June 3, 200521 yr :banghead Yesterday was pretty bad My plane was supposed to leave around 7:30pm. It was raining really bad the whole day so the plane that was supposed to come for us had to circle around the airport until the rain stopped a bit. Well, the plane was running low on fuel so it had to go all the way to Ft. Myers to get fuel. This lady in front of me got so mad, she started yelling at the people, she almost got arrested. While I was waiting I went to the bar to see if the Marlins game was on t.v. Well, they had 3 t.v.'s ALL had the Miami Heat game :banghead I wanted to watched the Marlins so bad. I kept calling my dad on his cell phone for updates on the Marlins game. GO DONTRELLE :woohoo The airport was also freezing and on top of that there were tons and tons of kids on the flight. These kids were running around screaming lol. Finally the plane came around 10:45pm. We landed around 1am. Tomorrow we are driving over to North Carolina, I will be waking up at 4am. Where is my sleep? Anyone have any crazy airport/airplane stories?
June 3, 200521 yr awwww poor pampered holly had to endure a rough night in the airport. oh the humanity! :bandit
June 3, 200521 yr At least you weren't on the plane that had to fly around in circles than to Ft. Myers: I was flying Charlotte to Ft. Lauderdale on US Airways with the math team and had to circle around the Bahamas for about half an hour due to weather, then we landed in Miami to refuel. (we suddenly dropped about 1,000 feet in 1 second during the descent) After waiting in Miami's terminal for over two hours, we flew to Ft. Lauderdale and arrived about 4 hours late. The reason for this trouble has a simple explanation: It was US Airways. :whistle
June 3, 200521 yr I was on a plane from Detroit to Miami that got delayed because of inclement weather, ...I remember I must've been 11 or 12 years old and was with my aunt. I guess it was the captain that came over the intercom and announced that we were last in a line of 36 planes waiting to Taxi and takeoff. My aunt went absolutely ape-s*** and made a scene in front of the whole plane and stewardesses about the shi**y quality of the airline . To my surprise to shut her up they moved us to first class for the rest of the trip. Moral of Story: If you bitch and whine you always will get what you want, eventually. good deal :thumbup
June 3, 200521 yr Something very similar happened to me, except... I was 11, all alone, scared shitless, and the plane runs out of fuel in thin air. A flight from New York to Miami, and we have to stop in Nashville to fill up (all airports were full)! The pilot wasn't helping either... he was freaking out more than I was.
June 3, 200521 yr Something very similar happened to me, except... I was 11, all alone, scared shitless, and the plane runs out of fuel in thin air. A flight from New York to Miami, and we have to stop in Nashville to fill up (all airports were full)! The pilot wasn't helping either... he was freaking out more than I was. 794467[/snapback] You should've told him to trust his feelings and use the force! I mean it worked for some hotshot pilot named Luke Skywalker! :mischief
June 3, 200521 yr Holly, where are you now? 794509[/snapback] She said in the game threads she was going to Ohio and North Carolina, so probably Ohio :thumbup
June 4, 200521 yr I almost put a plane in a spin at 2,000 feet.....not a good idea :plain worst flying experience was on my first cross country with my instructor i got a little lost and freaked out, i found my way back on course but i was freaking out for a bit worst airline experince was prolly on a flight from denver to cleveland when the guy landed he landed so hard the plane bounced a few times and i bit my lip.....his landing was horriable, i could have landed the 737 better then he did jeez, it wasent like there was bad weather or anything either
June 4, 200521 yr 1997: Twelve hours waiting for a flight at London-Gatwick and a stomach ache that made me feel like I was giving birth to an alien from the movie of the same name.
June 4, 200521 yr Ok this is what I went through on monday Left Singapore at 7:45 am on monday (really 7:45pm sunday for the east coast) Stopped 3 times and finally arrived in boston at 12:05 am on tuesday. over 9,000 miles 21 hours flying (add in 6-7 hours of layovers)
June 4, 200521 yr it was the summer of 03, after getting on the plane, it turned out there was some mechanical problem or something so we were kept on the plane waiting for an hour or so while whatever was wrong got fixed. it was my 1st flight ever. :plain i still hate flying.
