tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post7888942311142814391..comments2024-03-28T14:54:34.646-05:00Comments on MSE CREATIVE CONSULTING BLOG: Could American Airlines Be More Clueless?Mike Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17435605216805307424noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post-71317033923450549472013-02-07T20:52:01.850-06:002013-02-07T20:52:01.850-06:00Valerie and I worked together for a time at Weathe...Valerie and I worked together for a time at WeatherData, Inc. AA completely messed up a weather situation and then stranded us at DFW after assuring us -- multiple times -- we would make it back. [I was much more trusting of the airlines those days.] We ended up renting a car and driving back to Wichita...arriving about 5am. We had an 8:30am meeting. <br /><br />The only airlines that employ in-house meteorologists today are Delta, FedEx, and UPS. Mike Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17435605216805307424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post-7929520258293473522013-02-07T20:48:46.889-06:002013-02-07T20:48:46.889-06:00Remember the night we were trying to get from DC b...Remember the night we were trying to get from DC back to Wichita (through Dallas) on AA, who held us on the ground for around 4 hours because they refused to route their flights AROUND the back end of the front so they could landed safely after it had cleared DFW? You SHOWED the radar imagery to the pilots on your PDA, but they refused to talk with flight ops that this massive system operations was completely avoidable. <br /><br />This event happened AFTER American Airlines had canned their met ops department. After all, why should an airline be wasting $$ on having their own meteorologists when the world has the Weather Channel? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14763952966306649817noreply@blogger.com