Originally Posted by
mahasamatman
The local weather is irrelevant. Weather at an airport hundreds or thousands of miles away could have caused the delay on the inbound aircraft.
The part about the staff leaving the gate, however, is disturbing.
Seriously? Plane sitting at the gate at a hub airport that is also a crew base, and an RJ not getting out of Boise, or whatever, with a flight attendant on it is acceptable reason to strand a plane full of people in Chicago with no compensation?
Well gosh. There's always weather somewhere. Might as well park an old RJ at a half dozen airports aroudn the country and say: Oopsie there's weather in Wichita and that was your plane! Never have to pay compensation for anything ever again!!!