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United fined $12,000 for *not* violating 3 hour tarmac rule
Federal officials penalized United Airlines $12,000 for reporting that four of its May flights violated new tarmac-delay rules, even though the carrier later determined that the flights actually complied with the controversial regulations. However, United should have stopped the clock on the delays at the point where passengers were allowed to disembark, the Transportation Department determined in a Tuesday consent order. The carrier was penalized for reporting inaccurate data to the Bureau of… (articles.chicagotribune.com) Más...
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WHEN are they going to STOP using the term "tarmac"?? Nothing makes a person look more clueless about aviation than using that term!
Richard, what do you expect from journalists. They got that clueless term from somewhere and stuck with it because it's simple. Hell, when I first heard it I wondered 'what's an tarmac?'
tarmac: A colloquial term for the areas where aircraft are parked. Source: European Union
What should it be called? Nothing shows ones arrogance more than the ridicule of another without offering to educate.
What should it be called? Nothing shows ones arrogance more than the ridicule of another without offering to educate.
Use of "Tarmac" is not that egregious.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarmac
The media do far worse.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarmac
The media do far worse.
It is called the RAMP. "Tarmac" means nothing in modern USA aviation....it was "mainly" used back in WWII over in Great Britain and that area. Also, "tarmac" is a material, NOT a place.....do you say the plane is sitting on the concrete? asphalt?
The rule should have read that when a loaded flight is delayed over an hour it should be canceled and the people be allowed to leave, even onto the tarmac. Most passengers walked further to the gate than the distance back. All planes have back steps and tarmac walking is not that bad (vs. sitting in a plane). But the airlines political power beat it down to 3 hours.
United may be trying to embarass the Feds.
Frequent fliers should program into their cell phones the phone numbers of the TV stations in the cities they frequent and call all of them when they have been waiting over 45 minutes. TV crews showing up at airports with their telephoto lens trained on the plane and sending the picures out on the national wires will get that plane unloaded quicker than any fine.