Guide to Northwest Airlines Problem Solving
Based on a true story...
Plan A: Take off from gate A10, fly to detroit.
Plan B: Switch to gate A2 by only calling the flight number, not where it goes. All those unaware that the flight to detroit is flight 1096 remain at gate A10. Get paperwork done, take off, fly to detroit.
Plan C: Get mechanic to fix window that won't shut after passing paperwork through. Start engines, take off, fly to detroit.
Plan D: Turn off engines and turn them back on again due to fault on main computer. Hope fault clears, fly to detroit.
Plan E: Try Previous plan one more time even though it didn't work the first time.
Plan F: Taxi to terminal, get mechanics to fix engine. Make sure everything is in order, fly to detroit.
Plan F2: Call somebody to park airplane before taxing to terminal. Make sure everybody is okay, fly to detroit.
Plan G: Make passengers wait anxiously while discoving that flight attendants are no longer legal to fly. Serve passengers beverages in hopes they will forget they have been stranded on tarmac for four hours. Attempt to persuade flight attendants to fly anyway. Fly to detroit.
Plan H: Fly to memphis to pick up new flight attendants, then continue on to detroit.
Plan I: Fly to tampa to pick up new flight attendants, then continue on to detroit.
Plan J: Cancell flight, taxi to terminal and unload passengers. Send representatives of NWA to help with transportation and hotel reservations. Fly to detroit tommorow at 9 am.
Plan K: Send busses to plane to bus passengers to terminal. Send NWA representatives after customs, Fly to detroit tommorow at 2 pm.
Plan L: Don't send NWA representatives to help with hotel reservations and transit, and remove all airline personel from airport, just to piss people off more. Departure for detroit tommorow, but not sure when.
Plan A: Take off from gate A10, fly to detroit.
Plan B: Switch to gate A2 by only calling the flight number, not where it goes. All those unaware that the flight to detroit is flight 1096 remain at gate A10. Get paperwork done, take off, fly to detroit.
Plan C: Get mechanic to fix window that won't shut after passing paperwork through. Start engines, take off, fly to detroit.
Plan D: Turn off engines and turn them back on again due to fault on main computer. Hope fault clears, fly to detroit.
Plan E: Try Previous plan one more time even though it didn't work the first time.
Plan F: Taxi to terminal, get mechanics to fix engine. Make sure everything is in order, fly to detroit.
Plan F2: Call somebody to park airplane before taxing to terminal. Make sure everybody is okay, fly to detroit.
Plan G: Make passengers wait anxiously while discoving that flight attendants are no longer legal to fly. Serve passengers beverages in hopes they will forget they have been stranded on tarmac for four hours. Attempt to persuade flight attendants to fly anyway. Fly to detroit.
Plan H: Fly to memphis to pick up new flight attendants, then continue on to detroit.
Plan I: Fly to tampa to pick up new flight attendants, then continue on to detroit.
Plan J: Cancell flight, taxi to terminal and unload passengers. Send representatives of NWA to help with transportation and hotel reservations. Fly to detroit tommorow at 9 am.
Plan K: Send busses to plane to bus passengers to terminal. Send NWA representatives after customs, Fly to detroit tommorow at 2 pm.
Plan L: Don't send NWA representatives to help with hotel reservations and transit, and remove all airline personel from airport, just to piss people off more. Departure for detroit tommorow, but not sure when.