Originally Posted by LordBuckethead

It's the strike, pure and simple. Lots of flights are going with no (or few) F-trained crew, and service is naturally going to suffer. The alternative is either to downgrade F to CW service (which AC banned after the first strike) or offer whatever service can be cobbled together with whatever crew they have available. Or cancel the flight, obviously. In the grand scheme of things, which would you prefer?