LaGuardia Airport's Delay Problem

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ส.ค. 2023
  • In this revealing video, you'll learn why delays occur at LaGuardia Airport. Even though the airport is often referred to as "The New LaGuardia", delays are still a common problem at this busy New York City airport. With airspace inefficiencies and poor weather on a summer day, I reveal what it takes (and lacks) to get an aircraft to it's destination in a very challenging operating environment.
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  • @erauprcwa
    @erauprcwa 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +110

    As an airline pilot, this was a great video showing what goes on behind the scenes and how "weather delays" aren't always at our departure or destination airports. Many passengers don't understand this and will continually accuse us of lying...

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks! Yes, I heard pax say that the pilots were failing when it had nothing to do with the pilots!

    • @masso392
      @masso392 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Someone who says "as an airline pilot" is not an airline pilot

    • @v1__rotate
      @v1__rotate 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@masso392 as an airline pilot, yes, sometimes we are

    • @thedumbaviator5536
      @thedumbaviator5536 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@masso392he has literal videos on the cockpit.

  • @joevalentine2048
    @joevalentine2048 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Terrific insight into what goes on to get you there. So often people become exasperated with delays even though the pilot kept them informed. Kudos to him and to you for keeping happy and explaining the behind the scenes difficulties of keeping an airplane moving in very difficult conditions. Patience patience patience not a trait prevalent in today’s world.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I appreciate that!

  • @747boy
    @747boy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Welcome to the USS LaQuardia. Its really frustrating for us pilots as well but thats what we have to deal with everyday. Thank you yet again for explaining this to the lay person. LGA seems to get more closures then JFK and EWR. Another great video. Thanks

  • @Springbok295
    @Springbok295 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I remember the delays from the old "hub and spoke" system airlines used to have. ATL was quite well known for their delays especially when bad weather was added to the huge volume of traffic trying to leave all at once. I once counted 45 planes waiting to take off behind our plane in September 1995 on a Delta flight to Chicago from ATL.

    • @jaysmith1408
      @jaysmith1408 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I remember flying out of Ottawa, to Pittsburgh. They had me on United via Dulles. Due to weather, the aircraft was heavily delayed. Not a problem, they put me on Air Canada via Pearson (great!). When I get there, my flight is delayed inbound. Guess where that plane is.

  • @TheJerseyAviator
    @TheJerseyAviator 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    This was a very well done video and really addresses what us Airline Pilots deal with on a daily basis. I also love that you included the Tarmac Delay Program Federal Requirements of Deplaning after 3 hours, another program in place to protect passengers. Keep up the great production work!

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks so much!

  • @BobbyGeneric145
    @BobbyGeneric145 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    If anyone is curioys, the Coded Departure Route 25:38 is a preplanning measure by atc and the airline... Its a list of common reroutes that you already have the fuel for.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great info!

  • @pouser1979
    @pouser1979 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just found this channel and I am so glad. No more views of opening and closing tray tables. As an avgeek, your vid was appreciated, informative and fun.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks! I got a little tired of seeing those tray tables going up and down myself so I set out to make a change! I appreciate you!

  • @beckybauer893
    @beckybauer893 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I had a similar delay of 3 hours on Christmas Eve out of Atlanta this past December. We boarded on time but sat on the plane for those hours. The attendants were great, which helped to reduce the tension on board I’m sure. We were actually waiting for our pilots to arrive from another flight that had been delayed due to weather issues. When they arrived, they added some humor to the situation, lightening up the atmosphere on board. After doing their checks, we were off, making it back in plenty of time! Thank you for another wonderful video!!

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks for sharing your story and thanks for watching!

    • @johniii8147
      @johniii8147 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      In that case waiting on pilots they should have never boarded the plane.

  • @sky173
    @sky173 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing documentary. Thanks for sharing your journey.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you very much, sky173!

  • @TheZumadude
    @TheZumadude 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Even though it deals with the aspect of flying that drives me most crazy, I enjoyed this video very much. When I visit Manhattan for Christmas I inevitably fly into LGA and just as inevitably suffer delays flying out because of winter weather. Even though it’s a given, it still drives me nuts. I must say Peter, you have the patience of a saint. Cheers, and keep up the great work.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks so much!

