Thursday, December 25, 2008

How I know we'll be in Chicago for a while

Maybe we'll get there early but our plane to LGA just left for DFW where it's expected 35 minutes late, delaying its very tight turn around by about that, meaning its 40 minute turn-around to LGA will be delayed as well.

Luckily due to winds it also was going to pick up 15 minutes en route DFW-ORD so maybe we'll only leave 20 minutes late and if winds to the East keep up, maybe we'll only be 10 minutes late into LGA, and these days, 10 min late is just like getting in early these days.

Good news - bad news

Good news: tail winds have us scheduled into ORD 30 minutes early.

Bad news: lightening strikes here at SFO caused ground personnel to be sent back indoors before they were done fueling us/loading luggage.

Let's hope they balance each other out.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Why can't you people take your assigned seats?

Listen up, Vacation Warriors!

When the GA announces it's going to be a full flight, and this is not Southwest, it means take your assigned seat.  That means if your boarding pass says "12E", do not sit in 12F, and then when the 12F occupant gets there don't go to the back of the plane to look for another window seat.

It means don't take any two seats together because you can't be bothered to pull out your boarding pass to check which are actually assigned to you, and if you have window and middle, don't take window and aisle and spread out hoping that the aisle will magically stay unassigned.

Thank you.