Hey Clunk, I thought you had been in aviation for awhile but if this was the first time an airline lied to you, you've lived a charmed life. I used to be saint-like until I got into aviation; I lied so much as as flight follower/dispatcher, I didn't even believe myself sometimes. Every airline lies. To its customers, employees, stockholders and suppliers. I used to deadhead on a regular basis from Newark on Jazz. The first flight of the day would almost never depart and weather was usually the reason given. We knew that it was a crewing issue and would take it all in stride. Sometimes we would call our dispatch and ask what the weather was like back home. Clear and calm was usually the answer. One day, the answer was 0/0 and the lie was actually true. That sometimes happens.