Sleepless in Raleigh
Woke up at 4 am to catch a 6 am flight from Raleigh to Atlanta. Made it comfortably to the airport. Breezed thru TSA Pre. Sat in the plane. Got my coffee. All the passengers were boarded. And suddenly I got a notification from Delta on my iPhone that the flight has been delayed by 30 minutes.
The pilot came on to the PA and greeted us. I am like – does he even know that we are delayed? (I assumed ground control crew or weather issue).
Then he came on again and explained that a piece of equipment is not working. It is a third level backup though. But without it he is not allowed to fly in the dark or thru clouds!!!
So the mechanics are coming to see how quickly it can be fixed.
Except the mechanics are coming from Atlanta!!!!
And he canceled the flight!!!
As I was disembarking, Delta sent me another helpful message – the flight has been delayed by another 15 minutes!! Go figure.
Too sleepy to drive back to Atlanta, decided to take the next flight couple of hours later. Waiting in Skyclub now, tired and sleepy wondering what the the next adventure in the upcoming flight will be.
While you wait … It can be puzzle time !
I just posted one yesterday!! I will think of another..
Someday the coffeee and these alerts wll kill you……turn everything off take a valium and take a nap…or a massage!!!
Have given up being upset over things I cannot control ….
The next post after this was puzzle, so hoping your next flight was not eventful 🙂
Years ago I was on a flight that was delayed because the third engine was not working. Evidently they couldn’t fix it entirely, pilot came on saying that you really only needed 2 to fly, and it flew anyway. I still wonder to this day whether any of this was true but there were a lot of nervous people on that flight 🙂