This is hearsay, but I believe any cancellations due to weather are not subject to fines and fees from the FAA and the airline is not obligated to provide more generous compensation/accommodation for customers. So if there's any reasonable way to blame a failure on inclement weather airline companies will do so without hesitation.
>cancellations due to weather are not subject to fines and fees from the FAA
I thought this too, but apparently there are no federal regulations other than reimbursement for the direct costs.
"Airlines are not required to provide passengers with money or other compensation for costs that fall outside of the cancelled airline ticket and fees tied directly to the airline ticket (such as baggage fees, seat upgrades, etc.) when flights are cancelled." [1]
"Each airline has its own policies about what it will do for customers on bumped or cancelled flights. There are no federal requirements." [2]
However, there are rules around "bumping" passengers on a flight.
"An airline is required to compensate you after involuntarily bumping you from an oversold flight in certain situations. However, there are many situations where you are not entitled to compensation." [3]
How does that post in any way refute the parents point? I agree with the parent that management will try like hell to blame this on the weather- heck they already are. Just check out their press releases.
Yeah I’m a bit confused how the comment even relates to mine. I took it to mean that my assertion that laying blame on the weather for this mess is bogus and a lie. But that assumption may be wrong.
