Sequester-Air Traffic control - Europe trip - how worried would you be?
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Sequester-Air Traffic control - Europe trip - how worried would you be?
A friend and I are flying to Nice in 2 weeks. We are coming from different states and meeting in Philadelphia for a flight to Brussels then to Nice. What I am most concerned about is meeting her. I am coming from a small airport - Harrisburg, Pa. She from Richmond, VA. With the ATC furloughs started, would you be stressed about our plans? I am really trying not to worry but our vacation is only 6 days total including the overnight flight. We agreed that if one doesn't make the Brussels flight, the other would continue on and hope the first could catch up...
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Maybe I"d be concerned, but from what you said, not so much as in other places. I think the delays are mostly in take-offs in major airports/air corridors, rather than in landings. Since you are both flying from relatively small airports, I would think those delays would not be as likely as a flight FROM Philadelphia. Richmond is not a big airport in the scheme of things.
Maybe watch some flight stats for a few days and see how things go. Right now, it doesn't look like Philadelphia is even experiencing major delays. http://www.flightstats.com/go/Airpor...irportCode=PHL
or overall http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp
or
http://www.flightview.com/travelTool...sp?airport=PHL
Maybe watch some flight stats for a few days and see how things go. Right now, it doesn't look like Philadelphia is even experiencing major delays. http://www.flightstats.com/go/Airpor...irportCode=PHL
or overall http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp
or
http://www.flightview.com/travelTool...sp?airport=PHL
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