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Old 01-23-2022, 08:50 AM   #28
flybouy
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Originally Posted by FBO Cookie Monster View Post
As someone who makes his living in the pointy end of these things, there are many more chess pieces in play here than many realize. It isn’t just the amount of snow, but prevailing visibility, runway conditions, staffing of deice facilities, equipment minimums, etc. Deicing fluid is running about $29 a gallon at ssome places, and comes out of a 1.25” nozzle at 40 psi. Delays impact crews duty times and force cancelations of a flight, now with the aircraft out of place for the next leg, etc etc.
For the record, I consider snow removal at BUF, ROC, SYR and ALB some of the best in the buisness, which is good as they are the snowiest places in the country.
Would agree on the snow removal prowess in the region. Our oldest daughter went to college in Buffalo for 4 years (Damien College in Amherst, NY) and have flow in and driven up there a lot. You know your in the snow belt when the fire hydrants have long olrange poles attached so they can be found under the snow.
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