International Operation

[beachboy]

What's the deal with this mess of an International operation? Gees it's one calamity after another. Just today CDG is broken, some 767 had to be taken back with tow/landing gear issues and the sparkling new 330-200 is stuck in SJU. 1024 canceled. Since May it's been a total mess. Remember the summer a few years back? Well, this is starting to look like a repeat. :down:

 

[FlyOnWall]

Oh, the memories of the summer of '06 transatlantic... eastbound flights leaving during the morning push every day, toilets overflowing on the 757s, flights leaving in the middle of the night with no food, not enough oven space for the amount of meals, IFE that only spoke Portuguese regardless of destination...

 

[fudgerunyard]

Did the brand spanking new 330-200 get stuck in SJU due to mechanical or was it something else?

 

[dexter]

:down: The new 330 stuck in SJU is the A/C for the new Tel-Aviv Service. Should be a fun summer!!! They cannot even get that right.

 

[longing4piedmont]

I have to admit I felt sorry for the PHL gate agent last week when I walked by the gate with a flight going to Zurich. It was close to midnight and the kettles were getting ready to string him up. Looked like the flight was delayed around 5 hours or so and they were not happy.

Then for the next two days I watched out my hotel window the planes that were supposed to be going across the pond as they sat on the tarmac outside the hanger.

These clowns do not know nor will they ever know how to run an international airline.

 

[US1YFARE]

These clowns do not know nor will they ever know how to run an international airline.

That is just wrong and hurtful. American West flew to Mexico, Canada, and Hawaii.

 

[fudgerunyard]

That is just wrong and hurtful. American West flew to Mexico, Canada, and Hawaii.

When did Hawaii cease to become the 50th state???

 

[700UW]

Planes break, they are just like cars, not really the company's fault when a plane goes mechanical.

 

[FWAAA]

That is just wrong and hurtful. American West flew to Mexico, Canada, and Hawaii.

And until it helped drive them into Ch 11 a couple decades ago, Japan. 😀

 

[OldGuyinPA]

They don't fix things...they just MEL them. Then they wait till the MELs expire before they think about repairs.

Hey Doug.. give the mechanics the tools (Parts) to do their jobs.

Novel concept

 

[A320 Driver]

Planes break, they are just like cars, not really the company's fault when a plane goes mechanical.

What's wrong with it?

 

[nycbusdriver]

They don't fix things...they just MEL them. Then they wait till the MELs expire before they think about repairs.

Hey Doug.. give the mechanics the tools (Parts) to do their jobs.

Novel concept

We actually have a 767 plying the Atlantic with a broken Envoy Class oven which means, when Envoy is full, some customers don't get their entree for a few hours, and the service is strung out for 3 hours.

The oven has been broken since APRIL 24.

 

[Harry Callahan]

We actually have a 767 plying the Atlantic with a broken Envoy Class oven which means, when Envoy is full, some customers don't get their entree for a few hours, and the service is strung out for 3 hours.

The oven has been broken since APRIL 24.

There is NO excuse for this. Why anyone would fly US on a trans Atlantic trip is beyond me.

 

[jimntx]

We actually have a 767 plying the Atlantic with a broken Envoy Class oven which means, when Envoy is full, some customers don't get their entree for a few hours, and the service is strung out for 3 hours.

The oven has been broken since APRIL 24.

Too bad that flight attendants can't refuse an a/c like a pilot can. The oven would get fixed on the spot.

 

[US1YFARE]

The oven has been broken since APRIL 24.

Do Tuna Burritos need to be heated?