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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 7:24 am
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Originally Posted by mwilmotii
Last night, I was on a flt from PHL to FLL that was delayed after takeoff due to weather. Thirty minutes after the scheduled arrival time in FLL, we landed in Palm Beach because we were running low on fuel.
Kinda a slap in the face... PBI is about 40 miles north of FLL... Unless FLL had issues (air traffic, runway traffic, etc.). I just would have been pissed and wanted to get off and rent a car in PBI and drive at that point.
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