Originally Posted by pstation (Post 27031617)

DL 179 AMS-PDX just departed after spending a bit over 3 hours on the tarmac according to flightstats.

Originally Posted by sethb (Post 27045076)

I suppose they thought violating that limit was worth it in this case.

Originally Posted by Rabidstoat (Post 27044730)

Excuse the ignorance, but how do I tell which inbound flight has the plane I'll be using on my outbound flight? I'm flying out of DCA on the 6:05pm today and wanted to monitor the inbound we're using to see if it's delayed / canceled.

Originally Posted by Rabidstoat (Post 27044730)

Excuse the ignorance, but how do I tell which inbound flight has the plane I'll be using on my outbound flight? I'm flying out of DCA on the 6:05pm today and wanted to monitor the inbound we're using to see if it's delayed / canceled.

Originally Posted by underattack (Post 27044699)

Day 3 and Delta still appears to have some significant issues. Two JAX-ATL flights canceled today with relatively short notice. The incoming plane from LGA to ATL(as much as you can trust flight aware on that) which was supposed to head to JAX was on time to ATL but the flight was st. I was lucky to still make an earlier flight, albeit downgraded to coach from paid-for F. The other option I was offered was to delay a day.

The Fly Delta app doesn't show my new flight, but they were able to print a boarding pass at the airport. It looks like a lot of passengers had issues with self check in , turning the "bag drop" line into special services.

Delta personnel was great and patient / friendly even though they are now dealing with this for 3 days.

Originally Posted by techie (Post 27045369)

According to Reuters, Delta reached out to some of its most frequent fliers affected by this and offered to use Delta Private Jets to help them with the journey.

Originally Posted by bennos (Post 27045378)

According to Delta, too. Good to help get customers moving, the free PR is just an added bonus!

Originally Posted by DCAproducer (Post 27045122)

DL app will also show you. When you're on your itinerary and where it says if your flight is One Time or Delayed, if you click on that it will pop up a "where's my plane" link. Click on that and it should show you.

I think you can also get this through DL.com if you search for a flight update.

Originally Posted by jrkmsp (Post 27044947)

My Dad, who's also a frequent flier, just posted this on Facebook. He's riding along on what is essentially a crewed repositioning flight from Indianapolis to Atlanta.

Originally Posted by javabytes (Post 27045656)

What kind of plane is that? If it actually holds over 150 pax, then a fourth FA would be mandatory.

Originally Posted by jrkmsp (Post 27045804)

It's a 149-seat MD-88. I didn't bother to correct him. He's not a FTer — he's an old-fashioned, blood, sweat and work-paid segments frequent flier. So he doesn't have all the details down that we do.

Originally Posted by FWAAA (Post 27045834)

Your father was 100% correct; he said that the plane holds "over 150 people," and by my math, he's absolutely correct. 149 passengers plus three FAs plus two pilots (and a flight deck jumpseat). That's in excess of "150 people."

The father didn't say "passengers," he said "people." And he was correct.