I have recently begun to fly AS primarily between PHX and SEA. On 12/31, my flight had a mechanical (identified during overnight maintenance) and the part had to come from LAX. Thus, the flight was 1 hour and 20 minutes late.

Going back today, the flight had a 2:30 delay out of SEA (inbound flight had maintenance issues in RNO). All the afternoon/evening flights today from SEA to PHX were delayed anywhere from 1 hour to over 3 hours.

The same thing happened last week and about 3 weeks ago. While I am absolutely for safety first, why is AS having so many problems with delayed flights? I love airports, but not for 4 or 5 hours at a time!!!

Even more annoying is the fact that gate agents make NO attempt to explain the delays (no announcement at all!)! C'mon, AS, I like your airline, but these on-going delays with no explanations are irritating your frequent flyers.