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Jul 27, 2023 | 6:33 am

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Originally Posted by ironmanjt

So for once today, DCA-EWR was running smoothly and had a couple hours to enjoy in the Polaris lounge.

UA had even proactively notified of a delay on EWR-BER allowing a later departure out of DCA. What was 20:45 (3 hours late) turned into 23:45 (6 hours late) first because of “cleaning the plane” and then a “security check of documents. 23:45 pushback and…

…about 5 minutes out we stopped. And waited. And waited. 45 minutes later we head back to gate with no explanation…only to finally find out around 01:00 (7+
hours late) that the crew had timed out and the flight was as cancelled.

How did we seriously get five minutes from the gate and this happens? The incompetence lately is staggering.

Wow, you have been seriously hit with it this month. I am pretty frustrated and have only had a portion of your messes.
Good luck. Are you still going to get to BER? How was their recovery?

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