[thadocta]

Originally Posted by Harpoon

My Mel-STD flight on Fri was completely cancelled. Been a while since that's happened to me. Every flight Mel-STD was delayed by at least an hour.

Good old qantas

I wasn't aware that Qantas flew to Santo Domingo...

Dave

[JohnK]

Originally Posted by Harpoon

My Mel-STD flight on Fri was completely cancelled. Been a while since that's happened to me. Every flight Mel-STD was delayed by at least an hour.

Good old qantas

I think you mean MEL-SYD. That would explain why the last 4 flights BNE-SYD on Friday night were delayed by 40 minutes or more.

[Harpoon]

Originally Posted by thadocta

I wasn't aware that Qantas flew to Santo Domingo...

Dave

Woops.... dam iPod auto corrects syd to STD. Didn't notice :P

Anyway yes I meant Sydney.

The reason they claimed the flight was cancelled was due to strong winds or something at Sydney for the incomming flight (which arrived on time mind you). The plane was sitting at the gate, we were all ready to board. guess what, no crew appeared to be around... no pilots either...

I'm completely speculating but it appeared as though my mel-syd flight simply had no crew to fly it. So then over the speaker they made up some garbage about high winds causing a problem on the aircraft. I would think that if you're going to make up lies about why a flight is cancelled, at least make it half believeable. The explanation seemed very weak.

Then...

My return syd-mel flight last night - delayed 40 minutes as well. And guess what the issue was there - no crew. Are Qantas that thinly stretched with pilots and cabin crew? (Both these planes were 767s).

All in all a cracking weekend to sydney with about 4 hours total wasted in the airport for a 1 hour flight. /sigh

I really pity you weekly commuters who do syd-mel or mel-syd on a monday & friday :P :P Must be fun....

[JohnK]

Originally Posted by Harpoon

I really pity you weekly communters who do syd-mel or mel-syd on a monday & friday :P :P Must be fun....

SYD-BNE and BNE-SYD on a Sunday and Friday is not much fun either....

[docjames]

ANY trip involving SYD is not much fun (airport that is for the sydney-ites not to be offended!)

[Maca44]

Yesterdays problems with QF73 being delayed 6 or 7 hours at SYD didn't help, and would have been a pain for the pax seated in the a/c for that long even before departure. I am on QF73 in a couple of weeks and thought leaving 4hrs at SFO would suffice to connect with my flight to ORD, so with the other AA flight being on a separate booking I hope I don't experience the same problems.

[serfty]

Originally Posted by Maca44

... I am on QF73 in a couple of weeks and thought leaving 4hrs at SFO would suffice to connect with my flight to ORD ...

You should be ok ... just:

• Flight Status - QF 73 last 60 days

[possumoz]

I must have a very charmed travel life. My flights are rarely delayed by more than a few minutes. I think my average would be one delayed flight every 10 flights or so. The most dramatic was on 28 July with a very delayed flight from SYD up to BNE. Meant I missed my connecting up to TSV so Qantas put the six or so of us up in a hotel (more about that fleapit another time). The only time that's happened to me before was when TSV airport was closed due to flooding. Funny thing is I only ever get the big delays when I'm travelling with one particular staff member. Happens every time.
The delayed flight on 28 July was also my first flight after achieving Lifetime Silver.

[JohnK]

I think you do have a very charmed life.

Yet another week and QF555 my SYD-BNE flight has not started boarding yet. It was due to depart at 19:45 with a late scheduled boarding of 19:40. Still no announcement. I guess I will not be arriving in SYD on time at 21:15. Happens to me all the time....

[JohnK]

Another week and almost every flight since I got to BNE airport this evening has been delayed. So far QF551 was delayed, QF553 looks like being delayed for at least half an hour and my flight QF555 does not start boarding until 19:50, 5 minutes after scheduled take off, so at least a 20 minute delay. Who knows what time I get into SYD. No problem gives me more TIME to surf AFF and drink vodka & orange....