Originally Posted by
o mikros
The funny thing is that I've had nothing but good experience with them on any of the new CO hub CR7 routes, the MKE-DEN, LAX to any of the various small SoCal airports, etc. Admittedly I fly MKE-ORD a lot more than many other routes but it's still amazing that almost 100% of the time something goes wrong with the flight.
Originally Posted by
o mikros
What's sad is that if they do put a bus on this route, it will likely be faster on average than the flight they are currently running. UA's MKE-ORD is invariably:
1) late inbound from ORD
2) oversold
3) delayed back to ORD
4) missing a flight crew
I do this route at least monthly (three times in the last 4 weeks) and all three times, one of the above four cases applied. A bus would be an upgrade in terms of space as well.
Strange, during the summer I fly ORD-MKE at least twice per month (usually the 6am) and haven't run into issues. The return flight (usually the 9:50pm flight, is generally on time as well. I have seen the next morning flight out of MKE delayed or canceled a lot, same with the next to last evening flight.
In the winter I usually fly out of GRB because the cancellations seem to be much less, even when the weather is cruddy. Unless there is a blizzard the flight seems to go out. Not sure if this is because it is XJet flying it or because it is on an ERJ instead of a CRJ.