American Airlines jet flies to London with 5 passengers Options

[Hartmann]

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article...gers/article.do

The flight was delayed by 14 hours, they rebooked as many they could, still had passengers, and flew the flight. Now the greenies are up in arms.

Had they canceled the flight, the people waiting for the plane there would have had their flight canceled, creating a ripple effect in the scheduling for at least a day or two.

I can guarantee that there was cargo on that plane that, coupled with the returning passengers, made the trip worth it.

[Hartmann]

What's funny is that on a recent Continental flight they claimed "WX" or "weather" as the reason for the delay and eventual cancellation. Since it was weather they didn't have to put me in a hotel or anything, so I did some research since it was clear blue skies all over the country and found that the originating flight (4 flights before mine) was delayed by two hours because of high winds. Stupid.