(October 12, 2021 at 2:45 pm)Brian37 Wrote: SHUT THE FUCK UP! If you get a "delayed" icon on the flight list at the airport, JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP. Be it mechanical or weather, waiting is better than being dead.
On my last trip to Australia, on my way back, I got stuck in Brisbane for 9 hours, at the airport because of mechanical issues with the jet that eventually picked me up 9 hours after it was originally left LA and was scheduled to land in Brisbane. YES, IT SUCKED. I sat for 9 hours when the original flight was scheduled for the morning. But I waited, and I waited, and the most important thing was I DID NOT DIE!
Point being, even outside air traffic, humans are too fixed on fast in getting anything. I got home both of my trips to Australia, and even my trip to Japan 2000, because all the pilots in all cases, put safety over customer bullshit.
I have a sad story about a long layover in an airport due to weather. My first husband died on December 20, 1984. I flew out from Arizona a couple days later heading to Iowa for the funeral. I got stranded in Chicago due to a snowstorm. I spent eight hours sitting in an airport, heavily medicated, being moved from gate area to gate area. Everyone was pretty upbeat as they were heading home for the Christmas holiday...I was heading home to bury my husband. Boo Hoo right.
People react to things differently. It's quite possible that the initial reaction of people is that they have another flight to make or a meeting they have to get to or maybe a funeral to attend.
“If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.” — Confucius
