Much harder for the flight attendant to ignore that way.
http://www.dot.gov/briefing-room/new-dot-consumer-rule-limits-airline-tarmac-delays-provides-other-passenger

I seem to recall reading some of those planes turn into ovens because there is no AC while waiting?

on a domestic flight. it was 100 degrees outside and even hotter inside the plane. i thought they were going to have to take me off in a straight jacket. never never never again.

So that kind of thing is not supposed to happen anymore.

No kidding. When the power was off in my area and it was in the high 80s for hours, I went to the police station in the next town, which had AC, because I was bordering on collapse.

I was stuck on the tarmac at La Guardia many years ago during a thunderstorm in July. It was horrible.

but I think I read something about requiring "temperature control." These regulations only came into effect in September 2012, so hopefully that isn't happening to people anymore.

yes, my experience was in 2004. hopefully.

because I had the misfortune of a serious blood clot when I was on a long flight. I would never spend 3 hours motionless on a moving plane -- why should I be required to on a plane that's sitting on the tarmac?

I had a blood clot scare many years ago, and even though it ultimately turned out to be a misdiagnosis it scared the bejayzus out of me. I got the stockings after one particularly long flight that had my ankles swelled up like balloons for over a month afterward.

Because of all of this I try to get up and walk when I can -- to the toilet, to the back of the plane, whatever. But they are so overcrowded these days it's a real problem -- I did have one FA ask me to please not get up, and I smiled sweetly and said I was trying to prevent a DVT, thank you.

turned around and asked me not to move my feet because the vibrations were disturbing him. I had to tell him I was sorry but I'd had deep vein thrombosis after a plane flight before, and this was doctor's orders. His sure turned back fast.

I also take aspirin and wear compression stockings. You were smart to take preventative measures before the worst happened.

No food, water or access to the toilets. International flight from Paris to Pittsburgh diverted due to weather to Cleveland. I can understand the customs and immigration problem, but I've been on other international flights which were diverted and the local authorities always could handle passenger temporarily access to a terminal. All passengers should carry a copy of these rules.

before landing. I recommend you use the facilities before 30 minutes, because, as I have have, you may run into turbulence in the last 30 minutes. Also, if everyone waits until 30 minutes, there will be lines.

Unfortunately, with small children, it is often hard for them to go on command.

an effect on them for the rest of their lives.

a thirty min. recommendation will have little effect, esp. if you are constantly rehydrating. The airlines should be more concerned about disruptive bowels.

Or sitting in the same seat after they left?

my tickets for a trip in August. Hope I won't have to ever refer to it!

Phytosterols

That was terrible.

Going from Korea back home for a visit, $1,800. Hello, I think I just got ripped a new asshole. Yeah that hurt.

a parent can do. I was once in a ride line at Disneyland behind a small child who kept telling her mother she had to go. The mom was reluctant to leave the long line. Finally, the little one simply let loose. Couldn't blame her. When a child requests a trip to the bathroom, adults should listen.

anyone on the plane during delays for any amount of time longer than 30 minutes, an hour at the max. You've already been seated for that period of time waiting for everyone else to board and get seated. If they know there's going to be a delay longer than 30 minutes, then don't board anyone on in the first place!. And it shouldn't be allowed!

But at least this information is good to have and thank you for posting it!

I did get a major blood clot once after a flight, so I only go on short flights. To have to sit on the tarmac for hours makes no sense.

and once the jet is away from the gate there's no place for the passengers to exit to...

Also, during peak times at really busy airports, it's not always as simple as just turning around and returning to the gate, because the next flight is already parked and loading/unloading...

My feeling is, that passengers shouldn't be boarded in advance of known delays..all electrical and mechanical checks need to be fully vetted prior to passenger boarding and any other hazards such as "plumbing issues". etc. When hitherto unknown issues come up, requiring delays, then a procedure for passengers to be able exit the plane on the tarmac such as shuttles ready to receive these passengers.. then passengers can at least wait it out in the airport, exercise, use facilities, get their physical and mental needs met and so forth. or perhaps cancel/change their flight.

Passengers shouldn't be held like prisoners. That's just an insane policy.

Las Vegas because of heavy fog in LA. Passengers were kept aboard the plane which was parked at a gate. After about an hour, my dad grabbed his carry on and told the flight attendant he wanted off so that he could rent a car and drive back. She tried to stop him but one of the pilots intervened and let him go saying the airline had no right to hold anyone against their will.

That's the exactly the issue. Holding people against their will as if passengers were prisoners should not be tolerated, instead this policy is accepted as a matter of course. Good on that pilot!

For my entire life I've had a pea sized bladder no matter if I've had no liquids for hours or 6 beers in one. I've traveled all over the world for work and whenever I feel the need I just get up and go. It doesn't matter if we're taxiing toward departure or about to land. Sure the flight attendants tell me to "return to your seat" but my reply is always "I'll pee myself if I do that". I've never, in 20+ years of flying, been denied a trip to the lav by anyone. I've even had the FAs call the pilot to tell them "passenger out of seat" but when you have to go you have to go.

and then, when the child peed in her seat, the mother was told to sit down when she tried to clean the mess up. Then the pilot announced over the intercom that they had a "noncompliant" passenger and they were going back to the gate to turn them over to security!

Only the intervention of an off-duty pilot who had witnessed the whole situation prevented this from happening.

from England in the mid-nineties, US Airways did not follow any of the rules above. The pilot diverted to Boston because New York bound planes were in a holding pattern. He decided he did not have enough fuel. Landing in Boston shortly before the snow storm hit, the pilot had no choice but to sit and wait after refuelling. Sitting and waiting for 7 1/2 hours...not allowed to use the over-flowing toilet...no food...no water...not allowed to deplane because it was an international flight. I feared mutiny, especially from many people who demanded relief. At the end of the Logan Horror, the plane flew to New York, arriving at 1 am. What a nightmare! Has air travel improved? No. A few weeks ago, we waited five hours for AirCanada to find a crew who could fly us to Toronto.
Such is the everyday crap we must endure.

they have to compensate you after 3 hours on the tarmac.

take care of business wherever you want.
everybody wins.

They should make the bottom of the plane a widely-spaced grating so that people's business drops out of the vehicle and disappears harmlessly.



Harmlessly.