DeHusband was supposed to fly out of Dallas/Ft Worth at 7:50 pm. He called at 8:30 to let me know the flight might not leave until 9:50. If it leaves tonight at all! Why? Thunderstorms. Hail. Really Bad Weather. blah blah blah.
Yes I know - safety first. But I want my husband back. I miss him. It’s been a week of loneliness while he’s back in New Mexico with my evil mother-in-law. (Who won’t answer her phone BTW. I’m thinking she caused the weather. She doesn’t want him to come back to Alabama and has turned the forces of nature against us! Bitch.)
They let them off the plane which was nice, but they’re stuck in DFW, probably for the night. Y’all do know that *DELTA * stands for Don’t Ever Let Them Arrive, doncha???
I’ve called his office to let them know that he won’t be at work tomorrow. My hives are awful - I can’t take my nightly prescriptions because they’re sedating. And I might have to drive to the airport at 11:30. OK Montgomery doesn’t have a lot of traffic at that hour, but what little there is wouldn’t want me DUIing all over the place.
So here I sit. Pouting. Glad he’s safe and Delta is keeping him that way. But really want him to come home.
Eep! My sympathies–there’s been times when my husband has been delayed in coming home from business trips, and it drives me insane.
When we were heading back from Chidope just recently, we were stuck on the plane for over an hour waiting for clearance to leave, for the same reason–bad weather. Funny, we were flying Delta, too, doncha know.
Thanks JavaMaven! The latest is the flight *may * leave at 11pm. If it doesn’t, the next flight will be at 10 am tomorrow. <sigh> Seems that the FAA let planes land, then closed the runways. So there’s a big traffic jam with too many planes at the terminals and no one being allowed to take off.
M-i-L has called and I updated her. So now I just keep watching the internet and seeing when it says the flight has taken off. No way I’m going to work tomorrow.
Bah! I spent Thursday night in Detroit with NorthWorstAirlines. Delta is genius compared to them. I left Florida at 3:30 pm. I arrived in Cincinnati the next day at 3:30 pm. My BAGS arrived the next morning at 8 am.
Then, on the way back, my connecting flight from Dayton arrived on time in Detroit, but my flight was already scheduled to be delayed. Instead of 3:39 departure, it was 5 pm. Then it was 3:39 again. Then 4:15. Then we got on the plane. Then we sat on the plane for one and a half hours while they tried to fix something that was apparently broken well before we got on the plane. Then they told us that it would be another one hour and forty five minutes, at least, so we could get off of the plane but please take our things, since they might change planes. So I walked over to get some Japanese food that was in the center of the airport. It was fast food so I was quick then walked back out to see that the flight was now showing a 6:15 departure. Since they’d just let us off of the plane at 5:30-5:40, that couldn’t be right. I got back to the departure gate as quickly as I could. It was 6:10 when I got to the gate. There was no one there. “That’s odd”, I thought as I waited for someone to appear. About 6:13 the gate agent came back from the jetway. “Are you Mr. ShibbOleth or Mr X?” she asked. “Mr. Shibb” I replied. “Oh, sorry, we called you several times but you didn’t come back.” “Before we’d even got everyone off the plane we had the problem fixed and called you to reboard.” I didn’t hear a damned thing. “Yeah, sometimes you can’t hear those annoucements depending on where you are”. Thanks a freakin’ bunch. So they put me on the 7:30 flight which left about 8 pm (An NWA world’s record, only a half hour late!) in the worst seat on the plane. Fortunately they didn’t lose my bag on the way back, but I did arrive home at 11:30 pm instead of the nice, relaxed 6:30 pm I had scheduled.
I’d tell you about the flight out but it’s too long and tortured to recount. I really wish I’d just flown Delta.
It’s 11:50 and now they’re saying the flight is cancelled. Weird thing is this plane has to be in Montgomery in order to be the 6:15 am flight back to Dallas. I’m tired, confused and itchy. I’m going to take half my pills and go to bed. Thanks for letting me vent, guys.
That sucks. As does Delta. I only use them because I fly most often to Atlanta, and they’ve got a stranglehold on Hartsfield Airport; all the non-Delta flights are assigned to the farthest gate possible away from any means of ground transportation. They’ve never been more than the “Hey, we get you there” airline, but I’ve noticed they’ve steadily declined in service to the point where they’re just shy of hostile now. And it was bad enough when you had to grab a lunch bag on your way on board your 4-hour flight, but now they charge you 10 bucks for the crappy food. All for cramped seats and a 30% on-time rate.
I hope you’re reunited with your husband soon. Just hope that he doesn’t develop a quirky romance with fellow traveller Catherine Zeta Jones.
SolGrundy that’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, son. Don’t you ever listen to those incessant welcome announcements?
DELTA
Don’t Ever Let Them Arrive.
Don’t Expect Luggage To Arrive.
Don’t Ever Leave The Airport.
Delays Expected. Lenghty Travel Ahead.
I fly Duhlta a lot.
