Originally Posted by
radfoot
Both BA281 and AA137 to LAX were cancelled today - assume this must be down to crew positioning rather than equipment or weather as G-STBB which was scheduled for 281 was already at LHR have arrived from Cape Town on Sunday. I have to confess I have no idea how any of this works but do find it all very interesting - not least because I am due to fly on 281 on Thursday!
As CWS explains the BA 281 was cancelled today due to technical reasons and the Crew eventually running out of available Duty hours and no sufficient numbers available on either side of the Flight Deck door to replace them, nothing to do with Crew “positioning”. I can’t speak for the AA service.
I actually was in the arrivals hall when those 281 Customers were advised of which baggage reclaim to go to and “to await comms from BA in terms of rebooking or check manage my booking as staff in arrivals can’t assist” assuming that staff in arrivals service are nowadays no more trained in rebooking or not having the resources to deal with a 380 load to rebook.