catwood
Jul 11, 02, 11:23 am
Hello,
I've never seen a Cape Air trip report on here, so perhaps I am the first.
The morning started out really early, I got on the 6:30AM flight from Philly to Boston on USAIR, very uneventful, however was on an A321 and realized I hadn't flown one before that I could remember. I arrived in Boston on time at about seven forty five and my flight on Cape Air was in Terminal C at 8:30.
So I ran....literally from Terminal B to Terminal C in Boston. Knowing I was running late I decided to be tricky and used my USAIR preferred card in the line at Terminal C. I was asked if I was medallion or whatever it is that airline that starts with a D has, but showed my USAIR card when I said yes. It worked and I used the shorter line.
I made it to the counter pretty promptly and asked if I could sit in the copilots seat. The woman said just to ask the ramp agent that would board you. So when the guy came back from the security gate I asked he said that it would be no problem.
After gathering our group (for each flight # they send two planes, which I think is wierd) they brought us down to the tarmac. He announced, with a serious tone, that "Mr. Atwood" would be sitting in the copilots seat for this trip. It was almost as if I actually was a pilot.
I boarded the plane and met our pilot "Doug S..." and took a look at my seating situation. From my vantage point in the plane I am able to see all controls, hear the radio, and look at all of the windows. For my comfort there is a sunblock thing like in a car. There is no headrest, so for those of you who like business class you are going to have to suck it up.
We started out on Runway 33R which is like the express flight runway in Boston, but ended up changing to 22R and had to wait on the ground. I was like a kid in a candy store watching all the planes take off in front of me. We eventually took off and made our way over Boston harbor to Provincetown Municipal Airport.
Upon landing on this 3500 feet runway we were greeted at the gate...and I mean "the" gate with bottles of cold water, because it was hot out. There were taxis out front and I was off for my vacation.
5 days later I returned to the airport at 5pm for my 6pm flight. Check in was sirprisingly slow, but I was flying back on the 7th and there was a lot of people. We boarded late and took off late, I was in the copilots seat again on this trip.
The pilot let me look at this cool book which has all the runways and approaches for new england airports. We sat on the runway for awhile before we were finally cleared for the VFR flight to Boston.
As we were landing I also saw my SWISS flight that I am taking on the 19th take off, I know they only fly from Boston once a day to Zurich, and it is a beautiful thing to see an A 330 taking off in the sunset.
After landing at about 7:30pm instead of the scheduled 6:20pm I gathered my bag and got out my cell phone to call USAIR and let them know I wouldn't make my 7:45pm flight. There were a lot of other upset passengers who were on other flights that apparently didn't have any other flights that day (Boston to St Louis). The USAIR woman informed me that my 7:45 had been delayed to 9:19pm due to crew scheduling issues. Then I asked about the 6:45 flight...she replied that one had been delayed until 7:45. This whole conversation was being had as I was in motion back to Terminal B. So I hauled booty to B16 and saw that the door was still open and everyone had boarded. The gate agent was nice enough to let me get on the plane, which left the gate promptly after I boarded. I was in philly by about 9pm and home by about 10pm after gettting my car/luggage etc.
I would definitely fly cape air again, however I didn't notice huge time savings with the delays that I encountered.
I've never seen a Cape Air trip report on here, so perhaps I am the first.
The morning started out really early, I got on the 6:30AM flight from Philly to Boston on USAIR, very uneventful, however was on an A321 and realized I hadn't flown one before that I could remember. I arrived in Boston on time at about seven forty five and my flight on Cape Air was in Terminal C at 8:30.
So I ran....literally from Terminal B to Terminal C in Boston. Knowing I was running late I decided to be tricky and used my USAIR preferred card in the line at Terminal C. I was asked if I was medallion or whatever it is that airline that starts with a D has, but showed my USAIR card when I said yes. It worked and I used the shorter line.
I made it to the counter pretty promptly and asked if I could sit in the copilots seat. The woman said just to ask the ramp agent that would board you. So when the guy came back from the security gate I asked he said that it would be no problem.
After gathering our group (for each flight # they send two planes, which I think is wierd) they brought us down to the tarmac. He announced, with a serious tone, that "Mr. Atwood" would be sitting in the copilots seat for this trip. It was almost as if I actually was a pilot.
I boarded the plane and met our pilot "Doug S..." and took a look at my seating situation. From my vantage point in the plane I am able to see all controls, hear the radio, and look at all of the windows. For my comfort there is a sunblock thing like in a car. There is no headrest, so for those of you who like business class you are going to have to suck it up.
We started out on Runway 33R which is like the express flight runway in Boston, but ended up changing to 22R and had to wait on the ground. I was like a kid in a candy store watching all the planes take off in front of me. We eventually took off and made our way over Boston harbor to Provincetown Municipal Airport.
Upon landing on this 3500 feet runway we were greeted at the gate...and I mean "the" gate with bottles of cold water, because it was hot out. There were taxis out front and I was off for my vacation.
5 days later I returned to the airport at 5pm for my 6pm flight. Check in was sirprisingly slow, but I was flying back on the 7th and there was a lot of people. We boarded late and took off late, I was in the copilots seat again on this trip.
The pilot let me look at this cool book which has all the runways and approaches for new england airports. We sat on the runway for awhile before we were finally cleared for the VFR flight to Boston.
As we were landing I also saw my SWISS flight that I am taking on the 19th take off, I know they only fly from Boston once a day to Zurich, and it is a beautiful thing to see an A 330 taking off in the sunset.
After landing at about 7:30pm instead of the scheduled 6:20pm I gathered my bag and got out my cell phone to call USAIR and let them know I wouldn't make my 7:45pm flight. There were a lot of other upset passengers who were on other flights that apparently didn't have any other flights that day (Boston to St Louis). The USAIR woman informed me that my 7:45 had been delayed to 9:19pm due to crew scheduling issues. Then I asked about the 6:45 flight...she replied that one had been delayed until 7:45. This whole conversation was being had as I was in motion back to Terminal B. So I hauled booty to B16 and saw that the door was still open and everyone had boarded. The gate agent was nice enough to let me get on the plane, which left the gate promptly after I boarded. I was in philly by about 9pm and home by about 10pm after gettting my car/luggage etc.
I would definitely fly cape air again, however I didn't notice huge time savings with the delays that I encountered.