January winter weather cost airport $3.4 million in snow removal, de-icing
During large storms like the one in January, many of the more than 300 people who work for Memphis Shelby County Airport Authority never leave the airport and sleep in its mission support center bunkrooms. (Courtesy Memphis International Airport)
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“We have a snow operations desk that was open throughout the entire week. It’s an all-hands-on-deck approach,” airport spokesman Glen Thomas said of the airport authority’s roughly 300 total employees. Many slept at the airport during the week.
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