Voice Post: From the Philadelphia Airport...

[eruthros]

Transcribed:

So since I freaked all you guys out, possibly, I thought I would call and let you know what happened. And this is what happened: We were even later than they said we would be, then it took us twenty minutes to get to our gate in Philadelphia, but I still might've made the plane, I almost might have made it, except for one small problem, which was, the door to our plane got stuck. Yes. And my flight was leaving from the gate right next to mine. I could see the plane out the window, but I couldn't get there, and we kept getting these messages: "the door to the plane will be open any minute now!" But... not so much. So I missed it, in total, by thirty seconds. But it worked out okay, because I booked it to customer service, and managed to score the very last seat to anywhere in the Bay Area open today. Somehow had canceled just before I got there. So I'm going to make it, and I don't have to sleep on the floor of the Philadelphia airport, and that is all I wanted you to know.

Comments

[darthrami.livejournal.com]

Yay, not having to sleep on the floor of the airport! I'd been worried 'bout you.

[eruthros]

Yes! The Philadelphia airport is a decent airport, as airports go, but really: who wants to sleep on the floor of any airport? Ewww.

And US Airways was calling it a "weather delay" which meant they didn't have to pay for hotels. But the woman behind me in line at customer service (who'd been on my flight from Syracuse, like EVERYONE ELSE in line there), had asked the folks in Syracuse if any other flights out of Philadelphia had been delayed by that much. "Nope!" they said. "So how is this one flight's two hour delay a weather delay, if every other flight made it out on time?" "Um..."

LAME.

[darthrami.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's totally lame. Eff US Air. WTF.

[umbo.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the update! I've never heard of the plane door getting stuck like that--I can't imagine how frustrating that must have been. Glad you made it onto another flight!

[eruthros]

Seriously! I could see the door and the gate of my connecting flight, and I kept going "they haven't close the door yet..." "... they'll still let me on if they haven't closed the door..."

And the pilot's saying "okay, folks, the door's not open and we don't know why" and then ten minutes later "the door seems to be stuck closed, and we don't know why, but we should have it fixed any second now..." and then five minutes later JUST as they shut the door on my connecting flight? They got the door of our plane open.

But! It worked out okay, if exhausting. Well, and it made me really really cranky at US Airways.

[gawlfor.livejournal.com]

Glad it worked out! That's ridiculous!

[eruthros]

So am I! I really, really hate that kind of stressful air travel.

[annexensen.livejournal.com]

Hey glad u worked around that flight issue! The door got STUCK! Now thats the first time I ever heard that one. I guess its better than it coming open in the air. Enjoyed the voice post...sorked great. AA

[eruthros]

It is better than it opening in the air, but it was just so ridiculous! And they didn't even know why it wouldn't open!

OT: Icon request?

[redbyrd-sgfic.livejournal.com]

Wow! Glad you made it on the flight! Air travel just seems to get suckier and suckier...

Hey- OT request? Would you mind sharing your fish-thwap icon, or pointing me to the creator? I am having a totally fishworthy week..

Re: OT: Icon request?

[eruthros]

Yes, they're saying this may well be the worst summer of air travel ever in the US. Because flights are overbooked, there are more small planes which means that even if there are the same number of people traveling they need more takeoff windows, air traffic control is antiquated, etc.

Also, you are welcome to share the fish-thwap icon! I made it, from a picture of Fulliautomatix being hit by a fish. :)