Grrrr

[multipurposegoddess]

Today is on the List.

Henry had to go on a business trip today (more on H's work in another post, no doubt. It is problematic). His flight left at 6 AM, so we set the alarm for 3:30, I managed to drag myself out of bed by 4 and got him to the airport for 5. Came home in time to discover that Carl's Jr doesn't open for breakfast until 6. Blah blah blah getting through the day with not enough sleep-cakes. Get a text message from DH saying he arrived in Phoenix more or less when I expected. Did not get the follow-up arrived safely in Dallas message when expected. A couple of hours later, in fact, got a message that plane had been diverted to San Antonio for weather. Now, 2 hours after that, he tells me they are still in the plane, on the tarmac, no takeoff time in sight, no food being served. Flight tracking website says his flight is scheduled to continue on to Dallas at 11 PM, in which case they seriously need to let them off the plane, but I have no idea if there is any accuracy at all to that.

I am not pleased and I'm not sure where to direct my ire and too freaking tired to think straight. Bah.

4:15 PM (5 hours after original ETA), flight is canceled. Don't know what happens next.

6:54 He's in a Holiday Inn in San Antonio ordering room service and then going to sleep. Whew.

Comments

[charlotte-buff.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have a friend that had a 1:45p business flight today out of Denver to Dallas. He sat at the airport until 5p or so waiting to board, then sat on a plane until almost 8pm and then the flight was cancelled. But at least he was able to get off of the plane and just go home. (The business trip was cancelled as well.)

Poor you and poor Henry. I'm glad he's settled in for the night at a hotel instead of the airport.

[tskaredoff.livejournal.com]

They were diverted to San Antonio, and a bunch of flights must have been because one of the reasons they couldn't get off the plane was because the airport was full. Many people caught in the same situation, I'm sure. I doubt US Airways will apologise to anyone, they are no JetBlue.

My poor dear made it to the Holiday Inn, checked in, and they gave him the wrong key or something, he couldn't get into his room. He had a bit of a breakdown in the hallway. But that got taken care of and today SHOULD be better.

Don't know what his company expects him to do about this trip, though. He's going to try to get to Dallas somehow today, but there's no telling if he'll be able to get what he's supposed to get done done. Wow, that's a badly constructed sentence. At this point, once he gets home he plans on never ever travelling again, at least not without me.

[katerinabead.livejournal.com]

You know, when I was flying back from Atlanta, I found myself eyeing the emergency exit slide controls and wondering if the stewardesses could stop me from deploying it if I ran mad because I felt too claustrophic to deal with being trapped.

[(Anonymous)]

My plane from Chicago to Oakland (2nd leg from Atlanta) was delayed for about an hour after we boarded, and that was not too pleasant, but the flight crew had apparently learned from some of the recent stories and went out of their way to keep us informed and comfortable - turning on the air conditioning, bringing water around to everyone, just telling us what was going on frequently - so much better than what Henry went through.

[thezzyzx.livejournal.com]

I suppose that's why the M's were rained out... again...

They were playing in Texas.

[tskaredoff.livejournal.com]

There were apparenlty tornados, or tornado friendly conditions, as well as strong thunderstorms in the Dallas area. So, yeah.

None of that forecast for today.