[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by GmaLisaG

It's thunderstorm season and that has ALWAYS caused backups and cancellations. I'm pretty sure pilots picket on their time off. If things are broken they need them fixed. It's ALWAYS been this way. Be grateful your flight was delayed or cancelled rather than flying through bad weather.. better to be late or miss it than dead .

The airlines do not care about giving their customers good customer service. If a flight is inconvenient to the airline they have no compunction about cancelling. Once upon a time airlines got us to our destination now on time.

If our cruise left on Saturday we flew to that port that day, now always get there a day ahead of time as who can trust them to be on time.

[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe

I know someone who is very risk averse. They told me recently, "If there aren't enough pilots, etc. to fly the plane, what makes you think they have enough mechanics to keep them airworthy?"

Yeaaaaaah, I don't fly as much anymore. She made sense.

In meantime, how many people in the US have died or were injured in recent memory? Flying has become worse but still is much more safe than driving. As I write this new came out that 6 people died in a mult vehicle accident in Montana. Part of the problems which are happening are from rules that are designed to protect the flying public.

[Michael G.]

It's amazing if half of these stories are true, there isn't more planes dropping out of the sky.