June 4, 200521 yr about a year ago i was in DC-reagan international airport waiting for a connecting flight to get back home. at the time i had some vicious tendonitis in my arms that progressively got worse because i had to carry bags around with me all day. so i put my carry-on bags down in my seat at the gate (there wasn't anything valuable in them), and walked down the terminal looking for some food. i took my time (i had lots), and enjoyed my burger king dinner. when i was almost done, i heard them calling my name over the intercom, so i hurried back to my gate. when i got to the gate, some cop with a major attitude was there with his bigass dog. the cop basically bitched me out for leaving my bags unattended, tried his hardest to be intimidating, and ran a background check and s*** while everyone at the gate just sat there staring at me. pretty embarassing considering i'm brown, but eh, leaving my bags unattended at DCA was a dumb move on my part. in the end, they did let me on the plane, so no harm done. just a scoldin.
June 5, 200521 yr Once on a flight from New York to Ft. Lauderdale about a year ago, there was this girl who went to use the bathroom just before we were about to take off. After about 15 minutes of argueing with the flight attendant she called security and they had to get her out the bathroom, so when they finally did 30 minutes later they were deciding whether or not to kick her off the plane. Well another 30 minutes later they decided to just let her stay on, so basically all that waiting was for nothing. Then as we were about an hour an a half into our flight some girl just literally dropped in the middle of the aisle and said she couldnt breath, so luckily there was a doctor on board and we stopped at some near-by airport and she got off...... another 2 hour delay. Then when we finally landed some 3 or 4 hours later than we should have, security had to come in the plane and escourt the girl from the beginning who wouldnt get out of the bathroom out of the plane first....... held us back a good 30 minutes. The worst flight I've ever been on, and Im going back to New York this wed the 8th....... lets hope I have a good flight :thumbup !!!
June 5, 200521 yr I know what you mean. I just flew back from Amsterdam yesterday and all my flights were delayed.
June 5, 200521 yr My school once went to Ft. Lauderdale airport to greet a Rabbi that was coming in and we saw Jay Fiedler...
June 5, 200521 yr My school once went to Ft. Lauderdale airport to greet a Rabbi that was coming in and we saw Jay Fiedler... 796828[/snapback] now thats a f***ed up trip to the airport.
June 5, 200521 yr My school once went to Ft. Lauderdale airport to greet a Rabbi that was coming in and we saw Jay Fiedler... 796828[/snapback] now thats a f***ed up trip to the airport. 796923[/snapback] Why is it f***ed up? I thought it was going to be as boring as hell, but was glad atleast that I was going to be missing class. But in the end it was cool.
June 5, 200521 yr My school once went to Ft. Lauderdale airport to greet a Rabbi that was coming in and we saw Jay Fiedler... 796828[/snapback] now thats a f***ed up trip to the airport. 796923[/snapback] Why is it f***ed up? 797283[/snapback] well this is a thread talking about bad experiences at the airport and on flights and you mentioned a story involving a rabbi and jay fielder. sounds like it fits in pretty well to me.
June 5, 200521 yr :lol My school once went to Ft. Lauderdale airport to greet a Rabbi that was coming in and we saw Jay Fiedler... 796828[/snapback] now thats a f***ed up trip to the airport. 796923[/snapback] :lol :lol :lol
June 5, 200521 yr My school once went to Ft. Lauderdale airport to greet a Rabbi that was coming in and we saw Jay Fiedler... 796828[/snapback] now thats a f***ed up trip to the airport. 796923[/snapback] Why is it f***ed up? 797283[/snapback] well this is a thread talking about bad experiences at the airport and on flights and you mentioned a story involving a rabbi and jay fielder. sounds like it fits in pretty well to me. 797322[/snapback] Holly, the thread starter, used the word "crazy", not bad. And that's a crazy unexpected experience.
June 5, 200521 yr well this is a thread talking about bad experiences at the airport and on flights and you mentioned a story involving a rabbi and jay fielder. sounds like it fits in pretty well to me. 797322[/snapback] Marlins posts actually being on topic? Thats a first. :plain
June 5, 200521 yr well this is a thread talking about bad experiences at the airport and on flights and you mentioned a story involving a rabbi and jay fielder. sounds like it fits in pretty well to me. 797322[/snapback] Marlins posts actually being on topic? Thats a first. :plain 797348[/snapback] Posts in this forum don't neccessarily need to be on topic. Afterall, this forum used to be called the "Off-Topic" forum before it was renamed to the "Outfield" forum.
June 5, 200521 yr Posts in this forum don't neccessarily need to be on topic. Afterall, this forum used to be called the "Off-Topic" forum before it was renamed to the "Outfield" forum. 797357[/snapback] Yeah I just ordered pizza hut and then I watched Paparazzi .. and now I'm watching Meet the Fockers .. oh wait that has nothing to do with airplanes ..
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