2tonne Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Traveling from Mel to Brisbane tonight on Qantas scheduled to arrive around 8:30 pm. I see the forecast is pretty ordinary. Scattered cloud down to 800ft, heavy rain, 20 kt ESE gusting to 35 kt, thunderstorms. Could make for an interesting arrival. At what point do they draw the line and decide to hold/divert? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 good luck with the trains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2tonne Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Hmmm, might be a slightly longer night than I hoped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhysmcc Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Traveling from Mel to Brisbane tonight on Qantas scheduled to arrive around 8:30 pm. I see the forecast is pretty ordinary. Scattered cloud down to 800ft, heavy rain, 20 kt ESE gusting to 35 kt, thunderstorms. Could make for an interesting arrival. At what point do they draw the line and decide to hold/divert? I'm not an airline pilot but it doesn't seem like no go conditions. 800ft isn't that low considering the ILS, the main factor will be the vis in the heavy rain and the location of the "cells" when nearing the aerodrome. Expect delays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 people are complaining on twitter about planes being delayed but not cancelled not too sure about the footy, that looks slippery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2tonne Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Our aircraft is already delayed into Melbourne. By the look of it I might be contending with some flash flooding once on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj_richo Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I'd be checking Qantas Flight Status page.. quite a few from Melbourne are showing delayed status http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airlines/flight-status/global/en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2tonne Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Yep, mines on that list. More time to browse the forums here, so not all bad:smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 people are complaining on twitter about planes being delayed but not cancellednot too sure about the footy, that looks slippery Apparently it's going ahead as long as there in no hail or lightning in the vicinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben87r Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Just heard postponed till Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2tonne Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Hope it's the footy delayed to Sunday, not my flight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben87r Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Bugger your flight!!! I want to watch the foozeball!! Lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Just heard postponed till Sunday. Yup just saw that on nine news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff13 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Bloody sooks, when I was a boy we would have put our flippers on and got out there. LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff13 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Got a mate coming out of Gladstone to Brisbane tonight. 1700 flight still in Gladstone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben87r Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Bloody sooks, when I was a boy we would have put our flippers on and got out there. LOL It's those bloody soft QLD ground staff! Wouldn't have been cancelled in blues country! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff13 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Yep we imported them from down south and all' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2tonne Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Only an hour late, no rain, no wind or storms. Happy to have missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff13 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Gladstone Flight cancelled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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