American Airlines

Are American Airlines the world's worst? Probably not but they are rubbish. Over a 10 day period I took 4 flights with AA and all of them were delayed. Possibly it's my own fault for not checking the web and finding out about their labour dispute with the pilots. Mind you had I known this I might not have wanted to fly. We were 4 hours late out of Dublin. The reason given was the late arrival of the inbound flight. This a typical catch all response given by all airlines but it doesn't get to the heart of the matter as to why the plane was late leaving. Once we left Dublin I was disappointed to find out that the inflight entertainment was shown from a few ceiling mounted screens rather than the seatback stuff I and the rest of the travelling public are used to. Thank god for ipads and pods. Our Dublin flight was into Chicago and from there I was transferring to Las Vegas. I'd already been changed to a later plane due to the initial delay only to find that this was also not leaving on time as the previous flight at the gate was delayed. Change gate? No chance. At least 5 hours of Vegas time lost.

I flew from LV to Seattle with Alaska which was great. Took off and landed on time. All I really want from a flight.

My return from Seattle to Dublin was via Chicago and AA. Delayed leaving my about 15 minutes. It was a tight connection in Chicago to my mind for an international flight but good old American helped out with a three and a half hour delay. Plenty of time to make the gate. Again no seatback entertainment. To add insult to injury once we arrived in Dublin the tower made us wait 20 minutes for a gate. Naughty late plane.

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