An air traffic controller at LaGuardia was being a jerk, and a Delta pilot called him out for it… kudos to him, I think!
During this ground stop, there were a lot of planes on taxiways waiting for their turn. Of course the bad weather is no one’s fault, and air traffic controllers don’t have a crystal ball.
However, understandably pilots want to get a sense of where they are in the sequence, given all the operational considerations (including fuel). After all, no passengers want to be stuck on a plane on a taxiway for hours, only to be told by the pilots that there’s no longer enough fuel, and they need to return to the gate.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on One Mile at a Time.
