Originally Posted by
cobopete
My pet hate is "we regret to announce a delay to flight xyz due to the late arrival of the inbound aircraft" in other words " its late because it's late"
In this day and age, it's easy to verify whether or not that's the case. If it is, schedules nowadays are so tight that the original delay causing the knock-on effect could be several sectors ago. I can't say, as a delayed pax, that I would be particularly interested in knowing what caused it.
YMMV.