Zis is KAOS!
Posted on 07/02/2022 1:03:20 PM PDT by RummyChick
Airlines have cancelled and delayed hundreds of flights in the U.S. sparking travel chaos during the busiest Fourth of July weekend since the pandemic, which has been dubbed 'Airmageddon.'
Around 48 million people are expected to travel this weekend with AAA estimating 3.5million would take to the air. But the actual number of passengers flying may be dramatically higher as, the Transportation Security Administration screened more than 2.4 million travelers at airports on Thursday alone - up 17 percent from the Fourth of July Friday in 2019.
Many fliers will be facing disappointment, with 604 flights canceled by 2:30pm, and 2,879 have been delayed, according to Flight Aware, which reported that by the end of Friday, 586 U.S. flights were called off and 7,773 were rescheduled.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who previously called on airlines to get in shape before the weekend, appeared to give up on getting things under control as he told Americans to follow his lead and claim compensation over the canceled flights.
'Airlines offer miles as compensation for some travel issues, and you can often negotiate on this,' tweeted Buttigieg, who said he got back $112.07 over his canceled flight on Friday after he was initially offered about $30 back.
'Sometimes an airline will offer you points or miles as compensation, but you are entitled to a cash refund when your flight is canceled.'
Leading major U.S. airlines in cancellations on Saturday was American Airlines, which canceled 96 flights and delayed 421 flights. Delta followed behind, canceling 63 flights and delaying 322.
United Airlines has canceled 42 flights and delayed 185, and Southwest has called off 22 flights and has delayed 507 flights so far.
Since the hectic Juneteenth travel weekend, the U.S. has seen more than 12,000 flights cancelled, according to Flight Aware.
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So you make your friends do the traveling? J/K
Ditto.
I would never fly on a holiday anyway. It’s just asking for trouble.
Atlanta is probably the busiest airport in the USA.
That is his job. As for the travelers, let ‘em fly Greyhound.
Well, if that is all that matters to him, I gotta say, he is very good at it...
I had to double check that this wasn’t the Babylon Bee.
“So what I would suggest is haggling over the compensation. I got $112.07 instead of the $30 they offered me! Visit our website to learn more about how you too can make money during this crisis.”
If you have plenty-o-time, fly.
If you want to get there on time, bite the fuel costs and drive.
✓✓✓✓✓!
Five out of five checks on the OneGuyMeter.
Never Let a Crisis Go To Waste is a concept that arose out of corporate givernance theory. U.S. corporations being state-regulated mini-dictatorships, the concept has no place in a continent-wide representative republic.
Don’t go telling 0bama’s old Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel that though.
“...Since the hectic Juneteenth travel weekend...”
Nice pickup.
Preposterous—just as you say.
Aren’t mandatory experimental vaccinations great?
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This!
Lack of aircrews is a massive problem, but the press is strangely incurious to investigate the problem.
Zis is KAOS!
Is the Biden administration cancelling the contract flights of illegal immigrants into US cities to ease the pilot shortage?
I guess I need some education. Can whoever put nasty keywords on this thread tell me how this story isn’t news and isn’t about the Goverment
“News and discussion of all branches of government, departments, agencies, law, policy, legislation, processes and judiciary.”
“News and discussion of current events.”
Rump Ranger Buttigieg wants the AIRLINES to "get in shape"?
You want cause, look in a mirror ya damn shirtlifter.
Get straight. Go forward. Move ahead. Try to detect it. It’s not too late.
Wonder if Buttplugs $112 will pay for a dose of monkey pox antidote to protect him from his wicked and deviant lifestyle, where he’s also screwing up the lives of little children in his household?
LOL - yep, he’s on the “cannot be held accountable” list like Peter Paul Pierre, Barack Obama, Rachel Levine and that Scary Poppins chick
They really don’t want the serfs moving around, so this mess is a feature not a bug.
Commie Joe can’t even keep the trains and planes running on time.
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