  • @sophiahughes5096
    @sophiahughes5096 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great job Peter, I enjoyed this video.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks 👍

  • @ganeshkumar-tq9gn
    @ganeshkumar-tq9gn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great knowledge on airplane operations, Peter. Thank you.
    Also, Moral of the Story - Never ever think about transiting through LGA! Looks like I came across Peter's video at the right moment.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you Ganesh Kumar!

  • @BrianCairns
    @BrianCairns 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Fundamentally, delays at the NYC area airports are a choice that the airlines, the FAA, and the Port Authority have made. The airspace does not really have the capacity to sustain the current number of operations. When everything goes right with the weather, there's barely enough capacity. When anything goes wrong, there are massive delays. It's no accident that EWR and LGA are the number #1 and #2 most delayed airports, and JFK also in the top 10 worst offenders. They are perpetually at the top of the list.
    The real problem that this video reveals is the fact that there are so many regional jets operating out of LGA. In the most congested airspace in the country, flying 80 passenger regional jets is insanity. The airlines do it because passengers prioritize schedule frequency and non-stop flights, both of which are enabled by the use of smaller aircraft. The consequence, though, is that flight durations end up insane levels of padding and yet they *still* end up frequently delayed. And when things go wrong with delays at LGA, they go really wrong.
    A sane policy would limit the number of slots to what the airspace can actually sustain. And you can bet if the airlines were slot constrained, they wouldn't be using those limited slots on so many 80 passenger regional jets. That would mean more connecting flights and fewer options with regard to flight times, but it would also mean a much better chance of actually getting to your destination on time.

    • @jamescollier3
      @jamescollier3 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lol. democrat controlled area. global warming lol😅😮

  • @aquasoxs8956
    @aquasoxs8956 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great job explaining a complicated problem.

  • @ivanblakely903
    @ivanblakely903 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can't believe I actually watched this to the end.
    Love your enthusiasm to understand "why".
    In 2019, we sat for over 3 hours on a Qantas A380 after schedule departure after normal on time boarding, when a possible bird strike was identified on the wing leading edge.
    That started with a short delay to inspect more closely considering the composite material, and then progressively escalated with repairs, sign offs etc. Each additional delay due to escalations must have seemed not worth deplaning 400 passengers.
    Everyone seemed in good humor even considering it would be a 13+ hour flight (MEL-LAX).

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks so much for watching and sharing your delay story!

  • @patricklloyd2100
    @patricklloyd2100 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Excellent video, Peter. Thank the Lord I have never experienced anything like this. Even though things like this happen, I still love flying more than any other form of transportation. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks! The climbout alone was worth it!

  • @NovejSpeed3
    @NovejSpeed3 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very well done!

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you very much!

  • @Al-og3dc
    @Al-og3dc 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video, amazing soundtrack.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you kindly!

  • @bigjoe686659
    @bigjoe686659 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Ahhhhhh the LGA game. Not something I love to play as a dispatcher. Push back, reroute, Now your departure fix is closed. New reroute out via another closed fix, which you don't have the fuel for anyways. Then you call TMU to get your old route back, they tersely tell you to kick rocks. Then you return to gate-- get fuel, then back out again. When I was the regional dispatcher it only took once or twice to figure out that if LGA had weather, you just gassed everything up as much as you can. Not worth the headaches.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow! Yes that’s the story!

  • @philpuglise6688
    @philpuglise6688 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks Peter! That was like the rush hour on the Long Island Expressway version of flight coverage. Thank you for sparing us the other 5 hours + 15min, would never get laundry done. LOL

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad you enjoyed it!

    • @majortwit
      @majortwit 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PeterMasella Sometimes Islip looks like a reasonable alternate :) People need to understand everybody from the cabin crew to flight deck to dispatch to maintenance…everyone wants to get you out and to your destination on time, because delay screws up their day too.

  • @michaelmiltz4688
    @michaelmiltz4688 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Last July my family was leaving Frankfurt when we had a bird strike in our left engine. We stayed on the runway for almost 3 hours. We got an extended stay in Germany by two days. We fly back home on the same plane with the same crew. Amazing people!

