A tale of two airlines in irregular ops

[Art at ISP]

Hope,

Thank you for the clarification. My main point was not targeted at US or their operation, but in PHL in general. On Thursday, however, which was the evening in question, I think that had I taken them to PHL rather than IAD, for any airline, they would have been stuck in PHL overnight.

PHL is as much infrastructure as anything else, and that is not US' fault. What IS US' fault is overscheduling PHL, but that's a topic for another day.

In any case, they got home albeit late, so that's that.

 

[Bear96]

In any case, they got home albeit late, so that's that.

I am sure your boss also appreciated the four hours of his life spent going up and down the NJ Turnpike he'll never get back.

 

[Art at ISP]

He actually did--we got some conference calls done and he had a good nap.

Why don't you try some constructive comments instead of trying to start trouble?

You are now free to crawl back into your cave.

 

[brokenwrench]

Hey Jim what is the stats for AA and UA out of ORD or DL out of ATL

% Of Flights Cancelled
(All Reported Airports)

Airline June 07 June 06 Pt.Change

Hawaiian 0.2% 0.3% -0.1
Frontier 0.4% 0.1% 0.3
Southwest 0.4% 0.6% -0.2
Alaska 1.1% 0.9% 0.2
Continental 1.1% 0.6% 0.5
AirTran 1.3% 0.5% 0.8
Delta 1.6% 1.7% -0.1
SkyWest 1.6% 1.2% 0.4
United 2.1% 1.9% 0.2
Pinnacle 2.1% - -
Aloha 2.2% 1.8% 0.4
JetBlue 2.5% 0.1% 2.4
US Airways 2.8% 1.0% 1.8
American 3.7% 0.7% 3
ExpressJet 3.7% 3.9% -0.2
Atlantic Southeast 4.2% 2.9% 1.3
Comair 5.0% 3.2% 1.8
Northwest 5.3% 0.8% 4.5
American Eagle 5.9% 3.7% 2.2
Mesa 6.4% 5.0% 1.4

Total 2.7% 1.7% 1

 

[lostplanetairman]

On Thursday, however, which was the evening in question, I think that had I taken them to PHL rather than IAD, for any airline, they would have been stuck in PHL overnight.

In any case, they got home albeit late, so that's that.

And if you had routed them ACY-LAX they would have been in LAX 101 minutes late--at 11:02 PM--a bit better than the 1:50AM landing they actually experienced and with no change of airports.

 

[LGA / 037]

If I ran an airline I wouldn't touch PHL with a 10 foot pole....

Why not? The highest Domestic Originating Traffic in the Country? PHL is a Bleeding Ca$h Cow!