Originally Posted by
1k-all-the-way
A friend was on ua 55 cdg ewr today. Departed an hour late due to late arriving inbound from EWR. They landed about an hour plus late then waited almost 2 hours on ground for gate. Pilot got on intercom at one point and announced " the only update I have for you is that Newark is a hot mess!"
When they finally got to gate, nobody to meet aircraft, then the
jet bridge didn't work. None of that was weather....
shocking that overworked employees might have called out sick on a holiday weekend !