or tried to get out of one of the emergency exits. Why would people passively sit on a plane that long? I'd also have gotten physically ill in that time....
2007-03-01 09:41:36 · 7 answers · asked by tijuana t 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
-Call the JetBlue offices and let them know I'm still on their plane, and that they should get us out of here.
-Call the cops.
-Call the Port Authority (JFK is run by the PANYNJ) and tell them to get over to our plane and get us off of it!
-Take Delta!
If I wouldn't get arrested:
-Go to the cockpit, tell the pilot to get up and sit with the passengers, taxi the plane onto the runway (maybe slide around a bit from the ice), and get off the ground! (I could probably do an okay job from my countless hours on Flight Simulator).
If you saw the movie "Airport" (from 1970, I think), they got a plane that was stuck in the snow to get off the runway. I know it's just a movie, but airliner jet engines are probably powerful enough to actually do that!
2007-03-01 11:41:35 · answer #1 · answered by Joshua Z 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The thing is that Jet Blue was not breaking any laws, thus, calling the cops would have done no good, and its part of the agreement that you automaticaly agree to when you buy your ticket... regarding opening the emergency exits, you would face up to a $50,000 fine, up to 5 years in prison, and have to repay JetBlue for the cost of resetting the door, which you can bet is not cheap... (50,000, and 5 years is just not worth 10 hours of bordom to me) People passively sit on planes for that long all the time, on 747's... with 300 more people than on the JetBlue flight, given, they are going somewhere and they expect that kind of time but they are still on there for that long... I would have been very angry, dont get me wrong, what JetBlue did was unacceptable but I have to give the passengeers credit for their patience... What I want to know is what the crew did, sitting there for that long, and from what I understand, there was power in the cabin, that means the APU was on and I would think that they would be running low on fuel eventually....
2007-03-01 22:51:41 · answer #2 · answered by ALOPILOT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you had tried to get out one of the emergency exits, you wouldn't have to call the cops. They would be coming to find you. In fact, you wouldn't have gotten off the tarmac. And you would be paying JetBlue instead of them paying you.
2007-03-01 18:31:30 · answer #3 · answered by lowflyer1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have taxied back to the gate disembarked the passengers and cancelled the flight due to weather. And maybe reccomend to the airling to spring for some free hotel rooms
2007-03-01 18:00:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
with the security levels concerning air travel, I would probably have suffered along with the others rather than risking some form of Federal prosecution.
Yes, it was absurd, stupid and not necessary... JetBlue has lost my business!
2007-03-01 17:51:23 · answer #5 · answered by Charles V 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Joshua, LOL, yeah I remember that scene with George Kennedy! Something like this:
Engineer: "The manual says the 707 can't take this amount of stress!!"
Kennedy: "That's the thing about the 707. It can't read......."
2007-03-01 20:31:14 · answer #6 · answered by baron_von_party 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'D HAVE CALLED 911............... IT WOULD BE AN
EMERGENCY FOR ME.........I COULD NOT STAY
COOPED UP IN A PLANE FOR THAT LONG...........
RIDICULOUS !!!!
2007-03-03 23:20:27 · answer #7 · answered by Bailiff 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