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I like American better anway! December 4, 2006

Posted by Phillip in : travel , add a comment

So as I expected, my flight to SLC was canceled. I had a feeling when the pilot told us he was going to “reboot the plane” that I was in for Bad Things(TM). About 20 minutes after my previous post, they herded everyone off the plane and told us the flight was canceled. No problem right? Just go reschedule with Delta. So I walk my happy rear-end back to the ticketing desk and an agent tells me that my flight has been rescheduled for 9:00 AM with the same flight number. AWESOME! I walk back through security and end up back at the same gate where the agent tells me that the flight was not rescheduled and that the Delta folks are WRONG! This is a problem. The next flight leaves at 4:20 PM and my class starts at 1:00 PM (MST). Luckily, I have the benefit of having a whole department of travel agents at my disposal. With little-to-no effort, I get my tickets for Delta refunded and confirmed on an American Airlines flight to SLC. After running, yes running, through the Austin airport I arrive at the gate and slip through. After a very tight connection in DFW, I am on my way to sunny (cold, but sunny) Salt Lake. After that, all things just fell into place. Somehow, my luggage made it. My car is ready and it even has the navigation system. I pulled into the parking garage, walked down to the Novell office and sat in my chair just in time for class.

I love it when a plan comes together. Let’s just hope my flight hope is better.

reboot… wtf man!

Posted by Phillip in : Field Report, travel , add a comment

Let me begin by saying, I am writing this from my BlackBerry while sitting on the plane. The pilot came over the loud-speaker about five minutes ago and told us he needed to “reboot the plane.” Of course, this is a little nerve racking, but better to do it on the ground than in the air. Well, the pilot just popped back on and told us the reboot didn’t work and they were calling in “the Engineer.”

To be honest, this all makes me a little nervous, but once again, better to catch it while on the ground. This topic does dovetail nicley into my next topic, a blog post which I intend to entitle “where to get your last meal,” stay tuned!