AI6YR BenI wonder if these poor people are still on that plane.
ORD to SEA, arrived at 8:28pm, but not at a gate. Just... sitting there.
Ooof, a plane at Portland also still on a taxiway. They don't have a gate they can pull into without a computer?!?!
Chuck
@ChuckMcManis đŸ˜‚ Not without punching in the computer log! All those people are going to have to stay in the plane and hold their poop
Sean Reynolds@ChuckMcManis @ai6yr certainly they COULD offboard people that way, you may notice the pictured ramps pass in front of the jet engines, could someone make a mistake and suck everyone into the engine? Generally it’s best to design things such that no matter how bad a decision someone makes, it’s not a fatal one.
@saltbaygull @ChuckMcManis Having recently gotten off a plane like that (past the engine), they use those ramps at small airports. Engines must be shut off.
j-r conlinIIRC, both TSA and airport insurance frown on giving any unauthorized person access to the airport grounds. That’s one of the big reasons a lot of airports closed everything off. I miss being able to go down a ramp, but I think Kona is the last open airport.
Weather_Rock_WxWe have ramps like that here at the Monterey Airport.