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Airlines preemptively cancel 200 flights for Wednesday

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Airlines scrapped more than 210 flights for Wednesday -- one of the USA's busiest air travel days of the year -- all before the clock struck midnight on Tuesday. (www.usatoday.com) Altro...

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preacher1
preacher1 4
They have gained experience over the years and there is no need shooting yourself in the foot when you can see what is coming.
conmanflyer
the whole passenger rights thing may also play something in these preemptive cancellations, whats the point of even trying to put a flight out if you are going to get fined for the wait.
preacher1
preacher1 4
Probably does as well as crew and equipment repo. Some cases it's just better to stay at the house if wx is looming. It's too unpredictable.
scott8733
scott8733 1
It has everything to do with it. Anyone who travels extensively doesn't mind sitting on a runway for several hours if it means we get home that night.
GringoZX
On the runway??? I'll wait in the terminal where I can get up and walk around or just people watch, but not in the airplane. I'll have already had that experience (thank you very much Spirit Airlines). And not interested in doing that ever again, no matter if heading home or to my favorite vacation destination.
GringoZX
D'oh! Can't edit my poor grammar.
linbb
linbb -1
Got that right one downed plane and how many dead but who would do anything about it there? Don't think that I would either fly or drive in the area. They shut down the railroads too.
ltcjra
ltcjra 1
Last update: 4:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 26.

Flight schedules for this year's busy day before Thanksgiving took a hit before the day even began.

Airlines scrapped more than 210 flights for Wednesday -- one of the USA's busiest air travel days of the year -- all before the clock struck midnight on Tuesday. All told, flight-tracking service FlightAware counted 214 Wednesday cancellations as of 11:50 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
ltcjra
ltcjra 1
That number grew even more on Wednesday morning, climbing to about 670 as of 4:30 p.m. ET, according to FlightAware.
preacher1
preacher1 1
Well, my cousin said it started snowing in Richmond VA about 2 hrs. ago so I gues it's headed up.
Bernie20910
"All of those airports are in the path of a storm that's bring mess weather and strong winds to East Coast's biggest cities. Still, more than 200 of Wednesday's cancellations came even before the first rain drops or snowflakes fell in those cities."

They still teach English in schools, right? Grammar? Sentence structure? Right?
ajbncsu
ajbncsu 4
It doesn't appear so in this case....
yr2012
matt jensen -2
Sure they collected your money, then cancelled 24hrs prior to t/o - your holiday is ruined
GringoZX
As opposed to cancelling the flight one hour prior to departure? 24 hours notice and I may be able to make alternate plans and still make my destination in a reasonable time. It would be much more inconvenient to cancel the flight after I've already checked-in my baggage and passed TSA checkpoint.
preacher1
preacher1 2
Well, they have your money which won't refund until after the holiday so unless you are independently wealthy, you can't afford another ticket or travel of some kind so your holiday is ruined.
GringoZX
Again, my point being that I would still prefer to know ahead of time.

Airlines do not control the weather and sometimes don't do a very good job of predicting or paying attention to forecasts. After checking in for one international flight in 2001, it was first delayed two hours and then finally cancelled due to a hurricane passing near our connecting airport. That was 5+ hours at the airport that we could have stayed with our family and enjoyed the extra day of vacation. Luckily, some of the family did not live too far from the airport and were able to come back and pick us up.

And I'm guessing that the majority of these affected travelers are using credit cards for their airline tickets. So, no need to be independently wealthy (which as an A&P technician, I certainly am not).
preacher1
preacher1 1
I agree on staying home with family. You are OK if you have a high limit on your CC. If it is maxd out, you are screwed.
linbb
linbb -1
Would not have happned if they had controlled the MOB violence that occurred. Stupid people do stupid things and you cannot fix stupid.
preacher1
preacher1 3
I think you hit the wrong string with this one and maybe your post below, old man.

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