wendyg

They could have been rebooked while in the air...or they may have allowed extra time originally...or the receiving flight may have been delayed too. You just don't know.

wg

enviroian

I’m always in a hurry and we shouldn’t allow AA to constantly get away with their continued delays. Since AA is so operationally bad they should be telling customers to extend their MCT to accommodate AA’s operational shortcomings. I do.

enviroian

Off hand the cities mentioned were OKC, MIA, ORD and LHR.

enviroian

That’s the customers problem for booking a tight connection.

ijgordon

How exactly is AA "getting away" with the delays? Their financial performance sucks, relatively. Their ratings/statistics suck.

WiscAZ

There is only so much we as customers can control. We can't control an AA delay whether that be mechanical, weather, or other. It happens with all airlines. Does it happen more with AA than others? Yes, IMO. So your choice is choose another airline or add a longer connection - which it looks like you do. I also try and book a reasonable connection but that isn't always possible. There are times where if I want to leave on the last flight out for the night I need to take a risky connection or stay until the next day. I'm willing to take that risk when necessary and if there is a delay I'd hope passengers who have an extra minute or two can be a decent person and let me pass through.

You're not sticking it to AA and allowing them to get away with delays by not being courteous, you're sticking it to the other passengers. To me it's no different than waiting a few extra seconds to hold a door for someone.

guv1976

Given that AA now offers domestic SAAver awards with 12-hour (or longer) connections, there could very well have been connecting passengers on that flight who could have remained comfortably seated for a LONG time after the flight arrived.

Beltway2A

I think this announcement says more about the people who are frustrated by it than the FA/airline.

arollins

As you mentioned being in a hurry, and based on your comments, you shouldn't be flying AA if you are expecting on time performance. Statistic are out there showing that AA is certainly not the leader in this area.

bscooter26

Talk about entitled, jeebus

SunkissedMommy

Not everyone books a tight connection. Some things are out of the control off the traveler sometimes. I personally booked a 3.5 hour layover in ORD because we have customs to go through. AA changed flight times and moved mine up over an hour and a half. So now I have less than 2 hours to get through customs, get on the bus to another terminal, and get on my connecting flight home.

MarkOK

If the flight bought was last minute, perhaps, but if the flight was purchase a couple of months in advance no doubt that AA shifted schedules and the customer has nothing to do with it. I have given up on choosing an 2 month+ advanced purchase flight based on connection time because AA will without a doubt adjust one or both flight times. Just last week, got notice of two flights in August: one where I had a 1.5 hour connection get adjusted into a 50 minute connection, and on the other a 2 hour connection changed into exactly a 40 minute connection (which is the MCT of that airport).

AA100k

MiamiAirport Formerly NY George

Yes it's frustrating when people get up that either aren't connecting or have lots of time. It always amazes me how people will doddle, particularly those in F, clueless to that there might be 100+ people behind them trying to make a connection or at least get food/go to the bathroom/etc. before continuing on. The rebanking of hubs has made connections worse, thank god Miami is the end of the line for me. Most flyers aren't expecting a 2 hour delay and business travelers (well at least not the ones on FT) haven't got the time nor the desire to book a 3-4 hour connection so they can sit in an AC.

SJWarrior