Originally Posted by
meleagertoo
What's annoying about "operational reasons"?
Alternatives are "technical reasons" or "weather".
None of them impart any useful information. You seem to feel it is acceptable to patronize your passengers.
Just be honest, straight forward, truthful and "up front".
They hate delays as much as the pax and the slow turning of the wheels is a sign of the complexity of an airline/airport operation, not sloth or disinterest.
Yes, but there are times when operators conveniently pass the blame on to these things when it fact it is the operators incompetence that caused the problem in the first place.