Airlines losing money, How could they not???

[fsstnotch]

Ugh... Ron you mentioned the worst airport I have ever been in! Ohare!!! It's really close between Ohare and Detroit, but every single time I am in either we are either circling the airport for an hour before landing or we are sitting on a HOT plane for an hour not moving at all in taxi but waiting on proper manifests! Last time I was at Ohare, we circled for so long that I was starting to get REALLY hot and sick. Took my sweatshirt off and that was a little better. we FINALLY landed and i thought all was good. then all of a sudden, NOPE, not ok! I got my sweatshirt to my face just in time to catch the small amount of vomit. Needless to say, it went in the trash! haha

I can't wait to get out of here... but I DREAD the flight into CHI and out to Cleveland!

[767Jockey]

Originally Posted by fsstnotch

Ugh... Ron you mentioned the worst airport I have ever been in! Ohare!!! It's really close between Ohare and Detroit, but every single time I am in either we are either circling the airport for an hour before landing or we are sitting on a HOT plane for an hour not moving at all in taxi but waiting on proper manifests! Last time I was at Ohare, we circled for so long that I was starting to get REALLY hot and sick. Took my sweatshirt off and that was a little better. we FINALLY landed and i thought all was good. then all of a sudden, NOPE, not ok! I got my sweatshirt to my face just in time to catch the small amount of vomit. Needless to say, it went in the trash! haha

I can't wait to get out of here... but I DREAD the flight into CHI and out to Cleveland!

By far the most dysfunctional airport out there traffic and delay wise is O'Hare. Close runner ups are LaGuardia, DC National, Boston, Philly and Hotlanta. DFW is knocking on the door trying really hard to join this illustrious group. I avoid them all like the plague. Want to see a pissed off grumpy pilot? Send me to one of these hellholes.

Now talk about a real mess, get me started on DC National. No pilots want to see ANY airports closed, but I'll make a joyous exception here. This place is an accident waiting to happen. What a clusterfork this place is.

[427sharpe]

; Maybe my wife will chime in when (if??) she gets home. Flew into Dayton, OH on business Monday....supposed to fly back Thurs...American.....MD80...CANCELLED! She was fuming at the AA employees, and if you knew her you'd know that says volumes because the better half is an EXTREMELY slow burn. She is driving into Cleveland tomorrow to fly out Friday...American....NO MD80 even though thats what the AA people tried to get her to do.....shes not taking any chances! What a cluster! AA is giving away $500 vouchers plus promising reimbursement on hotels and expenses. Hmmmm; average 100 people per flight. Cancel 1100 today and 900 tomorrow, 2000 flights lost x 100 people per= 200,000 people x $500 voucher= $100,000,000.00 + say $250 average expense reimb. per =
$150,000,000.00 in losses in TWO DAYS! Now it's REALLY EASY to see how they lose money! I bought stock on a gamble when AA nearly keeled over..under $2..sold at +/-$30...may be time to ride the pig again!