Originally Posted by Dave_C

So lets look at some facts, shall we?

From looking at the schedules, American fly from Orlando to:

Chicago (5x)

Miami (7x)

Charlotte (9x)

Dallas Fort Worth (8x)

Philadelphia (5x)

New York JFK (2x)

Phoenix (2x)

You’re not telling me that perhaps half of the passengers couldn’t have been re-accommodated on those services?

Plus there’s Delta and United. Plus there’s Virgin and Lufthansa.

So let’s say roughly half the passengers could have got home the next morning (via a connection).

The aircraft would still have diverted. There would have been fewer hotel rooms to find as half the passengers would already be on their way.

There would have been fewer passengers to put on the day flight or alternative services from NYC. Perhaps some could have been put on a bus to Newark on alternative BA or United services?

The point is none of that happened. BA did what was right for them to keep costs low and screwed the passengers over. They deserve all the negative publicity.