UA Christmas 2021 / January 2022 Ops / staffing Issues
Dec 23, 2021, 2:20 pm
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UA Christmas 2021 / January 2022 Ops / staffing Issues
Unfortunately, it looks like it might finally be UA's turn to have a holiday weekend of ops issues. 93 flights (5%) already cancelled for tomorrow, 12/24. Rumor is insufficient pilot staffing on the 737s.
Dec 23, 2021, 3:15 pm
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Bingo. Virtually everyone I know who is testing with even the mildest of symptoms (NY area) is coming back positive. Fortunately, every case I've heard of, to a person, has been rather mild at worst. If we are quarantining as a result of a positive test, regardless of symptoms (and regardless of whether one agrees with it), there's no dispute it is going to cause widespread problems.
Dec 23, 2021, 6:53 pm
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Yep. Ongoing for especially this weekend:
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Dec 23, 2021, 6:54 pm
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Well my 752 DEN-EWR flight got cxled, from Paid C to rebooked in Y via BNA (which is weird since their still selling C on that route). Approaching 45 mins on hold as Gold, missing my days as 1k currently.
Dec 23, 2021, 7:08 pm
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Dec 23, 2021, 7:50 pm
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Have family flying in from Italy and after landing at Newark early everything else went to poop but they are in the air to IAH now from DCA, albeit arriving 5 hours later than planned with an extra stop in between and likely without bags per the app. Of the four different flights they were booked on variously from EWR, 1 cancelled EWR-IAH no crew for the widebody they said, then delay for COVID on EWR-IAD, rebook for an inbound delay "due to crew staffing" for another rebook EWR-DCA and finally a late arrival for the last leg DCA-IAH after delayed inbound with no extra info. All in paid F so they have been re-accommodated all in first and will make it today, so kudos in a way, but I can only imagine if UA are losing widebody flights between hubs it will not be a fun few days.
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Dec 23, 2021, 7:52 pm
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