  • @2ndAmendment-Jeffrey
    @2ndAmendment-Jeffrey 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Flew out of there in the 90's during the summer. Definitely an interesting airport.

  • @LawNeu
    @LawNeu 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Incredible video!

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks, LawNeu!

  • @courtneyjohnson869
    @courtneyjohnson869 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice job!

  • @craigb5017
    @craigb5017 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    at 27:00, what you heard was part of the controller briefing, either before a break or before a position split/combine. Controllers will typically work for between 1-2 hours before a break, depending on the facility and staffing. Controllers generally have a button they push so it is recorded, and in this case my guess is the second controller plugged in her mic with the transmit button on.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was pretty cool to hear!

  • @steveember8972
    @steveember8972 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fascinating video, Peter, with a most touching sequence on the fallen hero's arrival. You could not have made a better choice for that string ensemble rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" for the sad visuals and your accompanying voice-over. Well done, and informative, as always! Fascinating that you are able to monitor the frequencies as part of your explanatory narration - they don't bother you over using a radio?
    P.S: You've also stoked my enthusiasm for visiting LGA to photograph that impressive soaring pedestrian bridge!

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thanks so much Steve! I appreciate your comments. I have no radio and don’t listen to ATC on the plane. I add the ATC audio via the archive from Liveatc.net after the flight while editing the video. It’s a lot of work to match up the audio with the video!

    • @steveember8972
      @steveember8972 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@PeterMasella Of course! That occurred to me after I posted, but I do admire your thoroughness in tracking it all down after the fact, considering the sheer volume of such communication. Thanks again for making all the behind the scenes goings on that make even the most routine flights work more comprehensible!
      P.S. Love the photo with you sitting at the desk with the big TWA Super Connie model.

    • @patricklloyd2100
      @patricklloyd2100 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for showing the fallen soldier. It was a thoughtful gesture of respect. God bless all of those who defend our great nation.

  • @eduardotorrado950
    @eduardotorrado950 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing video

  • @drewtrotter9219
    @drewtrotter9219 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    LGA has issues. More needs to be said about the flight crew (pilots & flight attendants) that don’t get paid for the delays.

  • @diamesarr1500
    @diamesarr1500 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What's up from Jacksonville like your channel

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks so much!

  • @Violinvelocity
    @Violinvelocity 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think I was captain on the LGA-DEN delta flight on this same day! I remember that southwest passenger issue. TLDL, I timed out before taking off for DEN.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow! I’m sure many flights were affected. What a day!

  • @K1OIK
    @K1OIK 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your best video. Thanks for letting us hear the engines on take-off and landing. I feel for the children on the delay. Did you get fed?

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks. I often will play music when we take off and land because people are sometimes talking so loud and all you can hear is conversations! But I wanted to expose some of the frustration this time that the passengers commented on. I had a biscoff cookie and water.

    • @K1OIK
      @K1OIK 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PeterMasella I like hearing the power of the engines on take-off. I was at Newark Airport in 1963 on my way to basic training in the Air Force. You should fly to OTZ, I lived there in 1978, no crosswind runway and then it was half gravel. Landing Wein Air Alaska 737 was an adventure. I was at Teterboro in 1960 in a Cessna, first flight.
      You made this video very interesting to watch, was it hot inside?

  • @thanosk488
    @thanosk488 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks!

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Much appreciated! Thank you!

  • @bravo795mp
    @bravo795mp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I always fly out of LGA with southwest with a connecting flight usually connecting in MD/ Dallas love or Denver and landing in sky harbor. Luckily all the times I took that flight everything ran smooth.
    I never had to wait in crazy que. I always took early flight like 7/8 am.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Generally, the earlier you leave the less delays you will experience.

  • @charlieolson2156
    @charlieolson2156 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The TWA desk picture is iconic.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I love that place!

  • @Nothingthesecond
    @Nothingthesecond 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had a similar experience. We also had to wait on a long line because there were lots of planes arriving. When we finally got to cross the runway after a think it was an hour and a half it started to rain which delayed even more. After it stopped raining we had to go back to the gate because we needed to refuel and change flight crew. Then the tugs were busy and we had to wait 20 minutes for one to come. My flight was supposed to land at 8:00PM. We took of from laguardia at 8:01PM

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s all too common.

