Recently, airlines began grounding planes after safety oversights became public. Southwest did it. American and Delta did it. Fortunately, all the various companies wasted no time in righting the safety wrongs just in time for James' busy travel week, however, with tornado sirens blaring today, James called with concerns that his flight would be cancelled. It was not. The weather cleared just in time.
Though James beat the weather today, and though all major repairs have supposedly been made on his preferred airline, James' flight was delayed after all for a "mechanical repair." All the passengers boarded, but were delayed on the tarmac as the problem was discovered. Then the passengers were unloaded and left to wait in the terminal for two hours before finally being reboarded and allowed to take-off.
Despite the fact that earlier this month planes were rocketing through the air with wiring problems and cracks in the fuselage, some things are completely unacceptable for air travel:
The toilet roll holder wasn't working properly and had to be replaced.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Mechanical Problems
Posted by Amanda at 11:34 PM
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Poop happens so you need that toilet paper!
I think Steve and James could have lots of stories to share with one another. One time Steve's flight was delayed for many hours because of mechanical problems.... the coffee pot in first class was not working!
You got to have priorities right?
Oh wow. How incredibly frustrating.
So....since my hubby is an airplane mechanic....and since his company was among one of the regional carriers who grounded planes in the last year...
Be greatful that they grounded the flight for 2 hours!
Honestly, if it were a major flaw/repair issue, they would never have let them back on the plane. However, I still refuse to fly on any plane grounded within two hours of the flight! LOL Just kidding!
There was probably one or two people who were very glad that was fixed! The rest probably could hold it.
Wow, that would have been a crisis indeed! Imagine if they had run out of toilet paper. There could have been a tragedy of epic proportions.