Originally Posted by
Jed33d
Read that FAA, Admin and airlines are meeting today to discuss how this will be implemented. Hopefully we can have some concrete info by tomorrow so people can start adjusting plans. Not holding out too much hope of this going smoothly at all though. Have flights planned next week and the week after. And hopefully airlines don't try to argue these cancellations are outside of their control and fight refunds.....
And not to add potential pain to potential pain, but ... this is the type of common carrier cancellation or travel delay that is specifically excluded from many (if not most) travel insurance policies, if someone has prepaid, nonrefundable leisure plans at their destination (lodging, cruise, etc.) and needs to arrive by a specific date or lose it. With pre-Thanksgiving leisure travel starting in about a week, this could create a huge downstream mess for even those with travel insurance, and lots of financial losses for individuals, if the airports aren't allowed to operate (safely) at capacity.
I'm also hoping AS is very clear about what's likely to happen to flights, but not so speculative that it has people making backup plans that themselves might be futile. After all, it's entire airports that are having flight capacity potentially cut, not individual airlines. And if you have to travel, you have to get to that same destination.
Personally, I've got almost 10 days to sweat this. I feel for those who are traveling sooner and have to live with this added uncertainty.