  • @cristianofranco2764
    @cristianofranco2764 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a marathon…
    Cheers!

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers Francoooooo!

  • @TylerCoolGuy88
    @TylerCoolGuy88 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Good video. I think the problem with airports like LaGuardia is that big majority of flights is on regional jets. I think if they change some of them to mainline, it will help reduce congestion. But also having 2 runways that intersect make it easier for it to be delayed if their bad weather.
    Also, during the summer months, if take an early morning flight (like 6-9am) it is more likely to be on time compared to 3-4pm, due to frequency of afternoon thunderstorms that delay flights.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So true! Thanks for watching!

    • @BobbyGeneric145
      @BobbyGeneric145 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Nope. Wouldn't help one bit. The issue is airspace, not the size of planes... Its a slot rrstriction airport and airlines are required to fly all those flights or lose the slots.

  • @doyline45
    @doyline45 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Glad I’m retired! Have time to watch. Thanks.

  • @AnthonyTheaviationenthusiast
    @AnthonyTheaviationenthusiast 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great vid! Just curious, where did you find LaGuardias initial fixes? I’m trying to find jfks intial fixes after the departure procedures and I can’t find any website or anything that mentions it. Or are those fixes just the closest ones to the end of the SIDS?

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for watching! Try airnav.com.

    • @ljwithnok2615
      @ljwithnok2615 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      They are, clockwise starting from North. Deezz, greki, merit, bayys, bette, hapie, shipp, wavey, Dixie, white, rngr, lanna, coate, neion, haays, gayel
      You're looking for the JFK5 departure

  • @tdadp
    @tdadp 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Got love weather & ny airspace .. the only thing new about LGA is the terminals & the new taxiwayway to help with ground movement . Other then that it’s still plagued with the same issues when it comes to air space it’s just congested airspace.

  • @brd400
    @brd400 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I always try to take the first or second morning flight, especially in the summer.

  • @tryste_mx
    @tryste_mx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Could you please include in-video captions of the radio transmissions and cabin announcements for those who are deaf and hard of hearing? TH-cam's captions can't pick up any of the radio transmissions. Thanks!

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great idea!

  • @jakejacobs7584
    @jakejacobs7584 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Listening to this makes me so very happy that I retired as an airline pilot early this year. I do not miss it at all.
    I will say this though, When I was a young copilot, I remember days flying out of LGA and JFK being number 85+ in line, That was during the PATCO strike in I believe late 80 or 81. 40 some odd years and it hasn't seemed to improve the situation much. I doubt you were born then.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow! Even back then! I was born in the 1970s but was quite young during the PATCO strike!

  •  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I find especially flying out of LGA it is best to fly out early morning to minimize delays of course depending on the weather.

  • @Mach7RadioIntercepts
    @Mach7RadioIntercepts 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    LOL I was a pilot with the Delta Connection (Business Express) in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The traffic hassles haven't changed...

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I remember those days! Nothing changes.

  • @oofoof12814
    @oofoof12814 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Last summer, I was unfortunate to have a layover at LaGuardia. My connecting flight got cancelled, and the other flight I got booked on had a departure time of 8:35 PM. We left at 11:10 PM. I was stuck at LGA for almost 8 hrs (my plane had landed close to 3:30 PM).
    Needless to say, I have experience with LGA’s delay and cancellation problems.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Unfortunately it is a common problem.

  • @boggy7665
    @boggy7665 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    With my experience last time trying to fly from Chicago to LGA, I've resolved to drive it next time, and I'll probably reach my destination faster.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That could work!

  • @stilljt2864
    @stilljt2864 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Are the delays just for departures or do they effect arrivals too? I just booked myself and two other friends flights from different places coming from different different destinations connecting in lga and then all continuing to tys

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My next video will be about a delay to LGA that lasted several hours!

    • @stilljt2864
      @stilljt2864 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PeterMasella staying tuned! Love the content!

