Cursed, Ab-so-lute-ly Cursed!
I had to fly back to Lansing from Edmonton the other week. Flight out of Canada is uneventful. One lay-over in Minn. Get to MSP (Minneapolis/St. Paul) without any issue. In fact, we are a little early. I wander over to my new gate which is in the other half of the airport across the road. This is the hike I referred to earlier. I guess the international wing is completely separate from all other gates. Nice for security (because I know MSP is the next big target - HA!) but sucks for passengers.
The plane from MSP to LAN boards on time. Seems like everything is going smoothly and timely for the First Time Ever. Neither I nor the bf have had this kind of luck on previous trips. I'm sitting on the plane and it is announced that we are delayed because we need a "push" from the gate. Apparently, the airplane can normally just throw it into reverse and do the backing up on it's own but given the snow on the ground, it can't get the traction it needs for this manuever (info compliments of the pilot). Oh, the confidence I have in airlines. We can't back up but we are sure we can take off and land safely... um, I don't get it. Anyway, we wait for some truck that can push us. Then we had to wait in a de-icing line. While we are waiting in line, this is when the pilot decides to tell us that there are nearly 20 planes in front of us in this line. Ya know, sometimes I think pilots are too eager to pass info along. First the "push" that normally the plane can do but can't today and then the line in front of us. After we get to the de-icing pad, the pilot explains that we have to have two applications. The material that actually takes any debris off the plane and then a second material that keeps the debris off. And he called it debris. Not ice or snow or something that sounds relatively harmless but debris. Dude - TMI (too much information). And then, finally, we take off. I was only about 40 minutes late into LAN so overall I would have to say that the trip went pretty well. Even with the running commentary of the pilot during the delay.
This experience made me decide though, if you need to get somewhere on time, don't travel with me. Oh, but if you need snow, definitely bring me along. I seem to be a magnet for the shit. Got home to LAN, they are having what is basically a heatwave (~40 degree F) but by the time I went to bed that night it was snowing. Of course, this is the day before I need to drive down to JCC (new job things to take care of). All I can say to Mother Nature is, "Bring It Bee-atch!!!". I can take it.
The plane from MSP to LAN boards on time. Seems like everything is going smoothly and timely for the First Time Ever. Neither I nor the bf have had this kind of luck on previous trips. I'm sitting on the plane and it is announced that we are delayed because we need a "push" from the gate. Apparently, the airplane can normally just throw it into reverse and do the backing up on it's own but given the snow on the ground, it can't get the traction it needs for this manuever (info compliments of the pilot). Oh, the confidence I have in airlines. We can't back up but we are sure we can take off and land safely... um, I don't get it. Anyway, we wait for some truck that can push us. Then we had to wait in a de-icing line. While we are waiting in line, this is when the pilot decides to tell us that there are nearly 20 planes in front of us in this line. Ya know, sometimes I think pilots are too eager to pass info along. First the "push" that normally the plane can do but can't today and then the line in front of us. After we get to the de-icing pad, the pilot explains that we have to have two applications. The material that actually takes any debris off the plane and then a second material that keeps the debris off. And he called it debris. Not ice or snow or something that sounds relatively harmless but debris. Dude - TMI (too much information). And then, finally, we take off. I was only about 40 minutes late into LAN so overall I would have to say that the trip went pretty well. Even with the running commentary of the pilot during the delay.
This experience made me decide though, if you need to get somewhere on time, don't travel with me. Oh, but if you need snow, definitely bring me along. I seem to be a magnet for the shit. Got home to LAN, they are having what is basically a heatwave (~40 degree F) but by the time I went to bed that night it was snowing. Of course, this is the day before I need to drive down to JCC (new job things to take care of). All I can say to Mother Nature is, "Bring It Bee-atch!!!". I can take it.
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