UA2327 LAS →IAH goes MX, "3hr Delay", All Pax Punted, then Ghosts Empty to IAH. SOP?
Jan 24, 2021, 9:32 am
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Jan 24, 2021, 9:35 am
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Are FAs permitted to fly on ferry flights when there's a MX problem?
Jan 24, 2021, 9:41 am
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I don't know why they decided to ferry the airplane instead of fixing it in LAS. I do know that they made the decision because it was the best decision based on the details of the situation.
Jan 24, 2021, 3:43 pm
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On another note, I remember one time several years ago getting on a UAX short hop (probably CVG-ORD), and at boarding, figuring out my tray table latch wasn't working properly at boarding - it was loose or something and the tray table was unlatching occasionally and without me touching it. I was trying to make a connection somewhere of relative importance, and I think it was already delayed, and didn't want to affect the other 70 people (or whatever) on board. Rather then alert the FA right away and have something like this happen (or more likely, a call to maintenance with an additional not minor further delay), I held it up myself to make sure it wouldn't unlatch until after take off, then alerted the flight attendant when we were in the air so it could be fixed on the ground.
Jan 24, 2021, 4:06 pm
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I understand cargo loaded in the pax areas of the aircraft require FAs to be on the flight in case there are any issues. Because cargo-safety equipment (e.g. smoke detectors, fire suppression devices etc) as found in the belly/cargo-area is not present in the pax cabin. Some experts might chime in with more details.
Jan 24, 2021, 5:05 pm
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I don't understand the mystery here, everyone originally booked on this flight was accommodated on other flights and so by the time it left (after a repair) there were no passengers left. The aircraft needed to be repositioned back to IAH and therefore flew out empty. If it was a maintenance ferry the flight number would have been changed and the revenue flight number canceled.
Jan 24, 2021, 6:36 pm
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another strange cancellation: 25-Jan UA425 SFO-EWR
Hopefully no one minds this being turned into an omnibus strange cancellation thread. (Sorry, couldn't find a dedicated one.)
Tomorrow's 425 SFO-EWR is cancelled due to 'schedule disruptions caused by high wind gusts in San Francisco.' But flights scheduled for about the same time are all still going out for IAH, LAX, ORD. And the forecast is windy but not amazingly so for tomorrow (wind advisory ends at 10a, FWIW).
Any insights?
Tomorrow's 425 SFO-EWR is cancelled due to 'schedule disruptions caused by high wind gusts in San Francisco.' But flights scheduled for about the same time are all still going out for IAH, LAX, ORD. And the forecast is windy but not amazingly so for tomorrow (wind advisory ends at 10a, FWIW).
Any insights?
Jan 24, 2021, 6:53 pm
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Tomorrow's 425 SFO-EWR is cancelled due to 'schedule disruptions caused by high wind gusts in San Francisco.' But flights scheduled for about the same time are all still going out for IAH, LAX, ORD. And the forecast is windy but not amazingly so for tomorrow (wind advisory ends at 10a, FWIW).
Any insights?
Tomorrow's 425 SFO-EWR is cancelled due to 'schedule disruptions caused by high wind gusts in San Francisco.' But flights scheduled for about the same time are all still going out for IAH, LAX, ORD. And the forecast is windy but not amazingly so for tomorrow (wind advisory ends at 10a, FWIW).
Any insights?
Jan 24, 2021, 6:55 pm
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Usually they nix the small flights first. Perhaps these days, SFO-EWR is a 'small' flight (and/or easiest to recover from).
Jan 24, 2021, 7:19 pm
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Jan 25, 2021, 4:07 am
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I didn't shed a single tear when they left the Star Alliance.
Jan 25, 2021, 4:30 am
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I don't understand the mystery here, everyone originally booked on this flight was accommodated on other flights and so by the time it left (after a repair) there were no passengers left. The aircraft needed to be repositioned back to IAH and therefore flew out empty. If it was a maintenance ferry the flight number would have been changed and the revenue flight number canceled.
And if OP got the delay notice from UA at 7 AM central, that means United knew the plane had an issue really early in the morning, so probably never even boarded a passenger or bag on 2327 at all.
Jan 25, 2021, 6:48 am
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The needed expertise or materials were not available at LAS? Some cargo was time critical tand there was no other way to get the cargo to IAH in time?
There probably a number reasons and we will never know unless a UA employee looks it up and reports
apparently UA thought that was the best solution
There probably a number reasons and we will never know unless a UA employee looks it up and reports
apparently UA thought that was the best solution
