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Old Mar 8, 2015 | 9:45 am
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Originally Posted by PhilnLiz
Had a crew timeout experience March 5th. Granted weather contributed to a long day.
Pax were lined up to board when the flight was cancelled for crew timeout (tho the app said weather/late arrival.)

The question we had was would it not have been a nice gesture to message ahead that the crew would be timing out so that the GA can begin the rebooking sooner?
I take it that the situations are so fluid that they don't know if no one will be available. The 80-90s gates in DEN seem to have a pick-up system akin to the choosing teams on during recess. In ORD, I've had the GA make comments about them having to go down and try to find a 757 pilot, like the are looking for a caddy for the Dhali Lama.
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