Absolutely, that's the only way to maintain any form of standards in a competitive vacuum. Again, nothing wrong with the occasional weather/ATC delay, but there's no excuse or reason for chronic delays on any flight.

The inbound aircraft from ORD is chronically late. Over the last 14 days, it's arrived on time only 5 times. I've just about given up taking AA2225. They just can't seem to get it out on time.

I asked the same question a couple of weeks ago about AA215 LAX-GRU : http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...y-delayed.html

Seems like there are some serious reliability issues with AA and LAX. In the above thread, there's also a reference to the PVG flights and its issues

Hope AA gets it sorted out and delays are minimized in the next couple months. On 83 in early October.

wth?

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Nothing demanding or whiny whatsoever as far as I can see. Maybe this thread needed a trigger warning :D

It's the problem of the 788. Any long hauls that are involved with 788, ORD-PVG, LAX-GRU, DFW-PVG, ORD-NRT(which I was on) are always delayed. I don't know if it was the problem with AA maintenance or Boeing. After JL's 787 problem in Boston, they seem to be running perfectly fine, so it could take a while for ORD, DFW, and LAX to get all the parts equipped for maintenance improvement.

The non-refurbished 772s, and 77Ws are having excellent record of on-time performances. @SYD sitting for AA72, hoping the aircraft could delay a little bit so that I could use the spa. Couldn't even beg for 20 more min. :/ Seems very bleak at this point. :(

Perhaps relative to the 787s but I'm not sure I'd call my experience with the 777 fleet this year excellent in terms of timeliness. One canceled 777 flight, one 777 delayed 2.5 hours due to MX, one 77W flight delayed 4 hours due to multiple maintenance problems (ended up switching to a different flight).

Yea i agree about the oh my gosh i took a flight last week and it was delayed so ever AA flight is delayed.

Sounds like there is a problem out of ORD? And the new AA LAX ACK flight? Is this two issues or one that's related?

LAX is a Mess with the added flights and the all around construction. The lack of gate space means 15-30 waits for a gate on almost all of my flights in to LAX the last 6 months. They are running a tight ship in LAX so I've come to expect gate delays and its made my expectations go down and I find I've been getting pleasantly surprised more often then not lately.

MIA to LAX 77W Landed and taxed right to the gate:D^

We've seen more than just the usual/expected delays this summer. AA is driving the fleet and crews too hard, and safety/on-time performance is suffering.

I'm 110% with the pilots' union on this statement:

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Ame...388571512.html

Absolutely agree. However, the unions (at least the leadership) fought hard in favor of the merger along with US management, so I also blame their shortsightedness/greediness as major contributing factors to where we are now. I believe that was the FAs union, I'm not sure about how much the pilot's union had to do with it. At any rate, they're accurate in their assessment of the current product. It is an outright embarrassment.

AAs Ops truly suck....I've now started booking my weekly Chicago flights on Delta.....I don't even care if I'm in coach....at least I will get there.

I was dismayed when the merger happened too, considering US Air had a reputation for scraping the bottom of the barrel. Whether the FA union's behavior was greedy or shortsighted is a matter of opinion, but...I agree that it sure didn't turn out well. :(

I've been watching the evening departure ORD-MCO (AA55) for Labor day weekend and this flights has been late almost every day the last month...many days 2+ hours. I've noticed several times the incoming aircraft is on time. If there is a mechanical somewhere else at O'Hare, say a more business traveller heavy ORD-SFO route, will they pull a functioning plane off ORD-MCO (heavy leisure route) and put it on ORD-SFO?

I'm guessing the answer is no and it's just coincidence this flights is late so often. Even though I'd rather fly AA due to my status and chance of upgrade, I think I'm going to fly either UA or SW as there ontime percentage seems better as of late.