spiffyone
01-04-2005, 02:07 AM
Flew back home today from Alabama. No big deal - easy flights. Southwest both ways. No problem. Taking off the first flight, I was in the middle seat with Duncan at the window and a random guy next to me. I reach over to clutch Dunkie right before takeoff and the guy says, "Are you scared?" I manage not to shriek "YES!" because I am such a cool flyer now, so I say "I'm not the best flyer...really I'm fine once we take off." The guy looks very confident and says...get this..."Well, tell you what. I was in a plane crash twelve years ago. The chances of being in TWO are nil. So today's not your day. Don't worry about it."
AAAGH!
Then he gives me his "good luck charm" to hold during takeoff. Apparently it's a piece of metal melted down from the SEATBELT he was wearing in the PLANE CRASH. Now, I'm dying to hear about the plane crash by now but even I, newly cool flyer, don't think I can hear the story of the plane crash while we are taking off in the plane we are on now. I mean, is that bad karma or WHAT?
Yowsa. Has anyone else met this guy?
Hey - I have a Ray question - the SWA plane I was on was supposed to stop at BWI but continue on to Prov, and we were going to stay on the plane. There were 9 of us "through fares," I think they called us. Well, after everyone else got off and we were hanging out, suddenly the gate guy comes on and tells us we are changing planes. Hurry, hurry to gate so-and-so and they will let us on first because we are the "through fares." Now, this freaked me out a little because I thought maybe something was wrong with the plane we had been on. But, newly cool flyer that I am, I told myself that it probably just had some warning light go on, and they couldn't inspect it and have it ready to go in 10 minutes, so rather than get behind schedule we were just getting another plane. So I asked the FA, who was trotting along behind me in the terminal, "What's up...was something wrong with that plane?" And she rolled her eyes and said, very world-weary, "No...this happens all the time at BWI."
I don't think our luggage could have made it off in time, but when we got to PVD, it was waiting for us - and the other 7 people- before everyone ELSE's came. So it looks like that plane DID go to PVD after all. Do you think it could have been a scheduling, number of bodies on the plane kind of thing? I just thought it was interesting, and I assume if it was some minor mechanical problem, the FA would just have told me.
So...Ray?
I cannot finish without saying that yesterday Duncan and I drove up to Huntsville and had the pleasure of lunching with Huey and Mrs. Huey. We went back to their house and played pool. They have VERY cute dogs.
:hamster
AAAGH!
Then he gives me his "good luck charm" to hold during takeoff. Apparently it's a piece of metal melted down from the SEATBELT he was wearing in the PLANE CRASH. Now, I'm dying to hear about the plane crash by now but even I, newly cool flyer, don't think I can hear the story of the plane crash while we are taking off in the plane we are on now. I mean, is that bad karma or WHAT?
Yowsa. Has anyone else met this guy?
Hey - I have a Ray question - the SWA plane I was on was supposed to stop at BWI but continue on to Prov, and we were going to stay on the plane. There were 9 of us "through fares," I think they called us. Well, after everyone else got off and we were hanging out, suddenly the gate guy comes on and tells us we are changing planes. Hurry, hurry to gate so-and-so and they will let us on first because we are the "through fares." Now, this freaked me out a little because I thought maybe something was wrong with the plane we had been on. But, newly cool flyer that I am, I told myself that it probably just had some warning light go on, and they couldn't inspect it and have it ready to go in 10 minutes, so rather than get behind schedule we were just getting another plane. So I asked the FA, who was trotting along behind me in the terminal, "What's up...was something wrong with that plane?" And she rolled her eyes and said, very world-weary, "No...this happens all the time at BWI."
I don't think our luggage could have made it off in time, but when we got to PVD, it was waiting for us - and the other 7 people- before everyone ELSE's came. So it looks like that plane DID go to PVD after all. Do you think it could have been a scheduling, number of bodies on the plane kind of thing? I just thought it was interesting, and I assume if it was some minor mechanical problem, the FA would just have told me.
So...Ray?
I cannot finish without saying that yesterday Duncan and I drove up to Huntsville and had the pleasure of lunching with Huey and Mrs. Huey. We went back to their house and played pool. They have VERY cute dogs.
:hamster