Fear of Flying: 2010 version

The not-so-friendly skies

I got this email from from Sister #1 and had to share:

"In the last 8 weeks I’ve had:

-- 18 take-offs and landings;

-- 3 de-icings;

-- 1 long delay at a connecting airport due to snowstorm fouling up schedule;

-- 1 delayed departure due to bad weather at destination;  

-- 1 pre-dawn flight in total darkness (cabin lights inoperable due to cold overnight temps);

-- 1 crew-change delay due to bad weather elsewhere causing late arrival of incoming flight with new crew;

-- 1 return-to-gate (mechanical problem) with rebooking on later flight on same airline;

-- 1 cancelled flight (mechanical problem) with rebooking on much later flight on different airline; and

-- 2 last-second aborted landings 15 minutes apart (pilot said he couldn’t see the runway), rerouting to another airport, 2-hour wait on the other airport’s runway, flight cancelled, and long bus ride back in snow and fog.

I guess the good news is my luggage was never lost and no one broke their hip putting my suitcase in the car."

[note: my dad fell with a suitcase last year and broke his other hip. He's recovered.)