UPDATED: Sunday, February 7 at 11:30 a.m.

Reagan National (DCA) Status

The airfield will remain closed for snow and ice removal until further notice. No flight operations are planned at DCA today. It is unknown at this time when the airfield will open for operations.

Passengers are advised to call your airline's customer service telepone number or rebook through your airline's website. Use the links posted below for airline contact information.
Metro Rail service is not operating to the Reagan National Airport Metro station today. For information regarding Metro Rail and bus service, please visit www.wmata.com
Dulles International (IAD) Airport Status

The airfield is open for limited operations. It is unknown at this time how many airline flights will operate at IAD today. Most flights will be canceled today so passengers should contact their airlines to confirm their flights before coming to the airport. Passengers are urged not come unless your flight is confirmed.

Passengers are advised to call your airline's customer service telepone number or rebook through your airline's website. Use the links posted below for airline contact information.
For information regarding Metro Rail and bus service, please visit www.wmata.com
Washington Flyer Coach service between the West Falls Church Metro Station and Dulles Airport will not operate today

fingers crossed we may be ok, the direct early flight from San Diego did take off this morning and my 2:20 is still on schedule. I have heard they have one runway open so some flights are getting in.

I just heard a plane! I swear it was the first in two days. I hope this is a good sign for at least some travelers coming into or going out of Dulles.

I have a trip tomorrow morning but it doesn't look too good mainly because crews and airplanes are stranded all over the system. My trip is missing a few crew members and there are no more reserves left in base. The only way to get them is to fly them in from another base. It will be a long recovery day tomorrow.

I finally made it home!! We actually landed 15 minutes early. Then the reality set in, they only had one baggage claim station open that I could see, so that took a while for everything to come out. The one thing I didn't even think of was the taxi line, there were literally over 100 people in line and no cabs outside. Thankfully my wonderful wife woke up the boy and came and got me, but by the time I left the line there were another 100+ people behind me. I guess that is the one disadvantage of having an exclusive carrier and a limited amount of SUVs. All in all, it was 2 hours from the time I landed to the time I made it home, but it I could be in a hotel again tonight so am very thankful.

My 0830 flight to Nassau is scheduled optimistically to leave at 1100 now. My dear friend who has 40 years flying actually volunteered to dig out from her igloo to work the trip. Wow. Well, it should be a fun day

Think the airport should be fine by 8?.....apprently I have an iceburg to still dig out at my house.

Well, as much as I don't like the Bahamas, something about warm air and palm trees sounds really good.

It was great. All 30 minutes of it. I did a quick Nassau turn today. Passengers were asking me, "So is there really that much snow"? Ummm, yes.

Are flights on time right now?

I don't think so. Flights will probably be close to on time tomorrow and I heard that the airport may close again late Tuesday through Thursday morning.

Thanks for the update.

Pardon my language, but how the eff do you do it???? Stewardessing, stuck @ the hospital all weekend, stewardessing more... I'd be looking for a Grey Goose IV.

Scotty must be beaming her around!

You forgot Grad school and 3 kids and.....

Anyway, about the airport...my Caribbean trip leaving on Wednesday was just cancelled a moment ago. I don't remember the airline ever doing that so soon, ever. I guess I'll take the WHOLE day off, hehe.

Damn we were hoping to go with you We looked at flights and can't book anything international leaving tomorrow am. We then started looking at flights in the US to anywhere warm and just didn't find anything great ...so I guess we are staying put and just dealing with the storm like everyone else.

Crank your heat to 90+, put on shorts, and pour some rum drinks. Oh, and put some Bob Marley on too. Trust me, it may be our plans.

Sounds great! We could even blow up some pool rafts and get out the beach towels. But who will be my drink biatch? ... oh yeah that's what Jason is for

Crew scheduling has called to cancel all trips on Wednesday and most trips leaving in the afternoon tomorrow.

More flight stuff for your entertainment:



Scheduling Committee Update
February 9, 2010




Today we received the following Operational Update from the Company concerning severe weather in the Northeast:

This is a Company Operational Alert Update for Tuesday, February 09, 2010:

Due to the severe weather that is moving into several of our cities we are operating under the “Severe Irregular Operation’ provisions of the working agreements.

This will be in effect through Thursday, February 11, 2010


Based upon the weather forecasts the following action plan has been put into place.

PIT snow starts now and ends around Noon Wednesday expecting 4-8 inches
No action plan required for PIT


DCA snow starts around 2pm today ends between 1-3pm Wed. expecting 8-12 inches
DCA - no operations after 4pm Tuesday IAD/BWI no RONs
No Operations out of DCA/BWI/IAD on Wednesday


PHL snow starts around 6-8pm Tuesday and should end between 7-9pm Wed. expecting 12-18 inches
We will operate the Eastbound Transatlantic tonight and will have a limited operation after 8pm tonight. No operation until 2pm Wednesday and after 2pm a limited operation for the rest of the night.


NYC snow starts 12-2am Wednesday ends 10-11pm Wed. expecting 12-18 inches
No RONs tonight at EWR/JFK Limited RONs at LGA No operations at LGA/EWR/JFK Wednesday


CLT – Will be operating as normal

USAPA Scheduling Committee

This..is where we need an indoor pool at Sport and Health!!

Yeah....we could request Sports and Health to provide 'onians a heated and jacuzzi pool! Let's have a party. Is that what we need to thankful for?