Hi, all. I am just curious - when facing a monster winter storm such as Nero in the New York and New England areas, do airlines try to move as many planes out of the area while they can, or do they leave them in place and deal with clean up afterwards?

Think you meant Nemo, not Nero.

Planes are only making money with pax on board, so I can't see any airline moving an empty plane away from a city that will have waiting pax after the storm has passed.

Afaik planes are left parked at the gates and they dig them out after.

 

 

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I heard on the radio while driving that 1000 flights were canceled in the area (NYC). From my own standpoint, our planes were pulled at least two hours earlier than normal.

So no fear of damage to the aircraft while parked in 50-60+ mph winds in blizzard conditions?

Its the hail they really worry about, can punch a hole right through a fuselage.

 

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So no fear of damage to the aircraft while parked in 50-60+ mph winds in blizzard conditions?

 

The aircraft is designed to handle high speed winds in flight. Why would it have a problem on the ground?

Unless a hurricane/tornado was rolling through I don't see what damage would be done.

 

 

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The aircraft is designed to handle high speed winds in flight. Why would it have a problem on the ground?

Unless a hurricane/tornado was rolling through I don't see what damage would be done.

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Planes are only making money with pax on board, so I can't see any airline moving an empty plane away from a city that will have waiting pax after the storm has passed.

Afaik planes are left parked at the gates and they dig them out after.

 

With our ability to predict storms as good as it is now, the smart thing to do is to cancel the flights into the affected areas and instead park the planes somewhere on dry tarmac. If you look at the flight path of an airline like JetBlue or Southwest, you'll see that they don't typically ping-pong planes back and forth between two cities - they fly a more complex route that might take them from Boston to West Palm Beach, but then out to Phoenix and Seattle. So, leaving a plane on the ground waiting for a 24-hour storm to end affects many other routes, not just the closed airport.

 

In addition, it's easier to clear the snow from the gate area if the planes are elsewhere.

This was my street in Winthrop Mass, this morning,at high tide.

 

 

 

 

This was at the head of my street about 3 hours after High tide,

 

This was my street in Winthrop Mass, this morning,at high tide.

 

That's alot of snow my friend. Good thing I live in Canada.. B)

This is kinda cool. A time lapse video of the heavy snowfall recorded in Rocky Hill, CT.

My back hurts watching this.

 

http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=861971&playlistId=1.1150665&binId=1.81040

 

RJ

This is how you clear the driveway when the snow blower craps out and shoveling isn't an option.

Ahem!! In the Northeast, people have to find their cars, first.......

 

This is how you clear the driveway when the snow blower craps out and shoveling isn't an option.

Ha ha. Shoveling probably would have been better in the long run—cleaner driveway, exercise benefits, no massive ice patches, personal satisfaction, etc.

Ha ha. Shoveling probably would have been better in the long run—cleaner driveway, exercise benefits, no massive ice patches, personal satisfaction, etc.

Yes, well, a back injury as a result of a serious car accident is what prevents me from shoveling in the first place. My dad's out of the country, and my mom was supposed to do it yesterday, but never did, so I didn't really have much of a choice.