United's Four Hour Flight Delay in Chicago
Posted by Stuart at 04:57 AM on December 23, 2006Thanks to the fact that Wi-Fi Internet connections are becoming popular, I am posting this from Chicago O'Hare Airport. I'm glad for the fact that I have Internet access, as it allows me to catch up on some work, but I am not glad to be sitting here because my connecting flight is four hours late. (And I really wish the Internet was free, but it's not.)
O'Hare is a zoo today, most likely because the Denver airport has been closed for a day or two. So I flew out of Houston today thinking that travel might be difficult, and sure enough, here I sit.
But, according to flightstats.com, this particular flight is on-time only 56% of the time, and the average delay is 86 minutes. So there is a 44% chance that this flight will be late on any given day. I was ready to cut United some slack, but that record is just criminal!
Hi Stuart,
Are you still on your trip? I'm back in Canada now, went to Mexico for a month, and guess what? We were stuck in the same airport! If only I knew, would have called on the phone or something. Four hours was hardly enough for me because my flight got delayed trying to land. I was so stressed that I couldn't make the connecting flight to Toronto since I had to catch a plane to Mexico City the next morning. Happy New Year!