OT - Are your feelings hurt? - OT

lousubcap

@Foghorn -  truly sorry for your professional hose job.  Guessing the thing was courtesy of United Airlines??
Also appreciate the business scam enlightenment you summarized.  Air travel is such a screw job these days-and I doubt it will get any better.  

Foghorn

@lousubcap, it's American Airlines.

I fly to Chicago a lot.  From San Antonio only American and Southwest fly direct.  I fly Southwest whenever I can.  However, for many of my trips the American flights have better times so I fly them about half the time.

JohnInCarolina

@Foghorn that all sounds pretty lousy, and unfortunately in my experience, pretty typical of air travel these days.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Oh damn dude. I live that little slice of heaven a few times a year. Got stuck in Philly a few weeks ago. I have heard that in the small print in true "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" style they can actually hook you up with a roomie if they so choose. I never take the airline hotel. They always suck. I am fortunate to have my business expenses covered so I can handle my own hotels and dinners and bourbon etc when I get screwed. It still sucks but it does make life easier when you can just bail and do your own thing. I feel sorry for people who have to cover these things out of pocket. On top of being a total pain in the ass, It's expensive for civilians to have to pay for unexpected stuff like this

Ozzie_Isaac

One time I had to fly to Alaska on short notice.  Got to do it through Netjets.  The Citation X was really cool, and just right for me by myself. It had square cup holders for the Fiji water bottles.  It was a headache to get scheduled because you're supposed to schedule a flight plan a min of 48hrs in advance for Alaskan airspace.  I only had 24hrs notice.  Trying to find who in the DOD to call for approval was difficult.  Life is rough sometimes, but we make it through.

Foghorn

@The Cen-Tex Smoker, you're right.  I'm definitely more fortunate than most of the travelers that were in the same situation.  On this trip, I'm not responsible for my expenses and even if I were, I can afford it without it being a disaster.  I recognize that is not true for all travelers.  It wasn't true for me for many years.  It's one of those "almost every gate in the airport has a line of people with an issue" days in the airport.  

My flight that I'm supposed to be on today went through Dallas - but it is delayed and will miss the connection.  So they got me on a later direct flight to San Antonio in an exit row.  It's not as good as getting home yesterday, but if it is anywhere close to on time, I will get home in time for the Earth Wind and Fire concert that we have tickets for tonight which is the only thing I really had planned for today.  

@Ozzie_Isaac and @thetrim, I've flown in private jets a couple of times.  It is a sweet way to travel no doubt.  But not something I can do regularly.

blind99

Foghorns pilot suffered a prolapse
of judgment about amounts of gas
now he's late for his work
feeling butt hurt
while Ozzie pops bottles in first class

Foghorn

@blind99, very nice.

I prefer haikus to limericks (only because they are easier)

I'm still in O'Hare
Because of not enough gas
Wish I owned a jet

Legume

I've been stuck like this with several airlines over the years and it just sucks all the way around.  Glad you're getting back in time for concert.  Company I work for has a couple of corp jets and I've had the opportunity a couple of times to fly.  Nothing beats the 'show up 5 min before departure time' but in my case, both were trips to meet w/very pissed off clients, so that took some of the glam out of it.  I'm getting lazy w/biz travel, much longer lead times to flights, avoiding tight connections, etc.  I'm just tired of that grind.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Foghorn said:

@blind99, very nice.

I prefer haikus to limericks (only because they are easier)

I'm still in O'Hare
Because of not enough gas
Wish I owned a jet

The only problem
with owning your own airplane?
No beer when you fly

(unless you have a pilot too)

Ozzie_Isaac

There once was a man from Nantucket.

blind99

No pilot for your plane? Man, that's rough!

nolaegghead

Ozzie_Isaac said:

There once was a man from Nantucket.

He was depressed with a gun and said Phucket.

blind99

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

There once was a man from Nantucket.

He was depressed with a gun and said Phucket.

He lit up some lump

slovelad

blind99 said:

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

There once was a man from Nantucket.

He was depressed with a gun and said Phucket.

He lit up some lump

And he gave it a thump...

Fred19Flintstone

slovelad said:

blind99 said:

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

There once was a man from Nantucket.

He was depressed with a gun and said Phucket.

He lit up some lump

And he gave it a thump...

Then he took a...grumpy.

Hans61

Fred19Flintstone said:

slovelad said:

blind99 said:

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

There once was a man from Nantucket.

He was depressed with a gun and said Phucket.

He lit up some lump

And he gave it a thump...

Then he took a...grumpy.

Foghorn

@Hans61, I don't know if it is true on the ground but your contribution is freakishly slow at 34,000 feet with bad wifi.  Makes it that much more hard to watch - and not watch at the same time.  

Hans61

Foghorn said:

@Hans61, I don't know if it is true on the ground but your contribution is freakishly slow at 34,000 feet with bad wifi.  Makes it that much more hard to watch - and not watch at the same time.  

LMAO :-)

HeavyG

WAAAAH FORCE ONE



SO...is Melissa Mac going to be doing a farewell performance on SNL tonight???

DMW

HeavyG said:

WAAAAH FORCE ONE



SO...is Melissa Mac going to be doing a farewell performance on SNL tonight???

I hope so, I really hope so. I might not be able to stay up that late, but Tivo has me covered for an early AM viewing.

northGAcock

Yes....may never smile again.

DMW

HeavyG said:

WAAAAH FORCE ONE



SO...is Melissa Mac going to be doing a farewell performance on SNL tonight???

Dangnabit, it's a rerun...