Originally Posted by
Kacee
Here's a doozy. UA2319 SFO-EWR on the 781 just took a 5 hour delay, from 2 to 7 pm. Apparently there was "environmental damage" which I take to mean a strike.
We wound up with departure delayed nearly 7 hours, as they couldn't get the 781 up from LAX until nearly 7 pm. Everything about this flight was excruciatingly slow. Boarding took over an hour, because they only used a single BP scanner to board a 300+ seat widebody from gate 86. There was then a "fluid leak" which delayed departure another 45 minutes. Upon arrival, it took them 14 minutes to open the door at EWR (at 4:23 a.m.). And 44 minutes to deliver my bag. I made my hotel downtown somewhere after 6 a.m.
Received the pro-active email with a dead link
Will be following up with 1kvoice re compensation.