Originally Posted by
NickP 1K
On AA98 next week and noticed this has a chronic delay leaving ORD (for the ORD-LHR segment, NOT the TUS-ORD same flight number with different equipment)
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL98
Trying to see what else systemwide is this bad. Is this a crew inbound issue or the 772 maint issues as this is set as a converted/new cabin - no spare aircraft or flex on aircraft swaps?
Don't think its related to the interior.
It's probably similar to what I experienced with my international flights out of ORD last year ... what I understand is this ... when the plane comes in from crossing the ocean they have to do some extra inspections and either they are short staffed maintenance-wise at ORD or that they defer a lot of maintenance until it becomes essential but what I've found in several or my flights (767 & 772) is the maintenance guys find something and then there is the scramble to fix it. Sometimes they'll swap air frames for a later departure but the way most AA INTL departures seem to be around the same time they usually end up having to delay some flights to make the fixes.
Again, this is what I've experienced over several international flights last summer to winter.