Once again, I am trying to make my way out of a hell hole otherwise known as an airport. While the first leg of my flight was very uneventful, I now sit in the airport in Charlotte, North Carolina waiting for another US Air \u201cissue\u201d to be resolved. Today, the issue is a \u201cmaintenance issue\u201d so has tacked a full 65 minutes onto my layover. Now I need to conserve batteries or find a plug to make the time last. What I don\u2019t get is the fact that the originating flight left Jamaica on time, but there is a maintenance issue here. The funny thing is that since the plane has not landed, you have to wonder what that delay really is. If it was really a maintenance issue, would the plane have really taken off in the first place, or would it have returned to Jamaica to take care of the issue before endangering the passengers?<\/p>\n
Personally, I think that this is the excuse de jour, equating to some miscellaneous issue that they didn\u2019t want to explain.<\/p>\n
The last trip, I had my originating leg canceled, then rerouted through Philadelphia, landing 3 hours late. The trip before that, my 30 minute layover at Dulles turned into a 4 hour delay, capping a 22 hour day. Every trip, I just need to expect pain and aggravation and add hours onto my expected trip. Good thing the people picking me up have cell phones…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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