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Ride reports & bike news from Chain Reaction's Mike JThu Mar 28 14:10:39 2024 / +0000 GMTUniversal Post Manager 1.1.2 [ www.ProfProjects.com ] If you see me on your plane, get off. Take another flight.
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Thu Mar 28 14:10:39 2024 / +0000 GMThttp://chainreactionblogs.com/diary/?p=1734Ever wonder about the people you see slamming back a few before their flight? These folk had been sitting across from us at the restaraunt near the gate, just going and going until the door to their plane was almost closed, then apparenly had problems because their seats had been given away.
Had we known, we would have paid that $50. We got to the airport with hours to spare, even after spending some time at the Smithsonian, and there was in fact a flight that left at 7:30pm with room. But our flight wasn't that much later and we had pretty decent seats and really weren't looking forward to the idea of middle seats at the back of the plane (the likely scenario had we changed planes). But that was before our flight was delayed... to 11:30pm. I think it was just past midnight by the time we finally got off the ground, and the loading process left much to be desired as people heading to their seats at the back of the plane were putting their carry-ons into the overheads at the front!!! Why is this so bad? Because while Becky and I and Steve and Teri were in rows 6 & 7, we had to put our luggage over rows 13 & beyond, fighting the tide against everyone trying to board the plane as we got back to our seats, and having to wait until every single person was off the plane before we could retrieve our luggage.
At least row 6 in an A32o on United has fantastic legroom so it was a pleasant-enough flight, despite moderate turbulence here & there. Sleep? I don't know that I ever really slept, but rather alternated between conscious and comatose. We landed at 2:30am SF time, 5:20am DC, and were home around 3:30am. This is not the first time this has happened coming back! As I say, if you see me on a plane...]]>17342011-03-11 17:59:382011-03-12 00:59:38