- Flight 1 was supposed to leave at 10:45
- Immediate delay to 12:00.... connection will be tight
- Additional delay until 1:00... Well, now I am screwed
- We board. We fly. We land.
- Connecting flight was delayed. Yay!
- New departure time is in 2 minutes in Gate Gazillion Miles Away A. Dammit.
- Arrive panting at the gate. Attendant, let's call him "Mr. I Misjudged You Initially", says "we're closed". I explain I just ran to this gate and missed the flight. He books me on the next flight and explains it leaves in 15 minutes at Gate Half a Gazillion Miles Back, Remember You Passed It". Sigh
- Rush to new gate to to be treated to a new delay announcement.
- Board. Push off. Eventually.
- We stop. The pilot, let's call him "Capt. Sack of Lying Crap That I Will Grow to Hate" says "Weather is picking up and we are 15-20 back in line to depart. No clue when that will be. Go ahead and use your electronics". The "Because we ain't going anywhere." was implied
- 20 minutes pass. Then Capt. Crap offers "Will be in the air in 3-5 minutes. PREPARE DAS CABIN". You have given me hope Capt.
- 30 minutes (yes 30) later, he shares "Um, the tower is requiring a four minute gap between all departing flights. We a 4th in line. That means we will leave in (long pause for mental math) in like 16 minutes". Riiiiight
- 40 minutes later, we take off.
- 2 seconds after we we can use electronics, I pay for inflight wifi to post this.
- I feel better.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
So anyway...
Doing a little travel today. Allow me to recap:
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