Originally Posted by
dgparent
I have flown in/out of BOS a 2 times in the last month, the 1st time the flight was delayed for 2.5 hours inbound because of runway construction my outbound flight was delayed over 4 hours. The 2nd time it was 1 hour on the outbound. I had the same issue last year at MSP.
So my question is if a airport knows it is closing runaways for construction why do they not have to also cancel a certain percentage of flights? I have to connect so coming home I have to stay in CLT even though, for months I assume, the FAA, the airport and the airline knew there would be delays because of construction making a 45 minute connection very unlikely, and obviously there is no compensation even though every level of the system knows there will be delays.
Because the FAA can't cancel flights. They can advise airlines of possible delays, and can place restrictions as necessary, but if an airline elects to schedule 60 aircraft to arrive at 3PM on a Friday and depart at 5PM on a Friday, they can (slot restricted airports are a different matter, but even there the FAA can't simple say you now only have half the slots you did before). The system has no penalty in place for an airline that makes an unrealistic schedule.