DELAYS
DELAYS CANCELATIONS NOT A GOOD START TO YOUR SUMMER TRAVEL PLANS AND IT'S BEEN HAPPENING A
LOT LATELY. IN FACT THERE'S AN
AIRPORT WEATHER WARNING IN
EFFECT RIGHT NOW ISSUED JUST
MOMENTS AGO. JUST ANOTHER
REMINDER TO CHECK WITH YOUR
AIRLINE BEFORE HEADING TO THE
AIRPORT. MEANWHILE, TRAVEL ZOOS
GABES HAGLEY JOINS US THIS
MORNING TO HELP OUT WITH PLAN
B. GABE, GREAT TO SEE YOU. GOOD
MORNING. HELLO, STELLA. GREAT
TO SEE YOU. YES. OK, SO WHAT'S
THE IMPACT ON AMERICAN AIRLINE
CANCELATIONS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN
HEARING THAT THIS IS GOING TO
GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH JULY
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
STAFF. YEAH. SO I THINK THAT IT
MIGHT SOUND A LITTLE WORSE THAN
IT ACTUALLY WILL WE'LL SEE OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND
THIS IS SORT OF THE LATEST AS
YOU MENTIONED. I MEAN SOUTHWEST
WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME
COMPUTER GLITCH ISSUES LAST
WEEK THAT DELAYED OR CANCELED A
VARIETY OF FLIGHTS AND THIS
WEEK AMERICANS TURN. I THINK
WHAT HAPPENED STILL A COUPLE
OF THINGS WE'VE A VERY QUICK
RAMP UP IN DEMAND FOR AIR
TRAVEL WHEN WE WERE SURVEYING
FOLKS FOR SPRING TRAVEL SAY
FEBRUARY, MARCH 20 PERCENT FOR
A PLANE TO FLY FOR THE SPRING
BREAK DESTINATION A COUPLE
OF MONTHS LATER WE'RE SERVING
SURVEYING THEM FOR SUMMER
TRAVEL 60 PERCENT NOW SAYING
THEY WANT TO FLY THROUGH THEIR
SUMMER VACATION. SO VERY QUICK
RAMP UP AND PEOPLE JUST FEELING
MORE COMFORTABLE WITH FLYING. I
THINK AMERICANS SORT OF LOADED
A LOT OF FLIGHTS IN JUNE, JULY,
AUGUST SCHEDULE ABOUT TWENTY
PERCENT MORE FLIGHTS AND THEIR
OTHER COMPETITORS LIKE UNITED
AND I THINK THEY FIND
THEMSELVES WITH JUST HAVING
THOSE PASSENGERS AS FLIGHTS ON
SCHEDULE AND MAYBE NOT ENOUGH
PILOTS THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING
BACK IN TIME TRAIN ACCORDINGLY
AND GET THEM ON THESE FLIGHTS.
SOME AIRPORTS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ALSO DEALING WITH SOME
STAFFING ISSUES BEHIND THE
SCENES AS WELL. SO THIS IS
GOING TO AFFECT SOME OF US
MOVING FORWARD THROUGH ABOUT
MID-JULY. IF YOU'VE GOT TICKETS
WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES, MOST
OF THAT IMPACT WILL BE FELT IN
SOME OF THESE LARGER AMERICAN
AIRLINES HUBS LIKE DALLAS AND
CHARLOTTE AND PHILADELPHIA. I
THINK HERE AT LINDBERGH FIELD
WE'RE LOOKING MAYBE ONE OR TWO
FLIGHTS A DAY THAT AMERICAN
MIGHT SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE
GOING TO GET THAT PARTICULAR
FLIGHT AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT
THOSE PASSENGERS ON ALTERNATE
FLIGHTS AND STILL THEY PUT YOU
ON A FLIGHT THAT'S WITHIN FOUR
HOURS OF YOUR ORIGINAL WHITE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO GIVE YOU A
REFUND AND I THINK THAT'S GOING
TO BE A PRIORITY. GET YOU ON A
DIFFERENT PLACE. I THINK WE'LL
JUST SEE SOME SCHEDULE CHANGES
FOR MOST FOLKS OVER THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS. I MEAN CAN WE CAN
YOU BLAME PEOPLE BECAUSE THE
LAST TIME THIS YEAR WE WERE IN
