hope you get to your destination. what a goat rope. On Mon, Aug 22, 2022, 10:27 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
