AA in Phoenix (3 hour mechanical delay)
Jun 6, 2019, 4:45 pm
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AA in Phoenix (3 hour mechanical delay)
Daughter and 2 grandchildren traveling to Atlanta with original take off at 12:03 now 3 hrs later. First for a broken toilet, handled so they board and head to the tarmac only to sit and then return to the gate, because of a second and third due to mechanical issues. Deplaned and moved to new gate and new plane. They are now boarding. Over a 3 he delay
Jun 6, 2019, 4:56 pm
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Daughter and 2 grandchildren traveling to Atlanta with original take off at 12:03 now 3 hrs later. First for a broken toilet, handled so they board and head to the tarmac only to sit and then return to the gate, because of a second and third due to mechanical issues. Deplaned and moved to new gate and new plane. They are now boarding. Over a 3 he delay
Jun 6, 2019, 7:47 pm
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Daughter and 2 grandchildren traveling to Atlanta with original take off at 12:03 now 3 hrs later. First for a broken toilet, handled so they board and head to the tarmac only to sit and then return to the gate, because of a second and third due to mechanical issues. Deplaned and moved to new gate and new plane. They are now boarding. Over a 3 he delay
Jun 7, 2019, 1:09 am
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Daughter and 2 grandchildren traveling to Atlanta with original take off at 12:03 now 3 hrs later. First for a broken toilet, handled so they board and head to the tarmac only to sit and then return to the gate, because of a second and third due to mechanical issues. Deplaned and moved to new gate and new plane. They are now boarding. Over a 3 he delay
Hope you stay around and read the forums here, so that you might learn maintenance / mechanical delays happen on all airlines (and maybe a little more often on AA at the current time, due to a labor dispute)
Jun 7, 2019, 4:07 am
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Jun 7, 2019, 9:00 am
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Three hour delays happen to all airlines. I give significant kudos for AA that they often bring out substantial refreshments in the case of major delays. Because of this situation a delay then forced to return to the gate that might not be the case. For FF it can be much smoother. I have an AC membership. I can wait the delay out in comfort, get work done o relax watching a movie, have access to complimentary food and beverage and more importantly have better access to information and people willing to help with re-routes.
Jun 7, 2019, 9:58 am
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Their were no offers of water or a snack. There was no mention of amount of time one
Three hour delays happen to all airlines. I give significant kudos for AA that they often bring out substantial refreshments in the case of major delays. Because of this situation a delay then forced to return to the gate that might not be the case. For FF it can be much smoother. I have an AC membership. I can wait the delay out in comfort, get work done o relax watching a movie, have access to complimentary food and beverage and more importantly have better access to information and people willing to help with re-routes.
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Jun 7, 2019, 2:10 pm
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If you get this worked up about it - I humbly suggest air travel might not be for you.
Jun 7, 2019, 3:10 pm
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AA has over 6000 flights each day and mechanical delays happen on some flights. A three hour delay isn’t horrific - annoying for sure but be glad the flight wasn’t cancelled forcing a much longer delay. Hope your day gets better.
Jun 7, 2019, 3:24 pm
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The end
[QUOTE=Joanna Strickland;31179885]
Never ever will anyone in my family fly American again! We finally dropped them of at my other daughter’s home at 1:15. am. We had a 30 minute drive home so we didn’t finally get in bed until 2:00. Rick has to get up at 5:30 so to say the least everyone is so tired and dragging. Just think about my daughter and my 2 grandchildren suffering with the 3 hr time difference!
Hopefully this visit will be fantastic for them and we can make plenty of great memories!
Sorry was having some some technical difficulties before!
Hopefully this visit will be fantastic for them and we can make plenty of great memories!
Sorry was having some some technical difficulties before!
Jun 7, 2019, 3:26 pm
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Uhhh what?
yeah stuff does happen. The post is a story which is both frustrating and comical at the same time!