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28,000 Feet Below Cruise Altitude
By Jonathan | July 1, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Where does 28,000 feet below cruise altitude put you? For the sake of argument, let’s assume that today your plane will be cruising at 28,000 feet. 28,000 feet below that puts you in Terminal A of George Bush Intercontinental Airport. That is exactly where Abi and I got to spend a great deal of time this past weekend waiting for our plane to arrive. The problem for us on Sunday, however, was that our plane arrived too late. Since it arrived too late we never ended up at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, which means we missed our connecting flight to Dayton International Airport, which means we never made it back to Cincinnati on Sunday evening as originally scheduled.
To keep it brief and to avoid sounding like I’m complaining, there was rain and lightning that started about 4pm Sunday. Our flight was supposed to leave at 5:15pm. So long as we were in the air by 6:03pm, getting to our connecting flights in Charlotte would not be a big deal.
Then our plane was delayed. Then our plane was diverted. Then our flight was cancelled.
Oh well, we’re back in Cincinnati now…time to get back to business. I will say, however, that I am a little disappointed in US Airways for not providing anyone with food or lodging that evening. While originally they said our flight was cancelled due to weather, there were other planes flying in and out of the airport at the time of the cancellation. It was around 8pm, which isn’t too late for a flight. I think the crew decided that they were done for the day. I understand the regulations, but it would have been nice to get the real story…and a free hotel room.
A special thanks to Kevin, for pointing this out.
Topics: Uncategorized, complain, story | 4 Comments »
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
What is the average speed of a swallow?
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:33 pm
African or European?
July 4th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Well I don’t know. Ahhhhh…
October 29th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
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