DL 1948

I heart AirTran. I do. I've never had a horrid experience with them. I know everyone else has, but AirTran has always safely taken me to DC, Arizona, Puerto Rico, New York and California on the cheap. I only take Delta when I HAVE to. This means when I go overseas or need to get into the right Chicago airport - like yesterday.Now to be fair - I don't know if I should blame THE MOST AWFUL PLANE EXPERIENCE EVER solely on Delta because it was raining outside last night...HOWEVER (and I'm about to go Kanye here):

I DON'T FUCKING UNDERSTAND THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION. IF WE'RE DELAYED, FINE. TELL ME AND TELL ME WHY. UPDATE THE GATE SCREEN. MAKE IT READ "DL 1948 CHICAGO-O'HARE DELAYED. NOW DEPARTING AT XX:XXPM" I SAT AT THAT FUCKING GATE THINKING MY FLIGHT WAS STILL LEAVING AT 8:09PM. AT 8:09PM, THE SCREEN WAS UPDATED TO 8:35PM. SERIOUSLY? YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT SOONER? WAS IT NOT OBVIOUS?!

WHEN WE ACTUALLY BOARDED (NOT DEPARTED) AT 8:35PM, IT TOOK FOREVER JUST TO PULL BACK FROM THE GATE. WE MUST HAVE SAT THERE AN HOUR. ACTUALLY, WE DID SIT THERE AN HOUR. THE DELAY? THE FUCKING TRANSFERS' LUGGAGE. WERE PASSENGERS UPDATED IN A TIMELY MANNER? NO. ABOUT 30 MINUTES AFTER WE'RE ALL SEATED AND DYING TO JUST MOVE BUT HEARING SOME BANGING GOING ON UNDERNEATH US, THE CAPTAIN COMES ON OVER THE LOUDSPEAKER AND SAYS "SORRY FOLKS, WE'LL PUSH OUT SOON. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S LUGGAGE, INCLUDING OUR TRANSFERS, MAKE IT ONTO THE PLANE" DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE I SHOULD BE FEELING SORRY FOR THE TRANSFERS. I DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR FUCKING LUGGAGE. DON'T MOST OF US ONLY DO CARRY-ON ANYMORE ANYWAY? JESUS!

AFTER AN ADDITIONAL 30 MINUTES AT THE GATE, WE FINALLY PULL BACK ONLY TO SIT FOR ANOTHER HOUR. THE CAUSE? APPARENTLY, FOUR OTHER PLANES DECIDED TO PULL BACK AT THE SAME EXACT TIME. HOW COINCIDENTAL. SIDENOTE: PILOTS REALLY HAVE YOU AT THE MERCY OF THEIR STATEMENTS - YOU CAN'T SEE SHIT FROM INSIDE THE PLANE. FOR ALL I KNOW THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SOME CRAZY PROTEST AGAINST DELAYED FLIGHTS GOING ON IN FRONT OF US AND I WOULDNT HAVE BEEN THE WISER. CAPTAIN LIAR OF DELTA FLIGHT 1948 DID UPDATE US ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR DELAY. KADOOZE. FUCK.

THEN WE START CRAWLING AT A GLACIAL PACE. C R A W L I N G. MIGHT I ADD ITS NOT RAINING OUT BUT WE'RE DELAYED FROM TAKING OFF DUE TO WEATHER - DO THE PASSENGERS KNOW THIS DIRECTLY FROM THE PILOT? NO. DEDUCTIVE LOGIC.

MY FLIGHT, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO TAKE OFF AT 8:09 TOOK OFF AT 10:45ISH.

ONLY A PORTILLO'S HOT DOG COULD CHEER ME UP AFTER THIS DISASTER.

THANKS, NC (your nickname is coming.)