Denver Intl Airport TGs

TDHG4U61 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-30-2009, 02:14 PM

I was monitoring the DIA trunk system this week and noticed some odd TGs ranging from 412 to 426. Sound like alert "listen-up" tones or "page-out" something like Aurora Fire uses. Any clues?
Also, there are around 10 or so new TGs used for snow removal ranging from 1665 to 1679 very active.
I guess the equipment that DIA used in the past to remove snow could not keep up, so they now
have a staging area for AERO, a contract to help. These plows are made for the job, big.
Thanks,
Amos

jimmnn · #2 (**permalink**) 10-30-2009, 03:58 PM

They may be big but snow removal did not receive very good press during this current storm.

Airlines Blame DIA For Poor Response To Storm - Denver News Story - KMGH Denver

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n0doz · #3 (**permalink**) 10-31-2009, 08:34 PM

The story did not say the same thing as the headline. The one comment from an airline:
" "On some days, DIA really knocks it out of the park. Yesterday, we ran a phenomenal operation considering the snow we had, so I think it's all just situational ... It hasn't been going as well today," Frontier Airlines spokeswoman Lindsey Purves said Thursday."
In what universe is that saying the response was poor???
It was a rough couple of days, but maintenance and ops kept up with it. I got to see what was going on up close, and all the "problems" were landside, with accidents and the usual not-taking-conditions-into-consideration stuff.
As for canceled flights: normal in a region-wide storm. We have a ton of flights to lesser airports who don't have sophisticated instrument landing systems or a snow response that can handle a major storm, or are simply too hazardous to fly into in a snowstorm (like Aspen.)