Another colleague on a 6 am flight to IAH this morning - 1 1/2 hrs late - missed connection to PDX.

It's not just the "usual summer issues". Nearly every UA flight, not just some, had major delays. Only 1 out of 7 was on time - ORD to DCA yesterday morning was ok. We have folks on DL, AA, AS, and WN. The only serious issue on any of those carriers in the past two weeks was when the power went out at MDW and everything was cancelled that night. Otherwise, just a few minor delays.