Originally Posted by
lstheodore
I doubt that the delay was noted on website at 4:30AM, and even if it had been, OP would have to be awake at that time to learn this info, which is the OP's point - OP was needlessly awake at early hour that could have been avoided with a simple communication.
Why do you doubt this? Do you have any factual evidence to state that the flight's status would not have been updated at 4:30AM? NWA is a 24/7, 365 company, you know...
Your other point is simply flawed, however. OP would have needed to be awake at that time anyway to received the "simple communication" if NW sent it to him via text message, call, or email. It doesn't matter if
he went to look at the status or if
NW sent it unsolicited -- he still would have been awake at that hour.
Unless you're presuming that NW should have used their Magic 8 Ball and known that the previous crew would be delayed sometime earlier to let OP know during the previous day...
Originally Posted by
lstheodore
I for one see the irony in that the OP was short on sleep that AM because the crew was sleeping in late, requirement or not.
I guess that causes me to see the irony in that the OP's morning flight crew was still in the air flying while OP was already enjoying precious Zzzzzzz... so he could be on the same early AM flight as this crew.