Originally Posted by
Toshbaf
Today, AA/MQ 4086 CLE-LGA 710 pm -854 pm is cancelled, citing weather. United Express to EWR is not cancelling any flights.
DL/Endeavor 5475 departing CLE 4:45 pm and DL/Endeavor 4075 departing 7:28 pm both operated.
While there are some storms in upstate NY, is this a case of "there's weather somewhere in the US so we blame weather for cancellation"? Or maybe, "there's not that much bad weather but we can't get our ducks in a row like United and Delta, tough luck for you"?
I've actually seen worse. The plane arrives for a flight, no delay. The same plane intended for the next flight is cancelled and used for another flight. They cite "weather" for the cancellation, but that is weather only in the most remote sense.
How about “the incoming flight was delayed / diverted / cancelled due to weather”? That’s certain,y possible, and it’s even possible the crew timed out because they ebpnciuntered delays because of weather. Another possibility is en route weather. It could even be field conditions (density altitude, winds velocity and direction, etc.) and type of aircraft, it’s loadout. Lots of possible reasons, but we can only speculate as to actual cause. No airline wants to cancel a flight, as it’s terrible OR and has knock on effects down the line.