Piarco airport closed?

[Rory Phoulorie]

I am sorry for people who may miss their connecting flights. That could be a real pain.

[JUS4SHO]

runway reopen anout 20 mins now, and working in the aviation industry i will never fly AA

[xtech]

so why we only have one runway?

[Yeo]

One "official" runway.

[Maserati]

^probably not enough air traffic to justify more than one run way..and space looks like an issue too.

[riderz]

You know what funny how people does jump in and say this eh good, and it hadda be AA etc etc.

AA1818 had a hydraulic problem so the pilots decided to bring the aircraft back in. In doing so the brakes held so they cannot manouvre. Mechanics repairing issue now. No casualities and aircraft would be back in the air. This happens with BA, VA all the time in Gatwick.

But we all forget when one of our own planes and our own pilots had to land one without the landing gear. Come on folks it happens to anybody.

[noshownogo]

I find Delta is rubbish as well, they have poor customer service and crappy reasons for delayed flights. They also have real issues with "delayed" baggage but we in Trini know it as lost luggage, Delta and connecting flights are a pain.

[art n motion]

but they always late... employees and their systems have horrible attitudes and customer service. technologically backward.

i'll fly AA anyday over bwee

Ditto

[Mr Gear]

I just heard that another emergency landing was made at Piarco within the last half hour.

[pablo_tt]

You know what funny how people does jump in and say this eh good, and it hadda be AA etc etc.

AA1818 had a hydraulic problem so the pilots decided to bring the aircraft back in. In doing so the brakes held so they cannot manouvre. Mechanics repairing issue now. No casualities and aircraft would be back in the air. This happens with BA, VA all the time in Gatwick.

But we all forget when one of our own planes and our own pilots had to land one without the landing gear. Come on folks it happens to anybody.

9Y-WIL?

[pugboy]

ditto here also, but I think the attitude problems are a carryover from the old days when a job in bwee was a real status thing, with parents flying minimal price for life and all that slackness, things are a lit tighter now
even pilots now dont always have full privilege to which friend they can give the jumpseat to

the current cheap flights are to ft lauderdale at ungodly hours which mean you might end up paying for an extra day's stay, car rental if you do so etc

but they always late... employees and their systems have horrible attitudes and customer service. technologically backward.

i'll fly AA anyday over bwee

Ditto

[Skanky]

I will fly CA over AA any day...especially when coming back home after 3-4 previous flights always nice to see a warm trini stewardess as opposed to someone offering me wader!

[JJ16]

wait so it was Trini pilot in the AA aircraft..look how i din know that

and well bro maybe we doh speak about BA and VA having the same problems in London since its in London and not trinidad and we might not always hear about it like we would hear about that


also yea jed..for those who missed connecting flights that hard...

i have a 2 padnaz going Japan this morning.. most flights to japan go through miami.... hope he wasnt on that AA and missed his connecting flight..

that wud infact be ah real fawked up event!!

[NorStar2K]

Fly CONTINENTAL AIRLINES

[speedbird777]

piarco was jinxed today apparently. two emergency landings one day? you dont normally hear of american airlines having problems though..
heard they kept the passengers on board for almost 2 hrs on the runway.. sorry for those passengers

[JJ16]

^^i wonder if they get drinks....

[speedbird777]

if i did i sure hope it was hard liquour and not no water because if was me i woulda spit d water bak in d ppl face
imagine the pilot tell the passengers it normal for emergency crew to hose down the acft after an emergency landing..

[silversurfer TnT]

piarco was jinxed today apparently. two emergency landings one day? you dont normally hear of american airlines having problems though..
heard they kept the passengers on board for almost 2 hrs on the runway.. sorry for those passengers

From Seattle to texas 4 1/2 hrs had a storm stayed in air circulate texas airport for 2 hrs fuel was low went to Dallas to refill 4 hrs, all Continental airlines were directed there. Went back to Texas took another 1/2 hr plane had to circulate airport 1 hr landed and waited on gate 1/1/2 hr and guess what all this time i had my 2 year old daughter with me.this was 2 month ago ended spending overnight in Texas to take a flight to Trinidad next morning 4 1/2 hr

[JJ16]

Aye, i tell allyuh Caribbean Airlines FTW !!!

[MadCrix]

i will never fly AA again. and those who know me know i fly atleast once every 2 week on flights over 2 hrs.

travelign this much, i tend to use ALOT of airlines due to flight times, connections and avaliablitly and in 2 years of doing this job, i will never fly AA unless i have no choice. constant late arrivals and departures, airplanes that are old. expensive in air purchases for food/snacks.

i cannot count the number of times i have been stuck on a runway becasue they have no terminal to taxi into as a plane stuck repairing!!! or can't take off as something "blew" while taxing to runway and then i miss my connections!!!!

Caribbean airlines, TACA (never mind they crash lol) Virgin, COPA, Continental, United and South Pacific Ailines.. are all pretty good

[flatline]

try having to fly AA for a total of 6hours today from 5am. Passed through Miami, and like AA was in chaos there...they made us change our gate to one across the airport..a nice 12min walk. They announced about 6 other gate changes for AA during that time! I have no idea what that one was about

[cinco]

I with you on this one Crix
I will NEVER fly AA unless i absolutely have to again
last time i came to tt i got to mia and they got us all on the plane then told us they went illegal and kicked us off. cancelled 3 other flights so had about 300 people walking around the airport at 2 in the morning. next flight to atl they could get me was 3 days later!!!!
they did not offer a hotel/taxi/food NUTTIN.
i told them dump me in nc and i will drive back home after that i said never again

[MISHI]

try having to fly AA for a total of 6hours today from 5am. Passed through Miami, and like AA was in chaos there...they made us change our gate to one across the airport..a nice 12min walk. They announced about 6 other gate changes for AA during that time! I have no idea what that one was about

Nope that's just Miami...

More like

(Missing In Action) Ami

They did this wit BWEE once when we were there. Had to walk a long long stretch when they called and said the gate was below the god however long strtch we just walked... and there wasn't any other way but back that stretch and then all the way again when we reached the lower level.

I swore it was a marathon...

[JJ16]

and like ive been syaing caribbean airlines ftmfw!!

but then again, i must say virgin has a reallly great service....had a 14hour flight with them already and it was pretty great....