Stuck at the airport

I finally arrived at my sister's house at 2:30 AM. All's well that ends well.

That sounds like an absolute nightmare of a travel day—nothing like getting up at 2 AM only to find out your flight is canceled, and then having to navigate a whole new itinerary. The "heavy air traffic congestion" excuse sounds suspicious, but if there's storm damage in the region, that might explain some of the chaos.

At least you have some kind of alternative flight now, even if it means an all-day airport adventure. Are you able to find a comfortable spot to wait it out, or is it one of those crowded, miserable terminals?

I am SO sorry you have to deal with this truly horrible delay. In my previous life, before I quit drinking, I would have been in the airport lounge knocking back a few bloody Mary's...just a suggestion...🤗🤗🤗. And I HOPE you have a good book!

Flow control has been around for 50 years. I think it started in consideration of fuel prices, environmental issues and avoiding fuel emergencies. Made worse by deregulations and removing the CAB as distributor of routes.

Without flow control, planes were stacked in holding patterns at busy airports, sometimes for hours. And I believe there was one major crash as a result of a DC-8 running out of gas just a couple miles short of the runway. The price of fuel was high and airlines were inclined to not fill the tanks, because it cost fuel and $$ to carry extra fuel. Deregulation in 78 or 79 meant that airlines no longer needed CAB permission to provide services and every airline suddenly wanted to fly to Chicago, New York, San Francisco, etc.

Oh no! Hope the rest of yr journey went smoothly and safely. X

Sorry for all this. Rest up.

More likely the storms and tornadoes that have wreaked havoc across the midwest and south.

Say no more.

I never fly AA, they do that sh!*all the time!

Well damn. That's just all kinds of exasperating. 🙁