Flight to St. Louis
For one person on the plane, this was the flight that wasn't. For another, it was the flight that almost wasn't. For me, it was butt numbing boring. I wake up at the hotel and login to AA.com and check flight status. Everything's on time and looking peachy. Arrival at the airport was disorganized and crowds were everywhere in all lines at baggage check. That can be dealt with.
About 15 minutes before boarding time, the Gate Agent announces we're not leaving on time because the Flight Crew is still in the air and their arrival is delayed by rain. We're told to scatter away for at least 30 minutes. 30 minutes later we have a Crew and start boarding the plane 30 minutes after the scheduled departure.
My seat is taken by a rolling bag. I ask the man in the middle seat to remove the bag but it's not his. It belongs to snippy man in the aisle still looking annoyed that people are boarding around him. He grabs the bags, snips at me, snips at the middle seat guy and takes his bulkhead seat and the Flight Attendant tells him his bag has to be up. Nothing happens.
Plane is loaded and we think we're ready to go. Second Flight Attendant comes over and forcibly takes snippy man's bag away (who now becomes angry man) and sticks in row 24. (We're in 10). A squabble ensues and the FA walks away. Then the pilot tells us we have a mechanical but they don't know what and that we should settle in and use our phones & such. Angry man gets up and retrieves his case from row 24 so he can work. No sooner than he comes back, the first FA returns and starts yelling at him for having this bag (not knowing it really had been put away) and a major verbal altercation begins. The FA tells this guy that since he's a FF and he chose this seat and met and understood the criteria, what is he doing by breaking FAA regs? Those of us around this thought this guy was getting bounced off the plane for sure but he also senses this and backs down. The FA tells him to find a home in First for the bag and to be done with it which he does.
60 minutes later, we're still sitting on the plane. This pilot tells us they've found the problem and now need 30 minutes to fix it. At this point another passenger grabs all of her bags and leaves. After sitting there for 1 hour, 45 minutes, we finally leave the gate. I have to say the small children were behaving better than some of the adults on this plane.
So I'm here. Tired. And want to sleep but that will only lead to no sleep so I blog.
About 15 minutes before boarding time, the Gate Agent announces we're not leaving on time because the Flight Crew is still in the air and their arrival is delayed by rain. We're told to scatter away for at least 30 minutes. 30 minutes later we have a Crew and start boarding the plane 30 minutes after the scheduled departure.
My seat is taken by a rolling bag. I ask the man in the middle seat to remove the bag but it's not his. It belongs to snippy man in the aisle still looking annoyed that people are boarding around him. He grabs the bags, snips at me, snips at the middle seat guy and takes his bulkhead seat and the Flight Attendant tells him his bag has to be up. Nothing happens.
Plane is loaded and we think we're ready to go. Second Flight Attendant comes over and forcibly takes snippy man's bag away (who now becomes angry man) and sticks in row 24. (We're in 10). A squabble ensues and the FA walks away. Then the pilot tells us we have a mechanical but they don't know what and that we should settle in and use our phones & such. Angry man gets up and retrieves his case from row 24 so he can work. No sooner than he comes back, the first FA returns and starts yelling at him for having this bag (not knowing it really had been put away) and a major verbal altercation begins. The FA tells this guy that since he's a FF and he chose this seat and met and understood the criteria, what is he doing by breaking FAA regs? Those of us around this thought this guy was getting bounced off the plane for sure but he also senses this and backs down. The FA tells him to find a home in First for the bag and to be done with it which he does.
60 minutes later, we're still sitting on the plane. This pilot tells us they've found the problem and now need 30 minutes to fix it. At this point another passenger grabs all of her bags and leaves. After sitting there for 1 hour, 45 minutes, we finally leave the gate. I have to say the small children were behaving better than some of the adults on this plane.
So I'm here. Tired. And want to sleep but that will only lead to no sleep so I blog.
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