Our business does remote work and if a technician is sent out, but gets stuck somewhere, maybe Bethel or Dillingham, but can't get to a site due to weather, we still have to bill the customer for the time and expenses. That is the nature of remote work in Alaska. It is not free. It sounds like in the Bradley Lake situation they are dealing with chartered flights, which take planning, effort and time by the flight service. Also the time slot is secured for the customer and other customers can't use it. Weather does get in the way.  Certainly something could be negotiated with the flight service for some savings but that is in the contract negotiation, not typically after the fact.