This is why I think taking a job which requires frequent traveling is teh suxors. Airports these days are such an inconvenience. Regardless of what kona says.
Not to mention that he would have us believe that a major airline has all of its hangars completely empty of aircraft at its national base of ops at DFW airport. Riiiiiiiiight.
I've had flights cancelled on me twice; both times, it was the last flight of the day, I really had to be somewhere the next day, and people were depending on me so that just saying, "sorry, I got stuck out of town" still wouldn't keep things from being very inconvenient. Both times, I had carried on all my luggage, and just rented a car or found some other way to get back. Once we got stuck in the town where my mom lives; I got her to pick us up, take us home, and drive us the rest of the way the next morning. My husband called the airline and managed to get our money back for the part of the ticket we didn't use. So you can try that.
Not trying to sound like a douche. I never claimed to know everything either. Sorry your flight was canceled. I can assure you though. Airlines dont sit airplanes in hangars when there is nothing wrong with them. A plane has to fly in order to make the airline money. I hate the way airlines are now also. As a pilot, I have watched the airline world change dramatically over the last few years. Airlines dont take care of their employees anymore. Its pretty sad when a pilot starts off below min wage. That guy flying your plane LBB to DFW I promise makes less then 20k a year. The capt maybe make 30k. Employees can only do what mgmt allows them. The person behind the counter cant cold call 50+ people on your flight. They cant control the IT dept. They normally only have 1 or 2 people at the counter now and they also have to handle baggage claim at the outstations like that. All while taking paycuts so they can continue to charge you 20-30 for your bags. Anyway, hopefully AA at least tried to get you in a better situation. Unfortunately sometimes **** happens.
