A simple 5 hour flight turned into a 16 hour travel day from Los Angeles to Ohio. Why? Because of mechanical problems on the airplane we were supposed to board.
We were 4 hours delayed, and then they announced that our plane was in maintenance due to mechanical problems and as soon as it was fix we would take off.
RED FLAG! Mechanical problems? I decided to investigate. The flight crew got to the gate and so I casually strolled over to the pilot to find out what was "mechanically wrong" with the plane I was about to get on.
The pilot said, "Oh last night we were supposed to land at a different airport but one of the engines froze so we had to make an emergency landing here."
Wonderful! I thought. "So how fixed is fixed?" I asked, to which he replied, "I have a baby at home. If the plane isn't fixed, I'm not getting on it either!" That made me feel a lot better.
The pilot walked back over to the crew and I stood watching the two men behind the counter at the gate. A woman walked up and asked what time another flight going to the same destination was going to board.
"Oh," said the man behind the counter, "that flight has been moved to gate 50. It's just down the terminal to the left." To which this woman replied "what? I can't believe they switched the gates! Where is gate 50 again?" This simple question was followed up by a good 5 minutes of her questioning and being exasperated.
I just started laughing to myself. Clearly her flight switching gates was the worst possible thing that could happen on of the busiest travel days of the year when so many flights were being cancelled due to bad weather and plane malfunctions!
All in all it was a LONG interesting trip, but I'm safely in Ohio for a few days and I will keep posting from here!
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