Originally Posted by
Jeff767
That can’t be the issue. YYR is a 2 hour flight from EWR. EWR is awash with aircraft, pilots and flight attendants.
I am not sure of the exact timing of all of this, but wasn't EWR in a winter storm / severe weather waiver situation over the weekend around when all of this was happening? If so, that could definitely have impacted the availability and coordination of aircraft and crew to deal with this.