No, I work at the other mine GCM. Normally a 40 min boat ride then a 40 min bus ride to get to the mine. The main boat is down right now and the back up boat is 20 min slower...
I flew outta Juneau over the summer. It was the first summer in Ak where I never picked up any ice.
But in Juneau I saw more rain in the first 10 days then I have seen in the last 10 years here in the high desert of the southwest....
I usually try to reply that I have a wonderful view of <insert mountain name here>. I know the controller is just doing their job. I also know they work in a dark windowless room. It'll either stir their imagination and make the day go better or it'll annoy them slightly or they'll just hear the acknowledgement and move on.
Be sure to turn off your transponder, too. Anything worth doing is worth over-doing.
The problem is that it's like convective activity in that it's always changing. So telling us that there are widespread areas of moderate doesn't really mean anything other than perhaps choosing a different initial altitude and giving the FAs a heads up during the briefing. The decision making happens once we're actually there. If the FAs have to be seated for the entire flight because the ride sucks, so be it. But if we can find a window of light chop or better somewhere, it's nice to know so we can get the passengers served.
But yeah, I feel for the controllers as well. Especially when Delta checks in.
Unless that activity involves heavy vehicles with flashing lights....
Reminds me of the story told by my uncle; He was working for United, had just returned from London to Chicago, and was off duty, catching a flight home to DEN. Out of uniform, and sitting in the back. It seems the pilot for that flight had been delayed somewhere else due to WX.
We can only hope. I've been on this site for over a year, and he just became the first person on this site I placed on "ignore".
