American Airlines Hosts Pizza Party On ERJ-175 Following Diversion

I am pretty sure it was not the Company footing the bill.

Not to mention transporting 75 pizzas

And yet I flew to MCO, and the plane circled 8 times, and one on its base leg, and then landed. Southwest and Spirit tried once each, and they diverted, one to Tampa, and one to an airport to the north east.

I have never been on a plane that has circled so many times before landing. EVER! So we were over an hour and a half late getting in, and they could have diverted to Tampa, and yet we circled and circled. The weird part was, the final was really remarkably smooth. I'm sure there was badness out there, somewhere, but the approach to landing was really rather uneventful.

Not like the last time I flew into LGA. It was light/moderate turbulence from 1,500 to the tarmac, and the landing was on one wheel, and people were nearly screaming. And they went directly in, no circling at all. We were the last plane in for over an hour. That landing was reckless, and yet, we circled north west of MCO, watching the big storm clouds to the north of the field. It seems to make little sense, how dispatch handles weather sometimes. We could have had a Delta LGA style landing at MCO, and yet we circled.

ok Mister Weather man....They went to OKC as it was their alternate and they could have been a Bingo fuel. Not bother to try...……….get off your couch and ride a bike to clear your head

I'm sure he was reprimanded. Ironically, he makes the airline look bad. All of the diverted flights people have been on, and not gotten that level of service. Yeah, makes the company look bad. I remember sitting in ORD, 'burning off some excess fuel', for over an hour. It was hot, it was crazy, it was likely a weather route delay billed as 'Oops, someone put too much go-juice in'.

And when weather gets iffy, it's the RJ's that end up taking it harder, on the nose. Planes diverted, departures cancelled. Yeah, I'm sure he's been chewing some carpet, which is sad, but that's what upper management does. Help make sure everyone suffers...

And you are the guy that knows everything about everything. Sit back down on your couch