11.   For the Nets, the road has been a place for room service, delayed flights and losses.

12.   For years the FAA has documented the growing number of delayed flights and listed which airports experience the most delays.

13.   Frequent fliers now gripe about fewer meals, delayed flights and longer check- in lines staffed by less experienced workers.

14.   I could get the status repeatedly for delayed flights just by pressing the back button.

15.   It stranded thousands, delayed flights and disrupted East Coast air travel.

16.   June appears to have been the worst month in domestic airline history for delayed flights, preliminary statistics from the Federal Aviation Administration indicate.

17.   John Crowder of Washington, D.C., said delayed flights cut his productivity, but that he has come to expect them.

18.   Lack of spare airplanes and over-scheduling are the biggest reasons for chronically delayed flights, not labor disputes or equipment failures or air traffic control or weather.

19.   Muggy summers, bad press-box and airline food, delayed flights, constant deadlines, fierce competition, too many disgruntled players.

20.   Passengers can take several steps to reduce the chances of a long wait because of a delayed flight.