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Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by tehwebguy on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @12:46AM (#34157886)
My American flight on Monday was delayed (crew rest requirement was the reason given, which actually means not enough crew). It was a connecting flight so once it was about 90 min delayed it wouldn’t be possible to make the other leg.

AA live chat said they couldn’t help (other than rebooking 2 days later which would be pointless) but when I called they were able to drop the connection inbound and outbound so I could drive to the hub city airport (cost me like 2 hours each way, nbd).

They fixed it in like 3 minutes on the phone but it seems like they have to do it in a super hacky way because I had to check in at the airport which was no fun with long holiday lines.

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Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by AceyMan on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @09:40PM (#34168813)
delayed for "crew rest requirement was the reason given, which actually means not enough crew" is incorrect.

So, when a flight is delayed for a repair (maintenance delay) does that equal "not enough aircraft"?

Carriers can't staff surplus crews any more than they can sit on spare aircraft, which are small, very carefully computed quantities.

It is a crew rest delay.

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