Comments | raspberry_blond: worst. trip. ever

raspberry_blond

worst. trip. ever

Dec 17, 2011 01:09

So I'm not home. I get up at the asscrack of dawn for.my flight and just as they're about to take off they discover some engine parts are missing. Yes. They were about to take off with missing engine parts! Of course they say its going to be a 2 hour delay and that turned into 8 hours which turned into the flight being cancelled. So I am not home ( Read more... )

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wolverinesand December 17 2011, 13:49:38 UTC

Curse these mishaps! You hang in there ... I am with you!

raspberry_blond December 19 2011, 20:35:31 UTC

Curse these mishaps! You hang in there ... I am with you!

Thank you, m'love! I'm back! It took a minute, but made it! <3

wolverinesand December 19 2011, 21:08:53 UTC

Welcome back!I'm glad you tuned in again! Greetings!

kaotic_sanity December 18 2011, 04:06:05 UTC

Jeezus that's insane!! Let's try to look at the positive though...cancelled flight or fly on a plane that's missing parts? ...mind you that's serious WTF going on there...

Cripes you're too sweet...luvs back at ya! <3
...I'd say the offering worked...safe voyage? Not on THAT flight! Serious bad joo-joo averted! It seems I must draw you more to keep you safe eh?

raspberry_blond December 19 2011, 20:40:33 UTC

Jeezus that's insane!! Let's try to look at the positive though...cancelled flight or fly on a plane that's missing parts? ...mind you that's serious WTF going on there...

When I first told the hubs, he thought I was joking, because it was like the worst case scenario EVER for a fearful flyer. But he was tracking the flight on the Web and saw the huge-ass, red CANCELLED notation next to it and he literally started cursing up a storm. This man never curses, but he was dropping f-bombs left and right. He couldn't believe it. He met me at JFK when I got in at 5 in the freaking morning with hugs and chocolate. I love that man! :)

Cripes you're too sweet...luvs back at ya! <3

I can't stop ogling! I've gotta write fic around it. Both of them, really! I have some ideas that may incorporate them both, but I'd be good with writing two separate ones because they are AMAZING!

...I'd say the offering worked...safe voyage? Not on THAT flight! Serious bad joo-joo averted! It seems I must draw you more to keep you safe eh? I vote yes! Seriously ( ... )

kaotic_sanity December 19 2011, 21:13:32 UTC

OH THANK GOODNESS! I was getting worried & wondering what the status was and was ready to post from home tonight if you didn't update soon! She lives!!!

He met me at JFK when I got in at 5 in the freaking morning with hugs and chocolate. I love that man! :)
I suddenly do too! Hahaha...he has been trained well, excellent work! ;)

I can't stop ogling! I've gotta write fic around it. Both of them, really! I have some ideas that may incorporate them both, but I'd be good with writing two separate ones because they are AMAZING!
Thank you, THANK YOU. It's because of you and your fics that I can draw these up. They even have their own sketch book. Between you & arrowtibbs, this is pretty much your book!

Your pic was literally the LAST thing I saw before getting on that plane, so YES, it is official: Your art and E/J is life!
HAHAHA...oh my! Must stay humble...must stay humble...must stay humble...

fushia_black December 18 2011, 05:43:22 UTC

What the... how does one try to fly a plane without parts? How did it even get to the tarmac in that condition?? Be careful and I hope you get home soon, before Crhistmas preferably. : )

raspberry_blond December 19 2011, 20:43:43 UTC

What the... how does one try to fly a plane without parts? How did it even get to the tarmac in that condition??

I asked the hubs this, because I KNOW. WHY IS A BROKEN PLANE FIVE SECOND FROM TAXIING DOWN THE RUNWAY? He said that most likely the pilots weren't completely sure that there was a problem until they literally started up the plane and it's unlikely that these pilots had flown in that particular plane, especially since it was an earlyish morning flight. He and my BIL have since informed me that airplane mechanics get paid a pretty decent wage to ensure shit like this does NOT ever happen. You can't catch everything, obvs, but GEEZUS. I'd think the fucking ENGINE of a plane would be the first thing you check!

I made it, though that also was marred by farce. A woman tried to sneak her dog aboard and had to be escorted off the plane. The friggin captain had to deplane and help the baggage people find her luggage. We ended up getting out of SFO almost an hour late. UGH.

spinner_atropos December 18 2011, 14:40:30 UTC

I temped in the QA department of an airline once. It was... interesting, if not comforting.

raspberry_blond December 19 2011, 20:48:58 UTC

I temped in the QA department of an airline once. It was... interesting, if not comforting.

Dear God, I can only imagine. When the "delay" was initially reported to be only 2 hours, the guy in back of me called someone and said "80s deregulation rears its head again." Since I pretty much spent that decade playing with My Little Ponies, I had no real idea what he meant at the time, but Google is our friend. I dunno ... I keep thinking that surely, in the commercial airline industry, there are such things as accountability, desire for a job well done and concern for safety. WELP. I guess not ...

spinner_atropos December 20 2011, 01:26:54 UTC

Now that it's commercial it's all about profit!

I e-mailed myself some of the really good entries from the maintenance logs. I should dig those out. (Pilot: "Clipboard missing from cockpit." Mechanic: "Clipboard located in seat pocket. Tested okay." What'd he do, sproing the clip a couple of times?)