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Originally Posted by jdulej
Most (all?) news outlets, regardless of being left, right, or middle-ish leaning, understand that bad news sells, so we only hear about 1600 (or whatever the number is) flight cancellations. Does anyone know haw many were not cancelled? Are we looking at 5% of flights cancelled or 50% or ?
Imagine turning on the news and hearing, "25,000 flights were not cancelled yesterday!" That really does not tell you anything either, but it's a little more cheerful!
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I DO agree with your premise re, 'Bad News'.
BUT, I believe in this case of so many cancelled flights et al - this is NEWS. The number of cancelled flights is a multitude of the 'norm'. Affecting MANY individuals and families - both impacting the travelers, and those waiting for them to arrive. The NEWS also prepares those who may be affected in near future flights. The NEWS re this is continuing - today>
Major airlines cancel hundreds of flights for Saturday, Sunday, as COVID omicron variant sidelines crews
More than 900 U.S. flights were canceled Saturday, with hundreds more cancellations coming Sunday
According to FlightAware, more than 920 U.S. flights were canceled Saturday and more than 1,200 others were delayed. U.S. airlines also already have canceled more than 220 total flights scheduled for Sunday.
So, we could write this off as bad news sells, but IMO it is TRULY News. Worthy of publishing and discussing.
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