Posted on 12/29/2004 10:01:23 AM PST by MineralMan
Too upsetting to talk about.
Seems odd to go to LA from MPLS via Chicago....but what the heck.
I and my wife flew US Airways last week for Christmas. We were fortunatte no delays or lost luggage. But as i sat in the back of a plane in Philly for about thirty minutes waiting to pull out of the gate I saw a pile of about 50 bug of various sizes sitting on the concrete in a steady rain and no one of the ground crew cared.
PS. TSA = Thousands Standing Around
"Seems odd to go to LA from MPLS via Chicago....but what the heck."
American Airlines doesn't have a nonstop to LAX from MPLS. I was using the last of my frequent flyer miles for the trip, so we went on AA and had to go through Chicago.
Now that we live in Saint Paul, we'll switch to Northwest, which does offer the nonstop flights to LAX. I don't like Northwest, but they make the trip.
"Too upsetting to talk about."
Try, please. It could be educational for us all to find out what happened, so we can avoid the same situations.
Did you have any troubles at the TSA checkpoints? Get patted down or anything? Was your checked luggage opened?
" Left Dallas it started sleeting. 30 miles this side of the Oklahoma border it started snowing. It snowed all the way. 288.7 miles at 30 to 40 miles per hour.
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Doesn't sound like much fun to me, but I wouldn't fly 288 miles.
Flew from Houston to Washington, DC to visit family on the 23rd. Had to remove shoes, all outerwear, belt, etc. Actually felt safer about that. :-)
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I drove.
"I drove."
That's one way to avoid it. I flew, and didn't have any hassles, either. Took a lot less time, too. I don't drive anywhere over 600 miles from my home. If I can't drive it in 10 hours, I fly.
"Flew from Houston to Washington, DC to visit family on the 23rd. Had to remove shoes, all outerwear, belt, etc. Actually felt safer about that. :-)
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I don't wear a belt when I fly, and wear deerskin moccasins on my feet. The parka's pockets had all my junk in them, so I just popped the parka on the belt. Pretty easy, and I think scanning jackets is appropriate, especially this time of year, when lots of people are wearing bulky parkas.
I've lost two sizes working in the Mideast. I have to wear a belt just to hold my jeans up. ;-)
"I've lost two sizes working in the Mideast. I have to wear a belt just to hold my jeans up. ;-)"
Ahh....OK. I'll bet a lot of folks working over there have lost weight. Are you going back?
Yep. Mid-January. Just in time for election madness.
Never a dull moment!
Happy 2005 to ya.
Nothing other then the little Napolin syndrome these guys get.
No.
I’m of the opinion that most of the horror stories you hear are outright fabrications or are, at a minimum, greatly exaggerated.
I sailed right through with no problems. TSA at the Orange County end and one TSA with two Bay County sheriff’s deputies manning security at the other end.
Delays, lies from the airlines, etc.
"You saw it on the news......that's the way it was.
Delays, lies from the airlines, etc."
I'm sorry to hear it. Which airline, so I can avoid it?
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