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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 5:50 pm
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Originally Posted by PhillyPhlyer40
3-CO flight that was delayed due to mx (tire/wheel issues) EWR-YUL IIRC(or ottawa) at "A" gates next to AC plane scheduled to leave in ~40 min. Called CO, they said..get this..."WEATHER at the airport!!"....I requested her to look at the stats, as the pda site was showing mx...she did, and still said she couldnt switch me over to a different airline.

There has to be something in the CO training manual about blaming "weather" whenever possible, whether merited or not.

What did you end up doing? Did you fly the delayed CO flight? If so, did you file a DOT complaint for CO's behavior?
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