how would people feel/react if the flight crew simply announced “we have no idea why the flight were are about to take out was late arriving ”? I did it once and got grumbles that it sounded unprofessional....as I said: sometimes you can’t win...
Damn wiggy, you've got me posting again
From my side I already answered this. Remember that I (and Davef68 I believe) referred to generic airport/gate announcements.
Here is what I said:
it is my experience that the Captain usually provides a better explanation with a PA once boarding is completed, and it doesn't have to be as detailed as TangoAlphad's amusing example. Fortunately at many airport these days we only have screens to look at and, thankfully, we don't have to listen to announcements using those ridiculous and useless generic reasons.