Reply #6: i heard the governor as well and she was angry !! [View All]

[flyarm]

The governor had every right to be angry, she said there were no weather problems on sunday when the airlines stopped flying into NO..
she said there was no possible reason and she requested that the airlines keep flying in , and they didn't!

as a retired flt crew of one of the majors, i find this appalling!
when you know a cat 5 is coming it is a responsibility of the airlines to air lift as many out as possible...

but this happens all the time..the airlines scramble to get plane slots into other airports to get the planes out of an area about to be hit..
its a massive undertaking to get the planes scrambled..
but if the governor requested it..where was the * administration?? they should have commanded the airlines to help!
i put the blame on the * administration..they could have called an emergency and i don't know if they could have demanded the planes fly in and pick up people, but they would have had more weight to get the airlines to co-operate, and offered to pay the fuel!

remember the airlines are all almost flat broke...to take the chance of losing a plane is big...and no chances will be taken with passenger or crew lives...

but the government should have acted ...

also the government could have flown c130's in to airlift out..but they didn't..why?..maybe there were none available because of iraq??


look right now everything needs to be done to get these people to safety..there will be plenty of blame and plenty of time to assign blame afterwards...

its a waste of time now to start pointing fingers when so much needs to be done and expeditiously!

and after the fact..then lets hold anyone responsible for not helping the "people" ..and then lets grind them to the ground..but now ..there is so much that needs to be done..immediately!

fly