Originally Posted by
SK2751
It's been quite an ordeal this morning in WAW as SK 2762 appeared to have no crew (overheard gate staff talking), then "operational delay" has been announced, and pax were gossiping about tech (I have not heard anything definite about it though). Does anybody has access to some system that can tell me what has happened (SK 2762 MAY 21, from WAW)?
Of course, there was no priority line (typical WAW) and the line was quite a zoo, with lots of irritated folks on TATL connections. The gate staff behaved as if the flight was effectively cancelled (although technically this was a delay of unknown duration). They rebooked about 70% of PAX on later flights and alternative connections (super effectively) only to suddenly announce that they are boarding and departing with the remaining 30% pax after 130 minutes of delay. Freaking annoying - I was one of the rebooked ones and there was no way to make it back to SK 2762 when boarding was announed. They would not be able to reload checked luggage. One time a year I have a checked bag and IRROPS happen, grrrr... I envy another fellow EBD who only had a cabin bag and was smoothly rebooked to LO and is reliably already in CPH (I wouldn't make it because retrieving my bag from the delayed SK flight was too slow).
Now I have 2 hours of waiting to cure my helplessness in the lounge, while thinking about my flight happily flying to my destination without me
Originally Posted by
fassy
Sorry to hear.... irops at WAW are one of the worst experiences you can have. Not sure what is broken with the LOT staff but I always had the most miserable experience there. So bad, I do not even bother waiting for talking to them. Always call SK and deal with the phone agent for rebookings and if I need an accommodation for the night, I’ll just go over to the Courtyard or Renaissance and send in the invoice later with my claim. Never had a problem.
You can call SK and ask them about the reason for the delay. Might need to HUCA but Inhaber got some decent answers before.
Originally Posted by
SK2751
Dah. Looks like tech (as far as I can read the gibberish). Half a day wasted, and not even a comp
I'm not sure it's the LOT staf which is the issues. IRROPS with SK wetlease seems to be handled by the wetlease airline and not SK. Had a bad experience in PRG about a year ago. Flight scheduled to be operated by a CRJ1000 from Air Nostume. The plane has been late since early morning, and the delay just become longer and longer. When scheduled departure had passed I called SK and asked what happens since the flight was still listed as on time and the plane haven't even left CPH yet. The lady I talked to said the flight was ontime, but couldn't explain why it can be listed as ontime when it still haven't departed and we were now 30 min. past scheduled departure time and boarding hasn't stated either. She couldn't see it still haven't left CPH
First time I checked the status of the plane was about 6 hours before scheduled departure. The picture was the same for all the legs. They were all listed as being on time right till the moment of actual departure. Once departed the leg was announced delayed. It was the same no matter whether the departure was from CPH or an out station.