AA cancellations

[ultrarunner]

Ok, any passenger that is waiting this out for days at a time that hasn't rented a car and gotten out of dodge deserves to be irritated.

I'm watching interviews this morning of folks having spent the night waiting to get re-booked to go 600 miles....

Whatever the airline tells you, add a day to it...

Some of these folks really don't see the big picture!

 

[regionalcap]

It might not be any cars available. I've been stuck in ATL and tried to rent a car on these bad days. They were all taken. I agree that I would at least try to get a car if you are within driving distance.

 

[Princedietrich]

He makes a good point. Situations like this, as well as days when the weather just goes completely down hill, make rentals cars and hotel rooms more valuable commodities than bars of pure gold.

 

[AA717driver]

We're American Airlines and we know why you DON'T fly! TC

 

[gutshotdraw]

American Airlines: The Fractional Job Security Airline!

 

[fencitup]

American Airlines: The Fractional Job Security Airline!

Don't talk too quick. Wait till the FAA comes snooping around your Gulfstream. This crap can happen anywhere.

 

[timmay]

Don't talk too quick. Wait till the FAA comes snooping around your Gulfstream. This crap can happen anywhere.

Not really the good corporate outfits actually do the inspections when they are due.

 

[AA717driver]

Not really the good corporate outfits actually do the inspections when they are due.

Not exactly. This was about EXACT compliance with the AD. The FAA has NOW decided that the wraps on the wires have to be EXACTLY as specified in the AD.

The FAA got it's pee-pee smacked and is lashing out.

BTW, when a "good corporate outfit" has 600 airplanes to maintain, we'll see how things run. Apples to oranges...TC

 

[Diesel]

What about a good fractional outfit.

I'll compare our mx to any Fed anytime anywhere.

If its broke its broke, if it isn't done it isn't done.

 

[AA717driver]

Diesel--I'm not going to get into a dick-measuring contest about mx. That's why I said it's apples to oranges comparison.

The 91/135/frac world is managed totally differently than an airline. One of the 'costs of doing business' in corporate is that the airplane HAS to be there, ready to fly. That's built into the budget.

If you think I'm going to try to defend the cost-cutting in the airline business and compare the service levels between the airlines and corporate/frac, you've got the wrong guy. Go find LegacyDriver or psysicx... TC

 

[skiandsurf]

Diesel--I'm not going to get into a dick-measuring contest about mx. That's why I said it's apples to oranges comparison.

But if the FAA grounds all of NJs G's, NJs wont leave those owners stranded. NJs will fill the void with idle planes or sell off the flights.

 

[gutshotdraw]

Exactamundo....

 

[AA717driver]

But if the FAA grounds all of NJs G's, NJs wont leave those owners stranded. NJs will fill the void with idle planes or sell off the flights.

And that's what AA did. They filled up the 757's, 737's (none of which ever sit idle) and rebooked on other airlines. There just wasn't sufficient capacity in the system to absorb half of the pax of the largest airline in the world (at that time).

Try grounding ALL of NJ's Citations (all models) and see who gets stranded. Even then, there's available capacity in the 135 world to pick up the slack. There's virtually no unused capacity in 121.

It's still apples to oranges. TC

 

[EdAtTheAirport]

I'm not trying to join the fight, but here's my question: Why didn't Air Tran have to ground all their Mad Dogs?

 

[AA717driver]

I'm not trying to join the fight, but here's my question: Why didn't Air Tran have to ground all their Mad Dogs?

AirTran only has 717's and 737's. The 717 is a different animal. TC

 

[EdAtTheAirport]

Oh. I thought it was just a difference in name. Thanks.