flying_kittens

I was on NWA #806 tonight from MSP - MSY, going out of gate G12. My fellow passengers waiting at the gate witnessed something that couldn't have been a coincidence. Both our plane and the one going to MCI at the next gate had mechanical delays due to cabin pressurization "issues," specifically concerning the sealing of the door.

A Platinum I was talking to thought it was a delay caused by the pilots making a statement in support of the mechanics. It made sense to me. He had never had a mechanical issue like that, and neither have I.

Finally, our flight to MSY was changed to another plane at Gate 13, where there was yet another delay by the same pilots. The gate agent continually walked in and out of The Door, coming out and delaying the flight just a little more.

This struck as one of those things that make you go "hmmmm." Anyone else experience something like this today? Are they starting to screw with us?

Bagels

See:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=455243

Many of us are experiencing a high number of flight delays and cancellations caused mostly by (unofficially) NW’s labor problems.

My travels over the past week or so:

DTW-ORD: delayed due to weather… from 12-hours ago (no time to catch-up NW?)
ORD-DTW: on-time

FNT-DTW: waited a few minutes for aircraft to arrive from MBS (!) – flight routed MBS-FNT-DTW due to missing aircraft in FNT (maintenance related)
DTW-LGA: cancelled due to maintenance
DTW-LGA: departed a half-hour late or so
LGA-DTW: massive delays into NYC due to weather, departed late
DTW-FNT: misconnected, opted to get ride home

FNT-DTW: cancelled due to maintenance, opted to drive to DTW
DTW-TPA: flight delayed 2+ hours awaiting inbound aircraft from ORD (delayed in ORD due to maintenance)
TPA-DTW: cancelled due to maintenance
TPA-DTW: aircraft pushed back on-time, sat on runway for 3+ hours due to “weather in Detroit” ( ) … then flight delayed into next morning due to crew rest
TPA-DTW: (third attempt) departed/arrived when it was suppose to…

FNT-DTW: cancelled due to maintenance; after arguing with elite line rebooked onto AirTran nonstop into TPA
TPA-DTW: on-time
DTW-FNT: delayed two hours due to maintenance

kb1992

A lot of unusual maintainance delays occured yesterday for the NRT flights from DTW and MSP.

NW 3
NW 11
NW 25

Coincidence? Are mechanics union trying to screw us??

Poopdeck90210

Ironically, this could be helpful for my wife who is currently flying NAN-LAX-MSP (Fiji to Minneapolis vis LAX). Her Air Pacific flight was two hours delayed getting out, and a staged delay could actually help her make her NW connection in LAX, which is the last flight out before the red-eye.

-Alan

RobOnLI

Can we get a more descriptive thread title please?

-RM

bwelliott

Sounds like some painful travel....

TrayflowInUK

Not to pry, Alan, but your wife goes off to Fiji w/out you???

channa

Certainly for $51 you could have afforded another ticket, no?

Knoppix

I sometimes wonder where this world is going...