Originally Posted by
Mr. BoH
For AA this is a feature, not a bug. They don’t want to have to give you a refund if you choose to drive, they’d rather just deliver you late. The cynic in me thinks this is part of the reason they always do rolling delays.
I would think that it's in their best interests when as many people bail out (and the sooner, the better) as possible. Then, they can go ahead and combine 3 BUF flights into 1 without resorting to guesswork/probabilities.