What happened at O'hare?
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Chris_Ford
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Bog said:
I thought the marine layer was like 1000 feet up, is it more of a surface fog?
Bog said:
only if you're a panzy.....
seriously though...walking through the terminal yesterday, some guy asks me if I'm flying to so-and-so, and I say yes. He asks me how long the delay is....I had no idea there was a delay........livin the dream......I'm just a lemming...don't ask me any question...i do what i'm told....
SeanD
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Adreamer, Delta held a fully loaded 767-400 from ATL to LAS for me for about 15 min. My flight was delayed by 2 in ORF ( not sure why ) I was certain I was going to be camping out in ATL, this was their last one of the evening to LAS. I even made calls to friends at home telling them I wouldnt be home that night. Flight leaves ORF, the ticket agent felt horrible that I wasnt going to make my connection in ATL and put me in 1st class for the 1 hour flight on the MD-88, sweet 
. We arrived and de-planed and I walked to check if that flight had left to LAS assuming It had already. It was still at the gate! I hauled ass down the 20 mile long ATL terminal A saw the gate agents and they were yelling " Hurry Sean, we have been waiting for you!" I was like WTF, how do they know my name? I remember I am a Delta Sky Miles member and had over 13,000 miles on my FF card. Im not sure if that had something to do with it but all in all I was very greatful to Delta. However the 200+ pax on that flight were not happy to see me at all. I took my walk of shame all the way back to seat 42A. That felt like a punishment all in its own but going back to the original topic. I still never knew why I was delayed in ORF but I did know what caused the delay in ATL.
. We arrived and de-planed and I walked to check if that flight had left to LAS assuming It had already. It was still at the gate! I hauled ass down the 20 mile long ATL terminal A saw the gate agents and they were yelling " Hurry Sean, we have been waiting for you!" I was like WTF, how do they know my name? I remember I am a Delta Sky Miles member and had over 13,000 miles on my FF card. Im not sure if that had something to do with it but all in all I was very greatful to Delta. However the 200+ pax on that flight were not happy to see me at all. I took my walk of shame all the way back to seat 42A. That felt like a punishment all in its own but going back to the original topic. I still never knew why I was delayed in ORF but I did know what caused the delay in ATL.ComplexHiAv8r
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Kristie said:
I didnt think they would allow you to book a connection with some min amount of time? I use to book my STL-CVG-CAK returns on Friday's and run to the gate in CVG (okay dont laugh too loud for those who know me, and my size!) and most time I would get there for the flight before my scheduled and get home early. If not, time to get the starbucks and sit it out.
Bog
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Chris_Ford said:
The problem with SAN is that the LOC 27 has an MDA of 660', so with a 500' overcast / marine layer, you're not getting in from that side. Even the ILS 9 only gets you down to 350', thanks to the hills restricting the missed approach.
In the afternoon, the other problem is the haze / smog. If you're trying to land on 27 with 3-5 miles of visibility, you might not catch the runway in time to nose-over and make the it.
In the meantime, all the pax who live 2 miles inland are talking to their loved ones in SAN who just cannot understand why the flight is being delayed because it's clear at their house.
Maximilian_Jenius
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Bog said:
I missed my original flight from PHX-LAS. So they rerouted me through SAN!
Bog said:
..Exactly!
Maximilian_Jenius
Super User
Bog said:
Well it was my fault for waking up late then taking my sweet time getting to the airport. About the re-route. I was flying SWA on a Friday even though they have flights leaving PHX-LAS every hour on the hour each flight departing PHX was either sold out or overbooked from Fri-Sat.
The standby list was even more of a joke one gate had 100 standby's at 3pm. SAN had a connection to Vegas and no standby's all in all it wasn't bad. But we had 30-45 minute sit in SAN as well because we missed block time for departure and ATC had to find a space for us. It was pretty much of the samething in PHX only worse cause those people were just itchin to gamble!