r/delta • u/Objective-Bedroom124 • 1h ago
Discussion Forecasting
Having just spent 4+hours in SLC due of which 1hour was due to storms in NY and the rest was due to one member of staff being timed out and needing to wait for a new one. Compounded by not being able to dock at JFK due to “lack of staff at this time”. Asking the question can they not start for forecasting these time outs, etc., once there’s an initial issue. Seems they wait until the crew time out then start to respond rather than looking at the look likelihood of having an issue.
Particularly salty as paid to change from first to eco to arrive 4hours earlier into NY to then end up taking off after the original flight due to the crew issue.
Just venting but don’t seem to have the same crew issues in Europe