It was supposed to be an easy flight to Atlanta, but does anything ever go smoothly when you want them to?
I am keeping this entry brief, do to the nature of the incident...
We
were inroute to Atlanta from Chicago, delayed because of weather in the
Atlanta area. It was already a short overnight to begin with, and
rain in Atlanta wasn't making it any easier...
If
weather delays weren't enough... We had a medical emergency
inroute, and had to divert to Nashville to have a passenger checked out
by paramedics. Paramedics said that he was ok
to continue with us to ATL, so we gassed up, got new paperwork and
headed on our merry way... (I am not at liberty to discuss the
details, so don't ask.)
We FINALLY get to ATL at about 1:30Am,
ONLY 3 hours late. We then had to wait about thirty minutes for
the hotel van to pick us up from the airport. Which is funny,
because the hotel is only ten minutes away. Hmmmmm, makes
COMPLETE sense to me!!
IF THAT wasn't enough... When we
finally get to the hotel, we find out that the hotel is completely
booked for the night, and there are 3 rooms for 4 crew members.
Keep in mind, when our company gets us hotel rooms, they are a set
number per month, bought and paid for. The hotel cannot just give
our rooms away, they are already paid for. So after the front
desk girl flittering about for thirty minutes to tell us that there
were no more rooms available, our Captain had to then go to another
hotel. Mind you it is now almost three in the morning, and we
have to be down in the lobby bright eyed and bushy tailed at
10am. You can do the math...
So this morning we meet down
in the lobby to catch the van to the airport, and low and behold there
is our captain... There WAS a room afterall at our hotel, and he
finally got into it at just before 3am...
Today as tired as I
was, even with the delays and weather in Chicago, what kept me going
was seeing all of these smiley faces from passengers cominginto my
plane. People who were delayed, and missed flights, rerouted,
tired, but still gave me a smile and a hello. I would
have to say that about 98% of my passengers today were so delightful,
that I enjoyed having them on my plane. That's what makes it all
worth while, folks. Seeing happy people, and making people happy
is the reason I love my job.
1 comment:
That is great that you enjoy your job. Most people have jobs that they can't stand, so it's really wonderful that you have fun at your job. Do you ever get tired of flying all around though?
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