Wednesday, December 12, 2007

FAA Website

Now that we're in our first serious weather event of the season, we're back to all of the old familiar situations at work. We get calls from the stranded traveler. (This year there has been much better awareness that blizzards aren't called up to get in their own personal way.) We get calls from airlines, looking to give heads up about canceled flights. (They don't sound tired yet. Give them a couple more storms.) We're having to call hotels and cancel reservations after policy. All pretty standard stuff, but tiring.
Last winter was a nightmare for a number of reasons including bad weather, full planes and lousy service from the airport workers. I can only hope(!) that there have been improvements over the year. I've got some hope on that front as the airlines seem to be stepping up.
One thing for the minus column is the FAA's website. They have an interactive map that shows delays from airports at every region. The past two days it has shown green all across the board even though airports were closed. Get with it people!

1 comment:

Brian said...

check out www.avoiddelays.com

Humm a lie by the FAA.. really.
sorry..