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Old Jan 26, 2026 | 4:12 pm
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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!
The crew issue on AA is more plausible because they operate a lot of W patterns in and out of LHR with 77Ws and 789s in order to rotate their widebodies through their various US hubs. So, likely knock-on effects from the previous day's cancellations.
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