"Come Fly with Congress"
The self-styled consumer advocates who think that government action here will prevent a repeat of last week's debacle should be careful what they wish for.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/weeken.../?id=110009709

 

Jeez, everybody makes mistakes. They won't be the last company to have a weather-related meltdown.

 

In principle I agree with you, yet there's no doubt in my mind that the airlines will only do the minimum and only what fits them the best, with the consumer not being their #1 priority.

JMHO.

 

It was a rookie mistake. With today’s weather update capabilities many airlines can shut down operations and resume without much damage control. And where United and American can re-route by over flying a problem area like DEN or STL, non-hub airlines are just out of luck.

 

Congressional action in cases like this is ridiculous. Why write legislation for such isolated incidents. B6 was between a rock and a hard place. With only one major hub, they simply got too many airplanes stuck in one place at one time. For a GOOD analysis of the incident I encourage everyone to read the weekly article posted at www.aviationplanning.com . Say what you like about the Boyd group, they pretty much nailed this event.

Legislation like the proposed Passenger Bill of Rights is a political expedient for a public that is ignorant about the consequences that this bill (bull) will engender.

Talk about a rule that has "Law of Unintended Consequences" written all over it.

Hey, B6 screwed up. I'll bet dollars to doughnuts it won't happen again. There are plenty of airlines out there who have made the same mistake. They just didn't make it in the world's largest media market.

 

it did happen again.....

i'll take the doughnuts and the KOOL Aid...lol

 

Quick, someone has stolen Limeface and replaced him with a rational thinker. Saying something not negative about B6.

 

It did.........when. I think it was pretty widely reported that B6 handled this past weekends weather very well. Preemtively canceling flights is very common in this business. I think we learned our lesson and we won't have a meltdown like Valentine's day again.

Here is just a sampling of what other carriers did this past weekend:


Southwest Airlines (LUV) canceled about 130 flights Sunday, mostly in the Northeast and Midwest. It canceled 40 on Monday.

Continental CAL canceled 70 flights around its system.

Gina Laughlin, a spokeswoman for Delta, said her Atlanta-based carrier canceled about 180 flights in the Northeast on Monday to avoid getting planes and crew trapped by winter conditions.

JetBlue canceled at least 68 flights Monday.

US Airways' (LCC) Morgan Durrant said his carrier had to cancel 387 flights Sunday because of weather conditions. Most of the problem, he said, involved Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport.

 

i am on your side! i was just jousting with green face.....any chance to catch him making a wrong statement...i tell him about it....

cheers and good luck...

a330

 

I apologize!