This story has less to do with an actual flight and more to do with the peculiar mayhem I had to endure during a stopover in Detroit. I was flying from Hamburg, Germany to Halifax, Canada and had to change planes in Amsterdam and Detroit. I don’t fly very often, and this was only my […]
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Anyone that has flown out of Denver knows that United is always back logged in the ticketing area. It doesn’t matter the day, time…it’s a log jam. I have arrived 4 hours early for international check-in (Denver to Belfast 3 flights w. International connections) and security — to walk through the door at 7am to […]
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About 3 years ago, I flew on a major US airline from Chicago-O’Hare to Sacramento by myself at the age of 13. I was going to see relatives and stay with them for a week. After checking in at ORD (and passing security with a 12 oz bottle of liquid- it was after the “liquid […]
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I was on a LA to NYC flight with my son (11 years old) and before we left, my son bought a bunch of throwing stars from one of the China Town gift shops in LA. These things were Razor Sharp, I had no clue my son also bought a mini katana which when I […]
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After a near-perfect vacation in Cancun, Mexico (early-2009), two friends and I boarded our Mexicana Airlines flight back to Texas. Our luggage contained our basic amenities and minor valuables including our phone and laptop chargers, shoes, and memorabilia purchased during our trip. For security purposes (as required by US law), each piece of luggage contained […]
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Going through security in the Orlando airport and running late as usual, I placed a satchel containing reading material into a plastic tray for x-ray scanning; the top of the satchel was below the top of the tray. On top of the satchel I placed my eyeglasses, watch and car keys. I cleared the body […]
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Consulting had me flying on average two hundred and thirty legs a year up until five years ago. It had gotten to the point that, with cancellations and overnight delays it was taking longer than it would to drive. The flight Nazis even back then had become unbearably rude and abusive. While working a job […]
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Several years ago, flying from SYR to DCA. At the gate the TSA was doing their usual random searches, and a guy several people in front of me got randomized, and shortly thereafter I did too. They take the guy behind the security screen and start the process. A TSA agent in a stern tone […]
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This doesn’t really concern a flight so much as the shady service I was subjected to at Delta’s terminal in LaGuardia on my way to Disney World. I was on my way to Florida with my fiancée, and it was 7 am. We were dropped off at the terminal and everything was going great until […]
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I live between Denver and Orlando and had until the airline crisis always taken red eye flights into and out of Orlando. When most of the airlines cut the red eye flights, I had no choice but to fly with the ranks of the screaming kids. I have traveled a lot but not a single […]
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Security has gotten nit-picky. Small tubes of tooth paste, deodorant, etc. are necessary every day items and should not be bothered. An obvious labeled jar of jam bought on vacation for a gift was taken. Come on! Security has gone way over board and are not consistent either. There is NO common sense to the […]
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How about flight from hell, for my disabled husband? The boneheads at security always frisk him down. Even ask him if he can walk (he’s in a wheelchair), what would YOU assume? He can walk only with assistance because he hasn’t ANY balance. So it is a comedy of errors trying to get him thru […]
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Deeply Grateful To The Airlines!
July 4, 2009
in Flying Hell Commentary
Consulting had me flying on average two hundred and thirty legs a year up until five years ago. It had gotten to the point that, with cancellations and overnight delays it was taking longer than it would to drive. The flight Nazis even back then had become unbearably rude and abusive. While working a job […]
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