Looking at today’s numbers out of Tampa and it’s honestly wild. AA had around 27% canceled and over 40% delayed, while other airlines operating the same airport had basically zero cancellations.
I get that the ice storms hit AA hubs like DFW and CLT hard, and that messes with crews and aircraft positioning. That part makes sense. But at this point, days later, it really feels like something deeper is going on.
A lot of pilots and crew in other threads are mentioning serious internal problems too. Crew scheduling breaking down, hoteling issues, apps going down, crazy hold times. Weather may have triggered it, but it doesn’t feel like the whole story anymore.
What really stings as a passenger is that once everything is labeled “weather related,” AA doesn’t have to provide hotels, meals, or anything. I’ve been stuck in Tampa for days, rebooked multiple times, spent over 20 hours in the airport, and didn’t receive a single dollar in compensation. Eventually I gave up, took a refund, and paid a ridiculous amount for a last minute ticket just to get home.
From the outside, it really looks like AA is struggling far more than everyone else to recover, and calling everything weather related feels… convenient.
Curious if others are seeing the same thing at different airports, or if AA just hasn’t dug itself out yet.
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