I regret I won't be able to join folks for dinner Thursday evening. I am spending tonight (Tuesday night) at the LAX Hilton, courtesy of UA. <sigh>
My flight, RNO-LAX was held on the ground 2 hours 40 minutes, due to ATC delays in LAX. Apparently there are runway repairs there too (as well as SFO). The LAX-SYD flight of course leaves on time!
This is how US airlines screw their customers. The West Coast regional flights are held on the ground due to ATC, which is entirely predictable due to runway repairs, but the international flights arrive and leave on time. The airlines make no effort to address these problems. So UA pays for my hotel and I lose a day's vacation and a nonrefundable hotel reservation.