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Western Aviation Fuel Shortage Spreading
A sporadic aviation fuel shortage that began a few weeks ago in the Pacific Northwest is now spreading nationwide according to the Dallas Morning News. Now airlines are warning their pilots they may not be able to fuel up at their destinations and to make contingency plans, (www.avweb.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
live in Sacramento area... big fires... 3 DC10s, 6-7 C130s, OV10s, S2s,, AC90s and a few other fire fighting birds flying every day + helicopters... from MCC, CIC, RDD, MFR, LMT, and Reno-Stead.... the article I read said that the amount of fuel they're using greatly contributing to the shortage...
Trying to estimate additional fuel usage here... figure combined these aircraft add how many more flights? My guess would be 25 - 30; really guess is how much more fuel, so my guess to translate this into a commercial passenger aircraft would be an extra 15 - 20 B737 or A320 flights; this (if my guesses are right) would not seem to be that much more of a demand. If someone can better quantify, please do so.
How long will it take society to; "connect the dots"?
Why do people think this is political? It's hard to supply remote airports with industrial quantities of jet fuel, involves large fleets of specialized vehicles and trained drivers. This is not a problem brought on by either Biden or Trump, it's a logistical challenge to be expected as the economy ramps up after a pandemic. We also see how sluggish the pipeline of airline crews is, trying to catch up with a demand nobody could reliably predict. Not to mention restaurant staff, and many other sectors undergoing recovery pains right now. If you're just whining about who you think is to blame you probably have too much time on your hands, time you could be devoting to actually doing something...
Jonathan, it has been a challengw to prevent the disciples of CNN and FOX from turning this forum into a political battleground. Thanks for your post.
Hard to find help when the government, your biggest problem, is paying people to stay home. You absolutely can lay the blame on this joke of an administration.
Extra weekly unemployment likely is to blame for restaurant workers to stay home, but not enough to keep drivers who get paid $1-3 dollars a mile to stay away. Duh.
So, genius, if they're making so much money driving a truck, why are they not back doing so ? So much money, you would think they were lining up for those jobs. You're another LIB spreading misinformation to mislead people who don't t think for themselves