  • @DePaul31
    @DePaul31 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Operational question Peter - does the cabin crew get paid from the moment the doors shut, or the moment the wheels are up? Thanks! and great video as usual

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m not the expert in this field but from what I hear, they get paid when the doors shut.

    • @DePaul31
      @DePaul31 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PeterMasella yes, that's what I thought. Thanks

  • @keenanfentress5912
    @keenanfentress5912 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man it’s a good thing that I will be flying out of JFK the day before Thanksgiving. I know they mostly handle international flights. However, every time I leave out of there, it’s less congested and departures are on time weather permitting/luck 😁

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think the day before Thanksgiving will be a heavy travel day no matter what airport! I've been delayed out JFK many times.

  • @planeb747
    @planeb747 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi there what date was this flight?!

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This was filed on July 7.

  • @canyonoverlook9937
    @canyonoverlook9937 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why are you going to Jacksonville so often? I assume it is for work. What are you doing there?

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      95% of my flights are for personal reasons, including this one.

  • @nostrilnick
    @nostrilnick 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just flew in/out of LGA last month. I despise it. You. Will. Wait.... for everything.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It can be difficult.

  • @eacoincmubiru5894
    @eacoincmubiru5894 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Correct me if I'm wrong. Doesn't LaGuardia have two runways? If so, why not open the second runway to ease traffic?

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      LaGuardia has two runways and during the time this video was filmed both runways were in use. Runway 13 was the departure runway and runway 22 was the arrival runway. The problem is not with the runways. Even if LaGuardia had four runways there is nothing that can be done if the airspace around NYC is closed.

    • @eacoincmubiru5894
      @eacoincmubiru5894 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PeterMasella okay that makes sense. Thanks.

  • @alexandermccabe8457
    @alexandermccabe8457 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The weather in LaGuardia can be beautiful, but if the weather over your route is no good they’ll shut your route down and it’s very rare that they re route you around the weather due to airspace congestion. Add in trail spacing, fuel requirements, maintenance issues, and crew rest rules on top of that and a small congested airport and it’s a recipe for delay disasters.

  • @mdleweight
    @mdleweight 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had the exact same issue out of JFK a few weeks ago. Sounds like it may have been the same day as you. I eventually deplaned and cancelled my trip.

  • @ksbear2
    @ksbear2 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Only an AV GEEK would call your trip an "exciting day". LOL. On another note, I was on a Delta fight into ATL in December 2017. It was the day there was a fire under concourse C that knocked out power at the airport, including the air bridges. We sat on our plane for 8 hours AFTER landing before we could taxi up to the where they were unloading planes using air stairs. Landed just after 1. Got off the plane about 9 PM. (Look it up!)

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think I remember that!

  • @SgfGustafsson
    @SgfGustafsson 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video should be shown to passengers, they get so mad at pilots and the airline like it is their fault all the time. We want to go just as much as you do

  • @jvaneck8991
    @jvaneck8991 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Given heavy wx to the West shutting down those waypoints, it would seem logical to route the climb-outs East towards Nantucket, then South and to altitude. As long as it can stay clear of departures out of JFK and EWR to Europe, no reason not to be out over the water until past Virginia, then pick up coastal route from South Carolina to Jacksonville and Florida points. But NY Tracon does not seem to do that, all those planes head over NJ. Never did grasp the logic of that.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That makes complete sense and I totally agree with what you are thinking!

    • @ljwithnok2615
      @ljwithnok2615 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      All the European arrivals come in that way

  • @michaelcoston6259
    @michaelcoston6259 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Safe to say that you've toured every taxiway and ramp at LGA now...?

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’d say so!

  • @BobbyGeneric145
    @BobbyGeneric145 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That is my old airline... I was a captain there for 7 years, 5 based in nyc. Let me know if you have any technical questions.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks! I appreciate it!

  • @canyonoverlook9937
    @canyonoverlook9937 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wonder what makes them decide to build the bridge instead of a pedestrian tunnel. United in the late 80s built the tunnel from concourse b to c at O'hare. O'hare is building satelitte terminals but it looks like they will have tunnels.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I thought that too. Perhaps the vicinity to the water had something to do with it.

