bad... as per our (nwa) dispatch and my freind who works for aa, his disptach also comfirmed, yet another atc meltdown...

I guess they all missed the level 6 thunderstorms that were spread out from SC up to NJ and then out west from Michigan down to Texas

[nwafan20]

yup, another $hit $how at lga... and the issue was not so much weather, i work in ops, the pilots said the wx was not that bad... as per our (nwa) dispatch and my freind who works for aa, his disptach also comfirmed, yet another atc meltdown...

I guess they all missed the level 6 thunderstorms that were spread out from SC up to NJ and then out west from Michigan down to Texas

Not much activity out here in Michigan, just the tip of it. a few drops of rain and some thunder for about 20 minutes, that was it.

[hiss srq]

yup, another $hit $how at lga... and the issue was not so much weather, i work in ops, the pilots said the wx was not that bad... as per our (nwa) dispatch and my freind who works for aa, his disptach also comfirmed, yet another atc meltdown...

I guess they all missed the level 6 thunderstorms that were spread out from SC up to NJ and then out west from Michigan down to Texas

I didnt! :lol: I won't tomorrow either. I hope to though thursday! I saw them on radar. Quite nasty little buggers if I do say so myself.

[njgtr82]

Now it looks like the visibility has dropped down to 1 mile at JFK due to fog and they are holding traffic

[hiss srq]

That would be accurate. It is even worse over here. Because of the bay and the ocean I cannot seecrap. I barely can see my car in the driveway from my room right now.

[cancidas]

How many "stranded 7+ hours on the tarmac" horror stories will we read tomorrow?

it got interesting for a while. there were quite a few flights that had 3+ hour taxi times. no bad news coverage for US today though, thankfully.

the most interesting sight was seeing A and B taxiways as well as rwy 31 being used to stage airplanes for departure. makes me wish i had my camera.

[Art at ISP]

Has anyone thought that the FAA Could be overreacting to weather to make a case for changes in funding, ie. user fees? OR could the controllers union be somewhat involved.

I saw the radar, there were certainly storms, but there were holes also.

Greetings from SDQ--here till tomorrow, unfortunately on business.
Flew AA--because I couldn't take a chance on not getting here.

For my friends at US--fasten your seatbelts. Something is coming--more later.

Best,
Art

[mirrodie]

flew into JFK last nightand it was insane.

The route to 22L at JFK took us over Long Island and it was just a solid blanket with periodic hazes of white light permeating through. To describe it more accurately, as we turned final, towards Manhattan, all you saw was the tops of the Empire State Building as well as a few others. The rest was blanketed.

As we descended, nothing of hte runway came ito view until we were perhaps 80 feet AGL. I took some videos b/c it was SO insanely foggy.

Later, I was tlaking with the pilot. He stated the and other pilots were complaining that the taxiway lights were too bright as a result of the low lying fog and haze.

As we taxied off 22L, you could not see JFK tower.


Pretty foggy night.

[AirtrafficController]

Wow that fog can be really thick and not to mention the RVR kept changing this morning.

[Iberia A340-600]

My mothers friend and son were supposed to fly out of LGA last night down to MIA on an American flight and then make a connecting flight on LAN down to Lima. Her flight got canceled to MIA so she missed her connection in Miami and in Lima. Hopefully today she can get out at some point!

My sister also flew out of JFK last night on LA531 but it looks like she was only delayed 54 minutes.

[NYARTCCFAN]

should prove to be another interesting day in the NE corridor

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html

[hiss srq]

Gotta love the FAA philosophy of 1-2-3. One plane, two clouds, three hours.

[PhilDernerJr]

Mario, I had a similar experience from the cockpit one evening. We were coming into ILS 13L in a bad storm and we broke through the clouds at just under 200ft.....and the landing lights were certainly blinding. That's got to be dangerous.

[T-Bird76]

Funny with all the delays yesterday and what seems to be bad luck anytime I fly home I landed early from SEA.