in article , John Ewing at
none@needed wrote on 3/1/04 4:27 AM:


"Raffi Balmanoukian" a
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Mr Sims said the passengers due to fly on NZ3 would have experienced
delays of up to four hours.


http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydispl...tion=news&t h
esubsection=general


Assuming AKL was their final destination. For those making connections it
could be heavens-knows-what

Keep it in perspective - this was a one-off. Bad weather and aircraft
equipment defects cause thousands of flight delays and cancellations every
year.


People understand weather delays, etc. (I just went through that a little
over a week ago - YHZ was completely shut down for two days. Not one of the
hundreds of people in the terminal was ticked at the cancellation but a few
were ticked at Air Canada because they were the only airline with nobody at
the counter).

I WOULD be angry at the airline for canceling a flight because their crew
"saw a nasty thing" a bit earlier.