Originally Posted by
RobertS975
While ATL operations are significantly impacted, there was a line of severe storms between ATL and points west and south. Additionally, there has been significant flow control delays to /from Florida stations because so many Airways and routes were essentially shut by storms. Flights have also had unusual routings that added to flight times and cascading delays.
Ok but the largest two airlines in Florida - Southwest and American - have canceled 24 flights combined today. Delta's wholly-owned Atlanta focused regional has canceled 3. Delta mainline is 40% delayed and now approaching 200 cancellations.
I'm not saying there's a conspiracy. Rather Delta seems to be running on a very thin line these days. First it's a weather but then a cascading crew mess that takes time to recover from as we've seen with other airlines. Delta used to be the leader at IRROPS and I feel like American and United now beat them at their own game. We'll see how things go the next few days.