Why is WN858 (DCA-HOU) canceled 31-May-2018?
May 31, 2018, 8:11 am
#4
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Many thanks! Can I ask where you're looking that up? I'm on Flight Stats but I don't see anything about the equipment swap.
May 31, 2018, 8:18 am
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Go to "more flight details" and then scroll to the very bottom. You will see a timeline starting yesterday showing every time a gate assignment is made or changed, the runway departure changes, and of course, when there is an equpt. sub.
On the other hand, WN still shows the flight as cancelled. So, maybe WN is more up-to-date than FlightStats and WN has repurposed that aircraft to perform some other flight.
On the other hand, WN still shows the flight as cancelled. So, maybe WN is more up-to-date than FlightStats and WN has repurposed that aircraft to perform some other flight.
May 31, 2018, 9:18 am
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Now, shows as cancelled about 12 minutes ago. The timing suggests that WN located and assigned a new aircraft, but then repurposed that "new" aircraft to another service. Or another aircraft went MX.
May 31, 2018, 9:26 am
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May 31, 2018, 2:20 pm
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Northeast Weather
Based on the forecasted weather conditions for the cities listed below, our scheduled service on Thursday, May 31, may be disrupted (flights may be delayed, diverted, and/or cancelled):- Baltimore (BWI)
- Newark (EWR)
- New York - LaGuardia (LGA)
- Washington - Reagan National (DCA)
Jun 1, 2018, 3:53 pm
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What- more like a "Eh- me, I'd say 'no' but if you gotta go that badly, you're on your own!"? 
(BTW, welcome. I like it when Ops insiders like you and @OPNLguy chime in here.)
(BTW, welcome. I like it when Ops insiders like you and @OPNLguy chime in here.)
Jun 1, 2018, 9:47 pm
#14
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This was the view around 6:30PM EST 5/31. Things got much worse over the next 2 or so hours with DCA essentially shut down.
Flight delays cascaded into crew time-outs, cancellations, hardware swaps, etc.
Flight delays cascaded into crew time-outs, cancellations, hardware swaps, etc.