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Descant · 01-03-2020, 01:23 PM

Big guys have problems too. Last October we flew from Boston, plane change in Denver, en route to Maui. In Denver, we delayed for 5 minutes for passengers arriving late from another flight. Five minutes turned into 20. Then the pilots had a glitch as they finally started the checklist. "Soon" turned into 45 minutes. It was determined that the glitch had redundancies, and since they couldn't fix it, we didn't need it and we could depart. But now we had lost our place in line for the de-icer. That of course meant we lost our place in line for taxi and take-off. Three hours in the plane, before we actually took-off. Good flight the 777 was very comfortable, seats recline to a flat sleeping position. Plus 25 minutes since we boarded early. When we got to Maui, you guessed it, we lost our place in line at the gate. Good news: United was the cheapest fare.

01-03-2020, 01:23 PM	#10
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,039 Thanks: 1,212 Thanked 1,521 Times in 985 Posts	Not just the little guys Big guys have problems too. Last October we flew from Boston, plane change in Denver, en route to Maui. In Denver, we delayed for 5 minutes for passengers arriving late from another flight. Five minutes turned into 20. Then the pilots had a glitch as they finally started the checklist. "Soon" turned into 45 minutes. It was determined that the glitch had redundancies, and since they couldn't fix it, we didn't need it and we could depart. But now we had lost our place in line for the de-icer. That of course meant we lost our place in line for taxi and take-off. Three hours in the plane, before we actually took-off. Good flight the 777 was very comfortable, seats recline to a flat sleeping position. Plus 25 minutes since we boarded early. When we got to Maui, you guessed it, we lost our place in line at the gate. Good news: United was the cheapest fare.