Originally Posted by PanAm916
Everyone was making a big deal about the end of June as well due to its proximity to the Jul 4 holiday and being an end-of-month... all my flights were zeroed as well.
End result, nothing. My flights were all staffed and left reasonably on time. I think I hit about a half-dozen western airports that weekend too. They likely just zero'd because it is summer and the flights are full.
Well, they did cancel 180 flights that weekend, which is a rather large percentage systemwide. All in all, you were rather lucky.
It's a fact that UA faces shortages almost every month due to the stafffing levels it has elected to maintain. The shortages turn into flight cancellations when weather pushes staff to their monthly maximums.