    • @jvaneck8991
      @jvaneck8991 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Has everything to do with it. LaGuardia is at sea level, smack on the ocean.@@PeterMasella

    • @michaelcoston6259
      @michaelcoston6259 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jvaneck8991 Exactly! Additionally, the experience of walking the sky bridges over the active tarmac as compared to the underground concourses at ORD is totally unmatched. Especially for a flight enthusiast!

  • @TomCook1993
    @TomCook1993 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Could've driven to Jacksonville in the time it took to drive to LaGuardia, board, taxi out, get delayed, off load, reboard, taxi out, then depart.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It sure was a long flight!

  • @mmlips
    @mmlips 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow. I can only imagine the frustration of the passengers on those flights. That was kinda painful.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There was lots of talking about the delay in the cabin!

  • @PatrickBijvoet
    @PatrickBijvoet 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well, you where so long aboard that I could almost say welcome here in Europe 😂

  • @lorenjackson8961
    @lorenjackson8961 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    LaGuardia is a mess. I usually connect thru LaGuardia every two months flying between Raleigh and Detroit. Very rarely does the flight get off the ground within 15 minutes from pushback. I remember on a couple evenings about a year ago where it took over an hour to takeoff. We were on the taxiway longer than the flight was to Raleigh.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Unfortunately that happens a lot.

    • @jamescollier3
      @jamescollier3 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      50 years of Democrat control

  • @TheoneandonlyEETFUK
    @TheoneandonlyEETFUK 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was listening on atc one day and yeah...some planes who landed we're still waiting for a gate 2 1/2 hours after landing 💀

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s very plausible!

  • @ulysseslee9541
    @ulysseslee9541 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All the New York's airports are overcrowded is not a news. The LaGuardia intersected runway can not serve the problem and it is lack of land to expansion.
    But New York seems no land reserved for a new airport to fulfil the air-travel demand.
    Also the airlines are using small aircraft to reach the frequency rather than the capacity.

  • @johnkim8957
    @johnkim8957 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, a real nightmare, better luck next time❤

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I made the most of it!

  • @steftrando
    @steftrando 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You should add transcripts to your videos for the radio calls

  • @therealwiseguy3747
    @therealwiseguy3747 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I actually work the ramp out of that terminal that person wing walking your flight was my friend lol. But yeah, there's a reason us ramp agents call it LaGarbage airport.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cool. It can be a mess out there!

    • @therealwiseguy3747
      @therealwiseguy3747 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PeterMasella Definitely can! Doesn’t help that half our belt loaders, baggage and push tugs aren’t operational or barely hanging on by a thread and we have more gates than equipment lol.

  • @sampowellmusic
    @sampowellmusic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You have the patience of Job.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’ll assume that’s a compliment!

    • @sampowellmusic
      @sampowellmusic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@PeterMasella Job was a righteous man in the old testament who, at the hands of satan suffered the death of his many children, the loss of his many possessions, and the loss of his health, yet through it all maintained his faith in God. Hence we have the expression "the patience of Job." So yes it was a compliment that throughout all your delays that day you maintained a calm and level head, realizing it was the result of circumstances far beyond the pilot's control. thanks for the video. Maybe some viewers by watching saw and learned the value of just chilling out and going with the flow even when things don't exactly go their way.

  • @oluwawamirionakoya3287
    @oluwawamirionakoya3287 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, that's a total nightmare of having a flight delay. Did you know that flight delays are my worst nightmare

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I look at it as more time in a plane which is always fun!

    • @oluwawamirionakoya3287
      @oluwawamirionakoya3287 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @PeterMasella Wow, I usually do the same thing when I flew Spirit Airlines to Orlando we had to wait on the taxiway cause it was a very long wait, but I saw a few planes takeoff and landing, which was way more interesting

  • @user-gm5mc8jh5d
    @user-gm5mc8jh5d 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Flaaarida!

  • @bobhunter5774
    @bobhunter5774 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Flight delays are not fun. What about maybe going to key west sometime?

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I make the most of the delays! I love Key West and have been there several times!

    • @bobhunter5774
      @bobhunter5774 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PeterMasella would you be willing to do a video about Key West?

