Woke up this morning by a call from Continental Airlines ... Pls, call as soon as possible ...
Of course, I know what it is, as I am listening to KQED news telling me that it's still raining cats and dogs in Austin, TX.
Flying through Houston this time a year is always taking a chance with weather ... I am sure of it ... I will miss my flight to Amsterdam.
Ok, call the airlines ... Indeed, my flight to Houston is delayed, arriving 8:45pm, instead of the planned 5:45pm, thus missing my connection to Amsterdam at 7:10pm. Why? I am asking the Continental rep. Due to bad weather in Houston? I ask him. To my surprise he says, no, the weather is fine. Then, what is it? And, I am thinking to myself, if I could just have our CDM simulator simulate my flight right now, right here, I could do a "what-if." The answer I get back is crew-delay. What? Crew-delay, are you kidding me?
Yep, my flight to Houston has a crew-delay. Now, didn't they get the memo at the FAA that they should collaborate with the passengers about delaying flights? I can surely fly from San Jose or Oakland, not? No, all booked. The rep says that they have already booked me tonight from Houston to Newark, and then tomorrow morning from Newark to Amsterdam. What? Are they nuts?
So, the end of this story is that we're flying tomorrow on the same flights ... I hope the crew is on time tomorrow :-)
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How is that daughter of ours handling all of these delays? Haven't heard much about her reaction? Did you finally arrive safetly? Say hello to our graduate :-)
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