Originally Posted by
DevilDog438
Ah - jump to defend without reading the whole context...gotta love it.
DL will "weasel" out, even though THEY changed the schedule order to meet their business needs and further delayed pax already delayed by ATC/Wx. They will take no responsibility for their behavior and will blame it on the original reason (even if it no longer applies).
You may want to pull up the flight status of these two flights on delta.com. Note two different types of birds. One was evidently needed and the other was not. You may also want to consider the fact that even if the first flight was allowed to take off first, there are not going to be many departing flight tonight at 11:48 PM when the second one lands. The folks on the first flight were going to be spending the night in ATL any way due to WEATHER.
To make an uninformed comment such as the one you made is just bashing the airline with no basis in fact.
I guess I should blame Ford for the fact I got caught in a snow storm and it took me 4 hours longer to get to my destination...... Weather happens and as I stated earlier, thunderstorms and planes do not play well together. Better to spend the night in ATL than in a field some where in Alabama.