Originally Posted by
euslaner
Mandated rest periods for an 8:15 a.m. flight from IAD-EWR?
There were no weather conditions on 1/9. The FA on the EWR-IAD flight that left an hour late on 1/17 told my wife and I that he was turning right around and flying to Charlottesville. There was a bit of snow on the ground in EWR on 1/17. UA started to claim a weather delay but changed its tune. When a large number of non-elite passengers got angry that they missed their connections, UA fessed up and gave them hotel and food vouchers and didn't use the "act of God" excuse for bad weather. I know because we parked at the Dulles Hilton and the van that took us there was full of passengers on our flight who were going to stay the night there.
If 3 of 4 flights are delayed, that says something about UA:
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-uni...-delays-2015-8
Yes, as quoted by the same post you quoted:
Originally Posted by
Often1
I don't think that you read the earlier post.
Crews have mandated rest periods (mandated by federal law). When their inbound flight arrives late the night before, they can't depart the next AM until X hours have elapsed.
That's common across all carriers when there is bad weather somewhere in the system. You won't find it different on AA or DL.