Originally Posted by
danbrew
My adult child was flying back to college today from ORD. She texts me and tells me that the flight is delayed for an hour. I tell her to stick close to the gate in case they change it back and depart on time... I did this because a. i fly a lot, and b. i checked flightaware and saw that the incoming flight had already landed at O'Hare. Sure enough, 20 minutes before the original departure time, they change the departure time back to the original departure time.
I get it, you get it, we all fly a lot. But what about the guy that looks at his phone and says, "I got an hour, let me go get a sammich or beer or something" and he misses his flight. Curious minds wonder how often this happens and what AA says when the guy shows back up and says, "Ummm, where's my plane?"?
When a flight is delayed, doesn't the GA usually say, "wait in the boarding area" or "be back at X o'clock"?
I have missed a flight when it was delayed and then departed before the GA said it would, however (since I went to the US Airways Club). US Airways just put me on the next flight and it was not an issue.
Doesn't the AA app show the status of the incoming flight, so you can track your outbound flight? Seems wiser to track it yourself than to go by AA's GA announcements about flight status, anyway.