We spent a solid 12 hours either inside our hotel room updating this e-newsletter or inside the Orlando Convention Center last week the day after Hurricane Sandy hit, in particular the NYC area. When we finally headed to dinner, we were prepared for the worst, but hadn’t seen anything of the devastation.
Later that night, we saw this picture on an aviation Web site that questioned whether the image of a gate at LaGuardia Airport was faked. By the next day, it clearly wasn’t. LGA was closed for much of last week. We saw first-hand proof ourselves that the airport was back in business Thursday night when our flight to ORD shared the same luggage carousel as a flight from LGA.
From the images we saw, we immediately wondered what the state of the airport’s GSE was. Low to the ground as much of this equipment is, corrosive water can really take a toll on machines. We’re currently neck-deep in final production of our next issue so haven’t had the chance yet to make some calls.
If anyone can fill us in while we’re sending the issue off to the printer, let us know.
And in the meantime, here’s some more tough news about airlines worried that NYC airports may not have enough fuel for flights.
