I was on a CLE-ATL-PHX trip in F on 9/28/22, the same day that Hurricane Ian was about to hit southwest Florida, but was really nowhere near the routes I was flying. The first flight left CLE around 1500. There was no PDB service. As the taxi out to the runway began, the captain came on the horn and ordered the FAs to remain seated and told us not to expect any service (the flight was about 90 minutes long for the 554 miles). We experienced a few bumps for the first 30 minutes or so, but nothing major. After 30 minutes there were no bumps and one could look out the window and see the ground from 35,000 feet. Finally, the FAs got up and passed out warm bottles of Delta branded water and one pass of the snack basket. On the second leg, there was a rushed PDB service, but no drink service for me until 60 minutes into the flight, and the FA's body language indicated that she really didn't want to serve me anything.

This was about as poor a trip as I've had on the Big D in the 38 years it has been my primary airline.

By contrast, my flight AMS-ATL on 10/18 experienced significant turbulence for the first two hours, and then a fair amount of bumps for most of the rest of the trip (9 hours 13 minutes), but the FA service and body language was excellent (even though the food was not good).

Unless I go on an unexpected trip in the next few weeks, my next flight involves Republic CLE-BOS and VS onward to LHR.