Delay

Does anyone now why vs094 was severely delayed yesterday

Based on a TA friend's "live from" thread the Captain was ill so the flight was cancelled on Tues & didn't leave Cancun until yesterday afternoon. That was the info they were given.

I expect a lot of "dog ate my homework" stories now to avoid EU261. I cannot believe that there would not be a spare captain.

I expect a lot of "dog ate my homework" stories now to avoid EU261. I cannot believe that there would not be a spare captain.

There are only 2 flights a week at the moment to/from CUN and VS (or any other airline really) is not going to have an expensive pilot there on a stand-by basis.

It would be different if it was in the LGW-CUN direction where VS could resonably be expected to have crew on stand-by.

I expect a lot of "dog ate my homework" stories now to avoid EU261. I cannot believe that there would not be a spare captain.

A spare Captain sitting around in Cancun? Really?

[honey lamb]

I expect a lot of "dog ate my homework" stories now to avoid EU261. I cannot believe that there would not be a spare captain.

The most they could do would be to ship a captain over from Miami or one of the Caribbean islands but that would have a knock-on effect for those destinations.

I expect a lot of "dog ate my homework" stories now to avoid EU261. I cannot believe that there would not be a spare captain.

A spare Captain sitting around in Cancun? Really?

Nice work if you can get it

There was someone complaining on the VA fbook page about how their honeymoon had been ruined by the delay because they were stuck in a hotel in a nice hot destination for an extra day...

The Virgin staff responded that it was due to the captain that was supposed to fly them home being ill, so they had arranged a 'minimum rest' for the captain from another flight so he could take over the next day.

Pretty sure I'd rather have a delay and fully functioning captain for such a long flight!

There was someone complaining on the VA fbook page about how their honeymoon had been ruined by the delay because they were stuck in a hotel in a nice hot destination for an extra day...

The Virgin staff responded that it was due to the captain that was supposed to fly them home being ill, so they had arranged a 'minimum rest' for the captain from another flight so he could take over the next day.

Pretty sure I'd rather have a delay and fully functioning captain for such a long flight!

Their honeymoon was ruined by being a day longer? Doesn't bode well for their marriage...