Originally Posted by
sbiddle
In fairness to Air NZ the weather situations we've seen over the past week are the exception, not the norm. Building lounges to cope with this demand would be uneconomical because they'd be too big 99% of the time.
Some of the complaints and moaning I've seen from people online and in the media in recent days has been quite remarkable. Sometimes bad weather events happen, and if people aren't willing to accept that then maybe they shouldn't use planes to fly places! If people want weather disrupt cover they should pay for an appropriate domestic travel insurance policy that will cover them for it.
I had a cancellation that was weather related, I went on the Jetstar flight an hour later. But most of my flights in the last 3 months have been delayed to varying degrees, none of which have been weather related. It's got to the point where I am deliberately taking earlier flights to make sure I get there or make my connection.
To me the issue is not the fact of the delays and cancellations, it is how they are handled.