Life experiences give us an opportunity to learn lessons. Sometimes, assuming things don't go too badly and we tell the stories, others get to learn from our mistakes or questionable decisions. I have no problem sharing those questionable decisions that I have made in the hopes that others can learn from them. This is one of those stories.I was flying back from Washington, D.C., from some meetings, connecting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and then continuing on to Grand Rapids, Michigan, on an airline that shall remain nameless but certainly still resides on my personal do not fly at all costs list for this and a few other infractions that left me with less-than-desirable service memories.Just before pushback at KDCA, I got the notification on my phone indicating that my last flight leg had beencanceled. "Weather" was the reason that was given. "Huh?" I thought. The weather isn't that bad at home. In fact, when I did a little digging while we were taxiing out, I found the conditions to be better than 5,000 feet overcast with better than 10 miles' visibility at Grand Rapids, and Milwaukee was clear. What the heck are they canceling my flight for? I began fuming.
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