I had an interesting flight from LGA to RDU the other day. The pilot mentioned a cruising altitude of 8,000. I thought surely once we get outside of the NYC area he would be able to get cleared higher.

Upon speaking to him on my way off the plane he says, “ya we actually got down to 6,000”. Again I’m thinking surely this was just for a short time.

Pulling up the flight on flight aware I was surprised. We briefly got to 8,000 only to spend the rest of cruise at 6,000. Very odd flight.

Anyway, glad we made it on time. Anyone else seeing this kind of thing? It’s been a busy summer.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/EDV5057/history/20230719/1910Z/KLGA/KRDU