Originally Posted by
chrisreedrules
My understanding is that they often code cancellations as Mx when in fact they may be other reasons. Like a lack of a crew to operate a flight. They do this to not spook their investors... allegedly.
The Mesa pilots that I talked to said just that. They would try and tie any cancellation/delay back to anything that was weather or otherwise “uncontrollable”, even if it was was a distant and unrelated event.