Originally Posted by
TWA A380
I was on a flight a few days ago. The first flight was late. I was hoping that the flight would be 30 minutes more late but not cancelled. Then I might miss my connecting flight and stay overnight at that city rather than take the connecting flight which was arriving past 11 pm (2 am Eastern time).
Usually I hope that the plane is on time. Ever have evil thoughts like I did above?
All the time. Usually when I am running through DEN or ATL to get a connection.
But I have wished for it..and sometimes have been granted the wish...when what I have to do at the destination sucks. Once a quarter I have to go to these regional meetings that last 4 hours and are the most boring things in the world..no fun when jet lagged and tired. No time to drop luggage at hotel..get off the plane and go. Well imagine how pleased I was last summer when there was a problem with my aircraft and a new aircraft had to be used, but had not arrived yet! I had a delay of 3.5 hours which would have gotten me there maybe for the last 30 minutes of the meeting.
I called up the big boss, and he said "Look, just cancel and go home..no point flying out here just to miss the meeting". That was a good day!