Shibb as luck would have it, I just made travel arrangements for August that includes Delta and Northwest. Did you know they are partners? I get to fly from Albany, GA to Etlanner to Minneapolis to Waterloo, Iowa. Waterloo, Iowa airport. :eek: Luggge will be lost. Flights will be delayed. Rental cars will have flat tires. Famine, Fire, Flood and Pestilence will ensue. :eek: I’ve had the thrill of flying into and out of Waterloo several times. Does it show? :eek: That airport is like a portal to hell! :eek:
Yes, the one redeeming thing in the whole trip was that I got some Delta frequent flyer miles. I don’t have a NWA FF account. I’ve had surprisingly few problems with Delta and some very nice things done for me by them.
As far as Delta or NWA or anyone else delaying flights because of weather: they don’t do this lightly and it’s for your safety. Better to arrive alive and late than in a body bag, I alway say. I had a colleague die on a flight into Detroit (or maybe it was Toronto, but I’m pretty sure it was Detroit) on a Comair flight that had iced wings. I had another friend/colleague almost crash on another commuter airline from iced wings (on a flight back from the Bahamas, no less). Are flight was cancelled going into Dayton/Cincy because of “1/4 mile visibility and strong hail” and “tornado warnings”. Fine, I’ll wait. I do wish my bags would arrive about the same time I do, though.
Good News: DeHusband is safe. Bad News: He’s still in Dallas.
Well he called at 1 am from a hotel. Which was drastically overbooked. Where he was contemplating sharing a room with this sweet-young-Mary-Kay-Distributor-Honey-you’d-just-love-her :dubious: when through the lobby walked a deacon from our church. Who was also stranded in Dallas for the night and graciously shared his room with DeHusband. (Proof that God loves me) Last I heard he has about to walk to Whattaburger to finally eat something other than pretzels.
Why did Delta not fly on at about 2:30 am when the storms were past? The Montgomery Airport closes at 1 am. Because they roll the streets up after midnight.
Hopefully they can work him onto the first flight into Montgomery which lands at Noon. But he may not actually fly in until the last flight at 10 pm. We’ll see. And they have no idea where his bags are.
When I lived with my ex-wife, I used to pray for bad weather and cancelled flights. I’m sorry if some of those prayers are still floating around and are now being answered at random.
Ug - must be some sort of inside the US thing…when I do Germany, I used to catch a United flight to the airport closest to me and they gave me nothing but hell…so now I get someone to drive me to Boston where I take AryanAir\\Lufthansa to Frankfurt…
Do they clone their flight attendants? they all are the same height, blond and blue eyed…
I once spent four hours sitting on a plane at DFW. I think it might have been American Airlines. A fuel gauge was broken, so after several “Just 15 minutes!” announcements (at half-hour intervals), they decided to pump out all the gas and meter it back in. “The truck will be here in fifteen minutes!” Right. Half an hour later, the pilot comes on to tell us the fuel truck had a collision with a catering truck …
Some pretty gruesome stories here, alright. Wish I could say things got better once you actually got on the plane. Every experience I have had in the past several years while flying the friendly skies has been awful.
I think the worst was the mulleted plaid shirt wearin’ redneck and his fat cow (or was she a disgusting pig? definitely some sort of a barnyard animal) of a wfie who sat next to me from Chicago to Denver. They had their screaming hell spawn with them, and they changed it’s diaper right there in the seat, whith me trapped and smushed in the window seat. Think any of the flight attendants would support my request for them to take the poopy diaper ordeal to the bathroom? Nope. :mad:
Dallas has been hit with some really strong thunderstorms over the past few days. Tuesday night 350,000 homes/businesses lost power, by Thursday morning 200,000 were still out, because we got hit again Wednesday night.
And yes, we are expecting even more storms today. Hope your hubby gets home safe and soon. I use to do 80 percent travel a month, and getting stuck in airports is really no fun.
DeHusband is HOME!! Yay! (And boy were there some pissed people at our tiny little airport! One woman was picking up a puppy she was having shipped in from Dallas. Poor puppy - at least DeHusband could walk around some.))
Our cats are chastising him, alternating purrs and indignant ignoring, and we even have his luggage. All is well and we’re napping after I put on a load of laundry.
Well, good for you, but too bad for hubby. (Just kidding!)
As to your question, the reason that they don’t just wait until the storms pass and then fly: pilots and flight attendants have to follow strict guidelines to make sure that they are not overworked in a given shift (they’re not hospital interns for Og’s sake!). After a certain period of time has passed “on shift” they have to go off and get rested. Imagine the times you’ve driven when you were way too tired and your eyes just shut a bit on the way home. Don’t want your pilot doing that, do you? (I can see a bit less plausible argument for flight attendants but apparently thems the rules)
So, again, what they’re doing is mainly for you and your loved one’s safety. I’m sure there’s some Union aspect of it as well, but the key is the safety. Things that are faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and usually able to leap tall buildings in a single bound are not to be trifled with. Sorry about your inconvenience.
Shibb, who is not normally an airline shill but can see their side of things from time to time once I count to ten and calm down a bit and maybe have a beer or three.
(Just kidding!)