kann
One Leg Of Fury.
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I ain't got shit to worry about -- I'm still cozy in bed at home. The kids, though...Nick, I'm happy all is well and you are able to make light of the poop soup.
I used to fly 2-3 days per week and never think a thing of it. Now, when my kids fly, I get a little nervous.I ain't got shit to worry about -- I'm still cozy in bed at home. The kids, though...
Have you seen all of the news about United lately? Something just doesn't smell right about that airline.
LifeWhat's the prize for dealing with this shitty situation?
€650 each free and clear, €50 in food vouchers at the airport, and hotel covered in SF since they are going to miss their connection to Hawaii. Business class upgrade SFO-HNL if space is available. If the flight would have been outright cancelled, they would have received 150% of their airfare refunded by United, along with the rebooking, hotel, etc...What's the prize for dealing with this shitty situation?
United scares me, well lately they all scare me. But I’d probably chose a delta or American flight first at this point. And I’ve seen/been aboard some crazy American flights!I ain't got shit to worry about -- I'm still cozy in bed at home. The kids, though...
Have you seen all of the news about United lately? Something just doesn't smell right about that airline.
I hear ya. I've made the flight stateside to/from HI many times, and I think there's been more equipment delays than any other airline I've flown. Unfortunately, if you want any sort of flight beyond your first stop, United is pretty much the only option unless you change airlines mid-stream. :/United scares me, well lately they all scare me. But I’d probably chose a delta or American flight first at this point. And I’ve seen/been aboard some crazy American flights!
This is truly frightening!I hear ya. I've made the flight stateside to/from HI many times, and I think there's been more equipment delays than any other airline I've flown. Unfortunately, if you want any sort of flight beyond your first stop, United is pretty much the only option unless you change airlines mid-stream. :/
I used to be a “road warrior” service tech, and traveled the entire U.S. upwards of 80% of my calls. So, my ”commute” was by commercial airlines to the tune of 2-6 flights a week. I never minded the equipment delays. I didn’t care if it was a burned out light in the shitter. I wanted everything on that plane to be working as it should so that my flight du jour made it to where I was going!I think there's been more equipment delays
One aspect of my job when I was in the Air Force (kind of like a department within a company) was working with aircraft maintainers to coordinate airlift. During that time I learned a lot about what is critical to keep an airplane in the air, and what just keeps the red ink off of the write-up logs. Like you, I usually have zero personal problems when a flight is delayed for equipment issues. I also understand that a commercial airline's first concern "should" be to the hundreds of passengers who will be confined within the aluminum tube hurtling through air at 500 mph 40,000 feet above a really hard landing. I'd much prefer the better safe than sorry approach, but it's still a little disconcerting when the jets delay more than they fly because of maintenance issues.I used to be a “road warrior” service tech, and traveled the entire U.S. upwards of 80% of my calls. So, my ”commute” was by commercial airlines to the tune of 2-6 flights a week. I never minded the equipment delays. I didn’t care if it was a burned out light in the shitter. I wanted everything on that plane to be working as it should so that my flight du jour made it to where I was going!
Really reassuring of the captain on that one, eh?! :O Glad everything turned out alright, obviously. I think my only other really interesting story is when we were flying Frankfurt - Dublin on Aer Lingus a bunch of years ago. Everything was normal as we bussed to the jet on the ramp, boarded, closed up, started, and then taxied to the runway. We turn onto the actual runway, hear and feel the engines power up... and then almost instantly cut out back to idle. We then turned and taxied off the runway and back to our hardstand. We were met there by an ambulance; it seems that right as we were preparing for our roll out, one of the pilots began experiencing a "cardiac event". Not sure what ever came of that, physically, but hope he was ok. We were delayed a few hours whilst awaiting a new pilot to fly in from Ireland on an inbound flight, but everything was nominal after that.One of my other favs was a flight leaving Detroit, again to Texas. We got onboard and it was delayed for a bit while they fixed something or waited for some crew, I can’t remember.
We de-ice and the plane takes off. We are at the part where they start to pull up the landing gear when we hear a bit of a bang. My wife who is already nervous about flying says to me “what was that??!!” with a worried look on her face. I say “oh just nothing im sure” trying to calm her down, when the pilot gets on the speaker and says “I know you all heard that noise, and I don’t know what makes a noise like that, so we are headed back to Detroit to figure it out”.
The best part was watching the fire trucks and ambulances pull up on the landing strip as we were landing…I guess that’s why she never wants the window seat. Apparently something had happened with the landing gear. We sat for awhile and eventually deplaned and boarded another to make the trip. Of course missed our connecting flight, had to switch that up and then our transportation was also goofed up. But we got there eventually lol.