LOCKDOWN MODE SO PEOPLE WANT TO
GET OUT. THEY WANT TO GO HAVE
SOME FUN. SHOULD WE BE MAKING
CHANGES TO OUR PLANS NOW? DO WE
JUST KIND OF LIKE WAIT AND SEE
BECAUSE LIKE I MEAN I COULD
LITERALLY HEAR PEOPLE SAYING
LIKE WHAT DO I DO? WELL, KEEP
IN MIND AS YOU SAY AS YOU
MENTIONED PEOPLE GETTING BACK
TO THE TRAVELING REALITY, EVEN
AVID TRAVELERS SOME HAVE NOT
FLOWN SINCE DAY TWENTY
NINETEEN. SO JUST NEWS THAT
THERE MAY BE SOME OF THESE
FLIGHTS CANCELED OVER THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS JUST ADDS TO A LITTLE
BIT OF THAT ANXIETY THAT COMES
WITH GETTING BACK TO TRAVELING
,GETTING BACK TO FLYING ALL
OVER AGAIN. I THINK THAT IF
YOU'VE GOT A FLIGHT WITH
AMERICAN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS TOMORROW THIS WEEK JUST
KEEP AN EYE ON THAT ON THAT
FLIGHT IT MIGHT BE THAT YOUR
SCHEDULE THAT YOU'RE USING THAT
THAT GETS CANCELED THAT
PARTICULAR DAY MAYBE WHAT YOU
THOUGHT WAS AN 11 O'CLOCK
FLIGHT IS A NINE A.M. FLIGHT OR
MAYBE IT'S A 1:00 P.M. FLIGHT
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO
KEEP IT WITHIN THAT FOUR HOUR
WINDOW IF YOU GOT FLIGHTS OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS AND I'D
SAY CERTAINLY FROM MID-JULY
ONWARD I THINK YOU'RE FINE. I
THINK THAT MOST OF THESE
AIRLINES NOW HAVE SORT
OF MANAGED TO FIGURE OUT THE
KINDS OF , YOU KNOW, SCHEDULE
CHANGES THEY NEED TO DO TO MEET
RISING DEMAND. BUT AT THE END
OF THE DAY, WEATHER DOES PLAY A
FACTOR HERE CERTAINLY AS WE'RE
SEEING THIS MORNING. BUT REALLY
IT'S ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'VE
GOT TO GET BACK TO THE SORT
OF REALITY WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THESE TSA CHECKPOINT NUMBERS,
STILL A WORD ABOUT 75 PERCENT
OF PRE COVID NORMAL THAT I KNOW
OF US FLYING EVERY SINGLE DAY
AND THAT'S A POSITIVE SIGN THAT
A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
AND THESE AIRLINES ARE NOW
PLAYING CATCH UP. I THINK WE'LL
GET HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
OK, DAVE, WE LITERALLY HAVE ONE
MINUTE. SO I WANT TO GET TO
SOME TRAVEL PLANS THAT NO
FLYING REQUIRED. SURE. A COUPLE
OF DRIVABLE DESTINATIONS. I GOT
THREE QUICK ONES FOR YOU
BEGINNING WITH DANA POINT JUST
UP THE COAST IF YOU LIVE IN SAN
DIEGO IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR DRIVE.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE
FREE. SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
COMES BACK FOR JULY AND AUGUST
.THEY'RE FAMOUS OHANA MUSIC
FESTIVAL WITH SOME BIG NAMES
COMES BACK IN SEPTEMBER. SO
THESE GREAT OUTDOOR EVENTS, A
QUICK DAY TRIP, A GREAT
DESTINATION FOR ONE OR TWO
NIGHTS AWAY FROM HOME THERE IN
DANA POINT. I'M ALSO LIKING LOS
ANGELES. YOU FORTY SEVEN
PERCENT OF FOLKS SURVEYED ARE
LOOKING FOR A BIG CITY GETAWAY
FOR SUMMER. SO ALL OF A SUDDEN
THERE'S MORE COMFORT LEVEL
AROUND PLACES LIKE LOS ANGELES
IN HOLLYWOOD. I LOVE THE
KIMPTON EVERLEIGH HOTEL RATE
FROM ONE SEVEN NINE A NIGHT FOR
THE REST OF THE SUMMER SEASON.
ALL RIGHT, GABE, YOU MADE IT
JUST IN TIME. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE