Thank YOU! It's Customer Appreciation Week!
EXTRA 11% OFF Orders $100+ With Code: THANKYOU
×
Scrapbook.com
Inspiration ⁄ Tupperjacci's Gallery
   Previous Next  

Cheers

Give a Cheer
Profile photo
Tupperjacci
September 12, 2005

An Omen Unrecognized

Give cheer Give a Cheer
Favorite

This Layout was about our adventure of a plane trip to Gulfport Mississippi, 6 days before it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Thanks to Lori (cheeryo) for the title
On Aug 23 we headed to the airport to begin our vacation to Gulfport. It was a gray and cloudy day. As we were sitting at the terminal waiting to board I noticed that it had begun to rain. While our plane was in line to taxi, all the flights were put on hold due to lightning. After about 20 minutes the captain announced that the airport was re-opened and we were about 8th in line to take off. About6 minutes later he came on again and announced that while we were next in line, the control tower had switched the direction of the airport and we would need to taxi all the way to the other end of the runway and take off the direction we were facing now.
Todd and I kept a close eye on the time, we started with about an hour to spare between flights and now it was down to about 15 minutes. Our connecting flight to Gulfport was the last one of the day, and we really wanted to be on it. We eventually made it to Atlanta with a few minutes to spare and only had to walk down a few gates rather than travel all the way across the Atlanta airport. The plane we were supposed to connect with was actually a few minutes late arriving. Just as we were finally settled in our seats, the flight attendant came on the speaker and said that we would need to get off the plane because it had been grounded due to damage on the nose. It was uncertain if they could fix it or if they could find a new plane or get us re-booked with another airline. So we waited. At last another plane was found, but it hadn’t landed yet. We waited a little longer. The plane arrived about 5:30 and we boarded. As the plane was backing up, the captain came on and said that the airport had just been shut down due to lightning and we would be sitting for a little while. That little while turned into a very LONG while.
Several people had asked if the attendants could serve drinks since we were just sitting. They said that they were unable to, because at any minute the airport could re-open and we would need to begin taxiing and if the cart was out we couldn’t move and we would loose our place in line (we were already 30th). So we waited some more. After about 2 hours the captain came on and said that it might still be a little while so he would let the attendants do a quick soda service, no snacks, and no alcohol. They were most of the way finished when we got word the airport was re-opened. They finished up passing out drinks and collecting empty cups.
Ryan was exceptionally good on the plane, considering we sat on the runway for almost 3 hours. He read, took a short nap, played his Leapster and watched Magic School Bus. I wish I could say the same for the man sitting 2 rows up from us in first class. He gave the attendants problems the whole time we were on the ground. One attendant almost lost it. We were 2 planes from taking off, and he had his tray table down, seat belt off and was talking on the phone. She went over and told him “Put your tray table up, your seat belt on and get off the phone NOW! If it weren’t for all the other guests on here I would have the pilot take you back to the gate” The idiot answered “I want to go back to the gate.” However by the time she was done arguing with him, and made it back to the front we were already taxiing for take off. I think if she would have had the pilot turn around, the man would have been attacked by several passengers because there was at least 30 more planes behind us that we would have been stuck behind again.
We finally arrived in Gulfport about 4 ˝ hours late. Little did we know as we sat in the rain, that that storm was nothing compared to what would come later in the week.


layouts scrapbooking
Report

Cheer sent!

Thanks for spreading positivity!

SavedRemovedChanged