I don't know if I'm just imagining this, or if I've had a spate of bad luck recently. But I've noticed, this year, that I am experiencing an unusual number of flight delays on AA. I had two trips to New York last month, one through Chicago and one through Dallas. In both cases, every flight was delayed. The LAX-DFW flight arrived on time in DFW, but we were then stuck on the plane while they spent 45 minutes trying to line up the jetbridge with the door to get us out. I then had to run to the other side of the airport to reach my next flight. The next flight was delayed on the runway for 2 hours, primarily because they had moved people all over the plane on seating, and then could not get an accurate passenger count. So, we went back to the gate while they called everyone by name (and we were not allowed out of our seats or to go to the bathroom for the whole 2 hours). Arrived very late in NYC and missed my show.

It went that way with both flights back, and with my second trip, as well. The cherry on top was when, on the second trip, our flight out of LGA was delayed for 2 1/2 hours and the captain announced that it was due to oil leaking from an engine, so they had to have a mechanic inspect it and get a clearance. Then, when we landed late at DFW, and almost everyone had missed our connection, the flight crew apologized and said that the delay was "weather related."

I'm just wondering, is everyone else experiencing a higher than normal incidence of flight delays, or was I just lucky?