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@bobhunter5774 I would be be it’s not going to be part of my agenda anytime soon ☺️

  • @benwintfeld2983
    @benwintfeld2983 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well Peter I don’t know which NYC Airport has more delays. In my opinion that JetBlue has better experience.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All airports have pretty bad delays nowadays!

    • @benwintfeld2983
      @benwintfeld2983 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Then that is a major problem.

  • @hunterschulman4596
    @hunterschulman4596 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What was the date of the flight and what time of hour?

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This was July 7 and the times are referenced throughout the video.

  • @partyrock2081
    @partyrock2081 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You should fly to Ontario international airport

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have but didn’t have this channel at that time!

  • @CJWJR
    @CJWJR 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As large as JAX is, I'm surprised they put you on a regional jet there instead of the main line.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s a LGA based flight route. Regional jets are king at LGA.

    • @CJWJR
      @CJWJR 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PeterMasella With it being a smaller airport than EWR or JFK, I guess that makes sense.

    • @pokepress
      @pokepress 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also, LGA has a flight perimeter, so there’s less need for larger planes since it doesn’t run coast-to-coast routes. If I recall correctly, Delta only really flies mainline from LGA to its other hubs and a few major destinations.

  • @starventure
    @starventure 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Building the new terminals at LGA was always just slapping lipstick on a pig. They never added any new concrete. No new runways, no new taxiways, no bans on corporate jets or regionals wasting slots. And bad weather delays are the price you pay for being a New Yorker, as if so much as one thundercell pops up over Pennsylvania or Delmarva, poof - there goes your route and on time hopes.

  • @bradhig
    @bradhig 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I heard Newark was bad. I have never flown to New York and this scares me about it.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      NYC is still worth the visit!

  • @idrissajalloh8402
    @idrissajalloh8402 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey how are you question is it a crj900 ?

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      In this video I will be flying on a CRJ 900.

    • @idrissajalloh8402
      @idrissajalloh8402 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PeterMasella cool am a big fan keep up the great job!

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @idrissajalloh8402 thanks so much!

  • @rajeevk.pathak771
    @rajeevk.pathak771 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What an inordinate delay ...!

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, very true.

  • @giagshs9513
    @giagshs9513 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Airlines should look into other NY regional airports.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They have but it has not been very successful.

  • @jaysmith1408
    @jaysmith1408 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where’s the buck stop at the company for fuel management? It’s teeeeeeechnically the captain, but I’d imagine Endeavour Operations is the one who has to pay for it, and onward to Delta Ops since they get the yelling from the customers. If you fly into these problem airports with forecast problem weather and problem traffic frequently, is the addition of ooodles of fuel (that you will burn anyways) worth more in the truck at the gate, or already in the wings? The cost in fuel, labour, and time, would surely outweigh any fuel not burned in the conga line. And even if the sky gods (whose powers never work in Newark) magically open up and let the line go, they’re surely still under MTOW with the extra fuel.

    • @jamescollier3
      @jamescollier3 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you should contact them and fix it😅😮😢😢😢😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @AlonsoRules
    @AlonsoRules 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What do you expect, LaGuardia is an aircraft carrier.

  • @johnfranco7371
    @johnfranco7371 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Endeavor is not Delta.

  • @melissawong2407
    @melissawong2407 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have to stay you know what you're talking about the airline

  • @thegreek2640
    @thegreek2640 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One reason of many WHY you buy non stop flights..

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I try to get nonstop flights but sometimes there is no option but to connect!

  • @K1OIK
    @K1OIK 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You are like Ozzie Nelson, you are active, but nobody knows where you work.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Never heard of him, but I'll look him up!

    • @K1OIK
      @K1OIK 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@PeterMasella You might not find this but on his family TV show he seemed to go to work but it was never identified where he worked.

    • @TheZumadude
      @TheZumadude 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PeterMasella - Are you joking? (Then again, you're young, so maybe not).

    • @TheZumadude
      @TheZumadude 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice.👍 Now I'm trying to remember if what Jim Anderson did was ever mentioned (Oops, just as I typed that I remembered - never mind). But here's to 50s and 60s TV Dads!

    • @K1OIK
      @K1OIK 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheZumadude Robert Young (Jim Anderson) was very abusive to the rest of the cast according to Billy Gray (Bud) who I met some years ago.

