Delta's Easter 2021 Meltdown - 82 flights cancelled 4/4/2021
 

Looks like Delta is having pilot staffing challenges this weekend. As of now 82 flights have been cancelled tomorrow. Be sure to double check to make sure your flight is still operating.

Same thing happened at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Can't wait for Fourth of July weekend when the schedule is even bigger.

Seat blocking
 

Seat blocking will be lifted for the next 2 days to help mitigate this. I’m glad I’m on leave because I’m sure there will be some upset people who booked with the knowledge of blocked seats.

Interesting...was wondering why so many flights were delayed out of DTW today with clear skies! The first two flights to MCO were both delayed, including the 6:40 am over 3 hours! Just odd for a Saturday!

At this point, people shouldn’t (and from my experience, don’t) care. Every non-DL flight I’ve been on this past month has been completely full.

We’re a year+ into this. If the thought of not being 20” away from a seatmate makes someone wilt, perhaps they should consider driving.

1/3 of ppl have at least one jab. The sky is not falling...

Agreed I’m not sure why DL didn’t end seat blocking on April 1st like they originally had scheduled.

I do think most people probably don’t care at this point based on the high loads other airlines have been seeing as of late... but it’s a huge failure for DL because those tickets were sold with the promise of seat blocking.

Platinum hold time officially over 3 hours...

Do you blame them after the way Delta has been milking the PR dry about it?

that's why many paid more to fly DL (and many decided to travel by plane) - under condition of blocked middle. Finding out that they were lied to will not go well...

Cancels actually seem to be edging down a bit for tomorrow. Now at 71 per FlightAware.

https://flightaware.com/live/cancelled/tomorrow

DL PR has been a disaster for the past week. They are setting themselves up for more controversy in the coming days with this new change.

I was wondering why I saw morning cancellations out of DTW tomorrow. Thankfully I seem to be fine for my flights.

Not even a little bit.

When I saw this title, I said, "AGAIN?!" out loud. I don't even fly DL. What a disaster. "Fly Delta: We'll ruin all your holiday plans!" Just wow! Like they don't have enough PR problems.