Airlines Face Growing Fuel Shortage Risk

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/10/AR2005081001290_pf.html

Lost luggage, bad weather and now ... no fuel?

While fliers haven't yet had to add that problem to the list of headaches associated with air travel, it may not be far away. Airports in Arizona, California, Florida and Nevada recently came within a few days _ and at times within hours _ of running out of jet fuel.

Because of supply bottlenecks, airlines were forced to fly in extra fuel from other markets and scramble for deliveries by truck. But these are expensive, short-term fixes that do not address what airline executives consider to be the underlying problem: with passenger traffic rising above pre-9/11 levels, the nation's aviation business is slowly outgrowing the infrastructure that fuels it.

What started as routine supply tightness in these markets quickly snowballed following disruptive events that included a hurricane, a canceled fuel shipment and, ironically, the airlines' own efforts to prevent shortages, according to several airline executives.

Late July and early August were "unprecedented for Southwest for the number of cities where we've had to manage supply problems," said Glenn Hipp, director of fuel purchasing and inventory management at Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, UAL Corp.'s United Airlines and America West Holdings Corp., also said there has been recent supply trouble.

How's the vacation going Shrub?

[opihimoimoi]

1. Its all our fucking presidents fault....the Buck stops there in the Pig

Sty.... fuck the Idiot....

some fuckin leader he turns out to be....

and he is a Hero to the Pubs? Fuck them too.

[Megahurtz]

2. Maybe he wants to trap us all.

Could you see the scenario of a draft, and nobody can leave?

Who knows, I don't trust this Administration at all.:(

[opihimoimoi]

3. The man is dying a slow death and he wants company

Hitler knew he had advanced syphilis...still held power and look at what the fuck he did.

That toad in San Diego had cancer, knew it, convinced 38 others to join him on a spaceship via suicide...even took quarters to call home. They were dressed in purple, new nikes, and took the poison.

Jim Jones knew the end was near...he took over 950 peeps with him...

Scarey shit for sure....and now, we see a dying president who don't give a fuck about the common man nor for the Common Good.

[wildcat78]

4. What is * dying of?

[opihimoimoi]

5. a deteriorating brain...forgot the term....slow process....he is not the

same...cannot remember, cannot focus, cannot think clearly...he is fucked.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Presenile dementia, perhaps, or early-onset Alzheimer's.

Or maybe he's just a dumbass.

[opihimoimoi]

7. Prolly a combo.....sad day for America that we are led by a fruitcake

[truthisfreedom]

8. c'mon America! Jets are the perfect first choice for alternative fuels!

Hydrogen is perfect for Jets, and the fuel infrastructure for Airports is a perfect small-scale experiment point for setting up hydrogen distribution.

why don't we set up some experimental jets running on hyrdogen, and set up some small-scale hydrogen production facilities? we need to learn more about it, and it's about time we do something.

THIS is what the airline subsidies should be spent on.