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Do we work for the same company? AA excessively cancels from what I've seen.
After The After-Christmas storm in December, Parker stated the company attempted to run a full schedule into DFW that night. They tried to bet against the weather and lost. I flew the next 3 days after and the operation was in shambles. Things cancelled for 5 days afterwards because crews and airplanes were out of position. Waiting 2 hours for a gate because no one would move the airplanes? Airplanes parked nose-to-tail on the north side of A terminal because that was the only place to put them to deplane? Amateur hour. The VP of DFW should have been fired. Instead, the following afternoon, he had a quote in the Jetwire saying how well things were handled.
During the Polar Vortex in Chicago, United cancelled 500 out of their 600 flights that day. AA was quoted as saying, "We'll be brining hot beverages around to our team members." No one could get fuel. Flights waiting 2+ hours for gates, etc. They finally pulled whole operation down at 1pm.
This management team has no idea what they're doing. The world's largest airline can't run like a domestic, low-cost carrier based in PHX.