My Particular Zen blog update 06/30/2023

• United Airlines suffers fourth day of heavy cancellations and delays - The Washington Post

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  • “Unacceptable!” she wrote. “Passengers should know this means these crews are not legal to work a reassignment, which exacerbates the problem. This is NOT an ATC problem.”
    • Seems like a clusterfuck to me.
  • United’s network is built to run well and recover fast, and we expect our operation to reflect that through the peak summer season.”
    • Let's hope!
  • “We’ve seen the system perform much better than it did a year ago,” he said. “I think that reflects the work we’ve done. I think it reflects the airlines stepping up. I want to give them credit where credit is due. But clearly there’s a long way to go.”
    • Seems more like backpedaling to me.

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