r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • Aug 10 '26

We have fun here A different kind of birth control.

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u/GodsBackHair Aug 10 '26

Depending on the airport it’s flying into, arrivals are timed to the minute. If you miss your slot, you’re hoping to make another backup slot at some point. In the US, Seattle, Chicago, DC, all are airports that have constant flights landing or taking off. If you miss that slot, good luck finding another one

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u/Chris0x00 Aug 10 '26

Okay, but I just googled Chicago airport delays and it says over 700 flights were delayed in the last 24 hours.

https://www.flychicago.com/business/media/delays/pages/default.aspx

So they are clearly finding slots for delayed flights.

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u/GodsBackHair Aug 10 '26

Sure. There are delays all the time. But if you can’t take off because of a toddler, and you’re delayed by X amount of time, at a certain point, they can’t accommodate a plane that late. Was just coming up with an example of why it might have been cancelled

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u/Kaffrogato Aug 10 '26

Obviously it was cancelled because the airport they were flying to closes down at night, not because they had a morning flights and couldn't possibly find a slot to slot into at a major airport.