In fairness, weather has been a major factor today… 3:45 out of Tampa to DFW. Only one of four flights to DFW that went out today, the other three cancelled. Lots of very, very unhappy travelers in the airport.
Boards on time, everyone gets on, we’re ready to go. Ground hold for 10 minutes due to weather in DFW. No biggie. Ground hold clears. No action. Nav system is unhappy, calling maintenance. Maintenance comes after 20 minutes or so. Clears fault. Maintenance has to update logs. Another 20 minutes. No pushback crew or tug. Another 10 minutes. No counter person to move the jet bridge. Another 10 minutes. Get out to the threshold. 5 minute traffic hold. Got out an hour and 20 minutes late. No biggie, got a two hour layover. Get to DFW with and hour before flight to Flagstaff. Inbound equipment is about 20 minutes late, no biggie. Inbound equipment arrives, passengers deplane. No fresh crew available until 10:00 pm (flight was scheduled to depart at 7:45 pm). Rescheduled to 10:26 with new crew and equipment. Will try to get crew before that, unlikely to happen. Gates have been changed from the original gate six times since 8:00. Moved all over the place, now back at the original departure gate after all the changes. 30 minutes to board. Looks like the inbound equipment has just arrived. This is a major league cluster. Larry, Moe and Curley must be running the place. -D _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
