Today, our airplane was delayed because of issues with the de-ice-ing. Then, because it had too little fuel. Then, because of engine troubles. Then, because our first officer needed to be replaced due to legal restrictions on pilots' hours. Now, I get to go straight from the plane to work. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, to avoid a massive delay on our scheduled flight at the airport, we were generously moved to an earlier flight home. An hour later, our new flight had been cancelled and they told us we'd be stuck at the airport overnight. Our original flight took off fine. FML
Today, I spent six hours driving between two airports to try and catch my flight. Two trailer accidents, two construction zones, three detours, and one police escort later, the airline wouldn't let me on the plane. FML
Today, due to a scheduling error, I spent an entire day and night in an airport, over 30 hours in total. Just as I arrived at the gate, I was informed that my flight had been delayed for another 2 hours. FML
Today, I'm anxious traveler who's flying by myself. My first flight got delayed due to one issue after another. This caused me to miss my connection. There are no more flights today so I'm having to stay overnight which, by the way, the airline won't pay for. FML
Today, I waited patiently in the airport as my flight was repeatedly delayed. After 5 long hours I approached one of the attendees to discover that the plane had left 5 minutes ago. FML
Today, my work made us all get up at 3 a.m. to head to the airport for our 7 a.m. flight, only for us to get to the airport and find out the flight is cancelled. FML
Today, I finally get to go home after a 16 day training event in Colorado. The plane has been sitting in the runway for over three hours due to lightning storms and we're not allowed to leave. We've spent more time on the ground waiting than the flight itself would take. FML
Today, I was at the airport getting ready to go to Hawaii. The guy at the counter said my flight was delayed. It turns out that the flight that was delayed was a flight going to Miami. My flight left at the regular time, and my luggage was on it, because I checked in the night before. FML
Today, I was stuck at the airport overnight waiting for my flight for about 5 hours. I then went and looked at the departures board. It said that my flight had already departed. FML
Today, I woke up at 3am to catch my flight back home, only to realize that my flight was pushed back 14 hours. FML
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Andyangels27 0
ok you're other alternatives were : crash the wings are too heavy due to ice crash the plane is too heavy due to fuel crash the pilot falls asleep crash due to engine failure so going straight to work is better than not going to work because you're dead
null_fml 11
I bet having to go to work after all that stress was just de-ice-ing on de cake, wasn't it?
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rancidgrl13 0
I was lucky enough to get rerouted within a day. Most people had to wait a few days after Christmas weekend. Plane was stuck at O'Hare in that blizzard. When I finally left Austin on the plane that finally showed up from Chicago, I missed my connecting flight in Denver. So, my alternative was to fly to Salt Lake City THE NEXT MORNING to then back-track to Montana. Fun, fun. At least I can check spending the night in an airport off of my list. Oh, yes, and I also went straight to work.
samo3290 0
Did this happen to be a flight from Minneapolis to Tampa? If so I was on the same. Two hours of sitting away from gate and THEN they decide they guy doesn't have the hours. Needless to say it was difficult to get 35 people back home for the night without a bus.
RedHead0186 1
A similar thing happened to me a couple years ago-there were delays for various reasons and it took me about 24 hours to get home . . . eh, it happens. We were actually in line to take off, like two planes back, when the pilot came on and announced that he was over his hours and we had to go back to the gate. I thought it was odd that he would wait that long, until I learned that if pilots have x number of hours to fly (I don't know the actual number), then they can take one more short flight (like two hours or less) at the end of their 'shift', as long as they take off for that last short flight before their original hours are up. So what our pilot was trying to do was get us in the air before his original hours were up so he could make that short flight (it was like a 45 minute flight). Because we got stuck in line to take off, we didn't make it in time and he had to stop flying. Apparently there's a big light on the instrument panel that will start flashing and that's FAA rules and you absolutely have to turn around. A similar thing probably happened to the OP in that the pilot was trying to get off the ground in time, and just couldn't make it. Doesn't make it less annoying, but at least it makes a bit more sense. If you're going to travel by plane, you've got to be ready for some delays and just go with it.
veriria 0
Take the trains once in a while. They may be late some of the time, but it isn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be. And I would know, I work onboard Amtr@k trains. :>
HatakeYumi 2
You don't know how many times this happens to me!! The same day these things happened we were finally about to leave, my sister gives birth!
Fmliscrazy 0
my ass would have got off the plane if they had all them problems. FO real
Late_night83 25
If u make it home, fyl, I woulda been freaked.
Unlucky_Gun 0
I'm a future pilot and I know a lot about airplanes and how airports work. The plane being low on fuel shouldn't be an issue because as soon as the plane parks it's supposed to get filled all the way up with fuel, no matter how much fuel it used on the previous flight, even if it's from baltimore to pittsburgh. I'm assuming you were in the plane getting ready to leave, and yeah, the plane should've been filled all the way up with fuel before you got in
Pinkraincoat 18
I wouldn't have got on that plane!
Steffi3 40
Those rules are all implemented for your safety. Just be glad you got home safe