Originally Posted by
lstheodore
Your criticism is flawed, OP's claim is that NW knew the night before that flight would be delayed and could have notified the OP at that time. AGAIN, this was the point of the OP's post.
But how does OP know that NW knew? It's pure conjecture designed to support the original argument that NW knew but didn't bother to notify.
Originally Posted by
lstheodore
OP claims that NW knew of the delay because the crew for his flight overnights in OKC, OP's departure city. OP states that crew flies into OKC night of 7/19 delayed. As a result of this delay, it is known(yes, the day before) that crew will violate crew rest rules for their AM flight out on 7/20, and this results in the delay for the OP's early AM flight. NO MAGIC 8 BALL NECESSARY.
It wouldn't be known what the delay was like until the day's flight was over. How late would the previous crew be? Without that Magic 8 Ball, no one knows
how late they'll be until they've arrived in OKC and the day is officially over. At some point, if they're too late, NW has to make the call whether to cancel the morning flight, fly in a new fresh crew in the early AM, or just delay the flight. Hard for them to send out a message when they don't know what they're going to do until well after OP is (presumably) asleep yet the crew hasn't arrived in OKC yet.
Originally Posted by
lstheodore
Again, OP's claim is that his crew overnighted in OKC, so the crew was not 'in the air flying while OP was already enjoying precious Zzzzz..', the crew was in fact resting during the delay(the delay was to satisfy min. crew rest) while OP was waiting out the delay at the airport.
Look what
geoffco posted. Crew apparently arrived around 1am. OP surely would have been enjoying precious Zzzzzz by then. If not, I doubt that sleep is as important to OP as it was made out to be. The crew was likely sleeping when OP awoke and went to the airport, yes, but you're ignoring the fact that the crew was still working when OP was asleep earlier, and FAA rules require minimum rest periods.
Originally Posted by
lstheodore
If you don't have information to challenge OP's premises, then all of your points are completely incorrect, and you ought to read a post more carefully before you blast away with your criticisms.
I've read every post carefully in this thread. You apparently haven't before you decided to blast away at me, NWA, and the crew. All for a few hours of precious sleep and getting up early.
Originally Posted by
lovetotravel06
Didn't help the OP in this case.
Yeah, well, OP didn't do much to help himself in this case, either...
Originally Posted by
lovetotravel06
They dropped the damn ball. The NWA apologist mentality is a bit tiresome here eh?
Good grief. They "dropped the damn ball" for following FAA crew rest regulations and for not notifying OP immediately after the delay? But OP didn't "drop the damn ball" for not bothering to check on the status of his own flights?
The "attack NWA and anyone who tries to look at all sides of a situation" mentality tiresome, especially over a couple of hours of sleep. There are greater tragedies in the world.