Originally Posted by
dayone
No, it is not at all "pretty common." Your opinion is misinformed. Since you've been corrected before, that must be intentional.
I can only speak from my experience, and maybe I'm unlucky but for the last decade I've traveling extensively in North America I've been getting about one wait or diversion of the 2-4 hour magnitude a year. If you like I'll PM you so that you'll know which flights not to take?