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Note to self: frame is only big enough for one Cathay. The weather had everyone so backed up that the daily inbounds and the daily outbounds were crossing paths.
I went down to SFO today because I heard they were doing RWY 19 departures, which is a rather rare configuration (maybe two days a year), but by definition a configuration they only use when the weather is unquestionably miserable. By the time the +RA let up enough to take camera gear outside, the winds had improved and they were back to the typical 28's. The low throughput from the previous bad weather, however, had caused enough backup that there was literally over a dozen aircraft waiting in line for 28 when I got out there.
The terminal controllers deserve great applause for getting through days like yesterday and today without any major incident. You can tell in their voices they're totally exhausted -- this isn't ORD or something, they're not used to this.
IMG_3365
Note to self: frame is only big enough for one Cathay. The weather had everyone so backed up that the daily inbounds and the daily outbounds were crossing paths.
I went down to SFO today because I heard they were doing RWY 19 departures, which is a rather rare configuration (maybe two days a year), but by definition a configuration they only use when the weather is unquestionably miserable. By the time the +RA let up enough to take camera gear outside, the winds had improved and they were back to the typical 28's. The low throughput from the previous bad weather, however, had caused enough backup that there was literally over a dozen aircraft waiting in line for 28 when I got out there.
The terminal controllers deserve great applause for getting through days like yesterday and today without any major incident. You can tell in their voices they're totally exhausted -- this isn't ORD or something, they're not used to this.