  • @johniii8147
    @johniii8147 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was just a bad operational decision not to fill up the tank given the issues at LGA. This issues are well known operating out of the airport. Nothing new. Thank it's bad now, should have tried flying out of LGA in the late 90s early 2000's. 2 hour + wait after pushback was the norm.

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So true! I remember those days too.

    • @jmh0810
      @jmh0810 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Unfortunately, it's not as easy as just filling up the tanks. The aircraft has to be planned to land under maximum structural landing weight, so the weight of the gas you take with you as reserve must be accounted for on landing as well, even if there's a good chance you'll use it. This is touched on after they returned and almost had too much fuel. Additionally, runway 13 is the most limiting at LGA performance-wise. This may have been a factor as well. As an airline dispatcher, the ceiling for how much fuel I can take is rarely limited by tank capacity.

  • @danielwirth8388
    @danielwirth8388 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well one thing to say. It's still faster than driving😂

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely!

  • @JustinPinedaMedia
    @JustinPinedaMedia 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    4:29 - Spelling Error

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good catch!

    • @JustinPinedaMedia
      @JustinPinedaMedia 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      also 21:52

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JustinPinedaMedia you are Eagle eyed! Thanks for pointing that out!

  • @3sons66
    @3sons66 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ...love how everyone's haul'n A$$ out of the Jacksonville terminal. I think you all had enough for the day! What a flight!! UGH!!

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Everyone wanted to get out quickly!

  • @matt2xgang494
    @matt2xgang494 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As I’m planning to fly to Lagurdia in December I’ll stick back to JFK New York has the worst weather 😂😂😂

  • @kevingreen5793
    @kevingreen5793 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    NYS spent billions of dollars fixing up the LGA terminals but they couldn't do anything with the runways like either lengthening them or adding more runways? That would really solve LGA delay problems. Come on NYS! What are we paying high taxes for?

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I agree! The real issue is beyond the airport - and the lack of usable airspace fixes for departures.

    • @kevingreen5793
      @kevingreen5793 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PeterMasella well they should fix that too!

    • @militaryav8r
      @militaryav8r 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Well, where exactly should they put these new runways or the extensions? LGA is crammed in between the city itself and Flushing Bay. Yes, they could try extending out into the water, but that would be extremely expensive, complicated by the presence of Rikers Island. Even adding/lengthening runways doesn’t alleviate LGAs problem. As pointed out in the video (9:45), La Guardia uses approaches and departures that are shared with other airports, then lump on the OTHER- smaller but still very active airports (Teterboro, Morristown, Republic, Islip, White Plains, etc) and you are still left with an extremely congested web of airspace. The problem is not so much LGA as it is WHERE LGA exists. If someone built the same exact airport in Kansas, it’d function just fine, but when you stick it in the middle of a shared airspace soup of at least 6 other airports, and in a the most congested part of the country (I’m talking the line from Boston clear down to Richmond and maybe even so far as Atlanta) it becomes a struggle to keep things running smoothly.

  • @steftrando
    @steftrando 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    26:01 you should have put the map of the fixes back up again. I forgot where everything is and I’m not about to go back in the video to look

  • @DanknDerpyGamer
    @DanknDerpyGamer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    0:12 - 0:13 😂

    • @PeterMasella
      @PeterMasella  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Lol

    • @DanknDerpyGamer
      @DanknDerpyGamer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PeterMasella Reminds me of the "OOPS!" overlay / slide whistle sound Mark Goodson / Bill Toddman, and later Mark Goodson production game shows did when they needed to censor someone. 😂

    • @canyonoverlook9937
      @canyonoverlook9937 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What was it? I didn't notice anything.

    • @DanknDerpyGamer
      @DanknDerpyGamer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@canyonoverlook9937 The way he censored another passenger cussing in frustration.

  • @kevini4295
    @kevini4295 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The airport is a mess! It screwed up my travel plans a couple times this summer.
    If I had my way, the head of ATC, FAA and airport administration would be giving me their resignations. They are not doing their jobs.

  • @jaydentravels
    @jaydentravels 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    RIP to the fallen soldier but the army let him take American Airlines?????