US Airways Express Bewertung | LACK OF FUEL results in unplanned stop

US Airways Express Flug von Richmond nach Boston

US Airways Flight 4082, 2012/Sep/07 was scheduled to start 05.25 p.m.; the pilot (flight operated by AIR Wisconsin!) informed us just after leaving the gate he would have to wait up to 90 min. to get clearance. After roughly 1 hr (engines and A/C switched off) he said he could start, taking a different route (nothing to complain so far, force majeur). BUT exactly when beginning to roll to take-off he mentioned LITERALLY "I hope we have enough fuel on board for this route". Most people found this a strange kind of humor ... The original flight was scheduled to be 90 minutes.

After a bit more than 60 min of flight he began the landing procedure, and surprise surprise, informed us that we were going to land in Providence, RI! i.e. less than a 15 min flight from Boston! Conclusion: this totally unresponsible "pilot" knew from the start he didn't have enough fuel - I guess for the original route would have been difficult, too, I really wonder how such an Airline is allowed to operate in the civilized part of the World (it's US, not South Sudan...) and how a serious company like US Airways can co-operate with such a company.