but being preemptive and canx say 20 departures early enough means circa 3,500 fewer pax to have to manage/decontrol etc if it all goes wrong late afternoon/evening and removing these flights adds to the operational resilience of the flights that are left.
Running an airline would be easy if wasn't for those inconvenient passengers, wanting to go places.
this sometimes turns out to be a good decision and sometimes it’s OTT if issues don’t manifest themselves as expected.
Yep, guess who was stuck away from home for three days when the issue leading to the preemptive decision didn’t manifest itself as expected