Originally Posted by
windowontheAside
I get that people lucky or savvy enough to find FT and spend time here learning all the irrops tips would be back in the bosom of their families by now, but really - why should that be necessary? It sounds like pretty poor handling by BA, whether someone has flown once or hundreds of times; been disrupted never or many times.
As a veteran of the US Southeastern summer ground stops from thunderstorms (can't have the ramp workers outside when they might get hit by lightning) I'd say because IRROPS is often a zero sum game with a limited number of seats available for rebooking passengers. Even when it's a single plane impacted instead of a whole airport, I learned early on to hustle the rebookings and be proactive rather than waiting for a GA to offer up the 'Well folks, .....' to the bulk of the passengers who don't pay attention to such things. And I learned this long before I discovered FT.
For those that don't drive or don't want to drive in the States, LAS-LAX is effectively a shuttle route with many airlines including AA offering $85-$95 one way, same day tickets that get you to an airport with even more flight options.