Welcome to Honor Flight 2013. We have 102 flights on the BWI schedule!
Honor Flight, the Movie update:
Now available for special order on DVD. Go to:
http://www.honorflightthemovie.com/dvd/ Thanks to Ken Madison for alerting me to that.
Following is important information. Please read as there are changes from last year.
Gate Access Pass (GAP) Requests
We have a new email account for GAP requests this year:
bwigap13@gmail.com. As a reminder, we ask that you use this account for GAP request purposes only. If you have a question for an individual, i.e., Jean Case or myself, please use our personal email addresses.
Please note that everyone (babes in arms included) need a GAP. Picture ID is not required for those under the age of 18 and children under 12 do not have to remove their shoes. Also, volunteers 75 and older can leave their shoes and a light jacket on. If the shoes set off the alarm, you will be asked to take them off and go through the screening again.
No changes in the information needed from last year:
Please put on the subject line the date(s) you are requesting GAPs for. Multiple dates can be requested in one email. Please create a new email each time you request a GAP. Last year, several people would forward an old request with an old date on the subject line. This made it confusing.
In the body of the email list the date(s) (duplication, but also a double check), name(s) as it appears on the government issued photo ID (first name, middle initial and last name), date of birth in mm/dd/yy format and gender.
Please submit them like this: John E. Doe, 05/23/87, Male
This allows us to copy and paste into the draft emails for GAPs for date(s) you requested.
Reminder for our Military personnel. If you are using your personal email account to request GAPs, would you please indicate in the body of the email that you are military. When we submit our request to the airlines we divide it into military and civilian categories because (a) it's quicker to distribute when there's a large number of people and (b) we like to boast about how many military are supporting Honor Flights. Your help would be greatly appreciated so that we can continue to distribute the GAPs efficiently and give our military credit for their volunteering hours.
Please send your request a minimum of 36 hours before the first flight is due in. Earlier definitely helps us out so we don't have a big surge of requests close to the deadline.
We will respond to your GAP email if it is received on time. If it is late, you will not receive a confirmation. Of course, you are welcome to come and greet outside of security. If you did send in on time and have not received a confirmation, which should be same day or next day, please resend to the GAP account and copy me and
jcase928@gmail.com.
Please note: NO gaps will be requested on the day of the flight. Only people with BWI Security Badges will be able to pick up GAPs from the airline.
With the exception of flights coming into the International terminal (Miami Air) the designated pick up location for GAPs is in the area near Door 7 on the upper level. Please be there one hour ahead of flight arrival. A volunteer will be at door 7 with GAPs until 30 minutes before flight arrival. If you arrive after that time, please pick up your GAP at the BWI Information desk at D Concourse.
If you came for the arrival and wish to return in the evening, your GAP issued in the morning will be used again. Please remember to bring it with you.
Information for Greeting Flights Returning to the Airport: Buses for Air Tran and Southwest flights will return to door 2. An exception is Honor Flight Rochester, which returns to door 7. Flights departing from D Concourse will return to door 12. Flights departing from the International Terminal (E concourse) will return to doors 17/18. All designated doors are on the upper level (departures). If you wish to go through security and have a GAP from the morning please bring it with you. If you have requested a GAP, please go to the appropriate door and one of the Honor Flight volunteers will have your GAP.
Parking validation policy: You need to park in the hourly garage across from the terminal (if you need to take a bus you are in the wrong garage). We will wait for you up to 30 minutes before the posted arrival time of the first flight. If you arrive after that time parking will be validated at completion of arrival of the last flight for the morning. If you sign up too late to get a GAP and greet outside security, your parking pass will still be validated. Also when you exit the hourly garage, please do not use the "prepaid" lane. Yes, your parking is free, but it is not "prepaid".
Schedule: The schedule should be self explanatory - the first column is the arrival date of the flight, the second column has the Hub name, as well as the departing airport. ** in the second column indicates flights departing on a day different to their arrival. The schedule is attached as a .pdf
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