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Apr 23, 2024 | 5:55 pm

#843

JIMCHI

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Originally Posted by Sigwx

Quite correct, apologies for the short hand industry slang. AOG = Aircraft On Ground (stuck due to technical issue) and WX means weather. RDR, radar. My handle itself is aviation short hand for significant weather/sigwx.

Thanks ! So was it a WX problem in JNB or in LHR? And it was not what another FT'r said : "XLEG is stuck in Johannesburg with *double* broken weather radars is how I read that." ?? Of course if it was weather related in either city, no one would be entitled to any compensation.

I just can't imagine what BA could do with almost 400 passengers on the LHR-SFO flight when it canceled. There's no way of rerouting that many passengers on other flights even on other airlines.