"Your flight was cancelled because of air traffic restrictions"

[Lookleft]

I lucked in at the ninth motel visited when the receptionist took pity on me and gave me a room that they had taken out of service because on damage in the bathroom.

I had a similar experience with Jetstar many years ago when the hotel I had stayed at the night before didn't have a booking for me and my travelling companion and didn't have any rooms to offer. It was 12:30am. My travelling companion rang a mate of his staying at another hotel in the city and shared a room with him. I was assisted by the concierge and found accommodation at a golf course hotel but I had to check out at 10:00am and I arrived at 1:30am. The difference to your situation was that my travelling companion and I were Jetstar crew and we were left in the lurch in a city not in Australia. If you think being a Jetstar passenger is bad you should try working for them!

[megan]

Was stuck in Brisbane when Jetstar was having aircraft serviceability problems some years ago and the treatment received was exemplary, taxi, motel, phone call all provided free to all the pax. QF is not the be all to end all, my very worse airline experience was as a full fare paying first class trans pacific pax. A recent pre covid QF interstate flight indicated that the cuisine served for lunch down the back end of the aircraft rather detracted from the "full service airline" claim, the Italian wine was top class however. Frequently travel with Jetstar and no complaints from me, so far, who needs a meal to travel the longest domestic flight to be had?

[Phil Errup]

FTDK good to see you back!

Someone mentioned it above… your flight, and a number of Virgin and Qantas flights where all cancelled that evening because the whole of Northern Australian airspace went to TIBA at around 8pm.

To the best of my knowledge, it was as a result of COVID sick leave in Brisbane Centre…

Now we could debate the idea of commercial jets flying around in TIBA… but I won’t open that can of worms 😝

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Someone mentioned it above… your flight, and a number of Virgin and Qantas flights where all cancelled that evening because the whole of Northern Australian airspace went to TIBA at around 8pm.

That's a better line than, "Your flight was cancelled because of air traffic restrictions", but we should have been safely back on the ground an hour before that!

[uberrobbo]

Originally Posted by ForkTailedDrKiller

Never used Uber. Seems akin to PPLs doing "shonky" charters?

OK Boomer.

Seriously, one is a legitimate business; the other is an illegal practice.

[Mr Proach]

Whistling replacements may result in unintended consequences. (especially inside the Terminal)

[Icarus2001]

Now we could debate the idea of commercial jets flying around in TIBA…

Perhaps add in commercial jets in G airspace, or CTAF areas with no RFF?

[neville_nobody]

Seriously, one is a legitimate business; the other is an illegal practice.

Technically they're both illegal it's just that the government didn't have the courage to enforce their own law then it got out of hand.

[601]

Technically they're both illegal it's just that the government didn't have the courage to enforce their own law then it got out of hand.

You got that correct but forgot you to insert "State" before government(s).