US1066 MSY CLT 12F I chatted with a colleague the whole time on this leg, so I didn't notice too much about the flight. Takeoff was about 30 min late, and landing ditto. En route we were served a sort of snack - a turkey-cheese croissant sandwich, the bread soggy,
the turkey slightly odd-tasting, the cheese elderly and mottled. There was some kind of BBQ-flavored snack mix as well, fairly palatable but with no redeeming nutritional value. Also a fun size packet of M&Ms - I neurotically counted 23. There was some turbulence
on descent. In-seat audio on both this plane and the next, but I didn't use it.
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US 339 CLT DCA 12F. Thought about taking the previous flight, which was 1 1/4 hr late and thus about 20 min ahead of the one I was scheduled on, but reasoned that people on our (sold out) flight probably tried that game and so urs might not be quite so crowded. No
such luck, ours was packed to the gills. Slept through most of the 45 min flight, which came in right on time. When I fell asleep, there was a baby squalling in back; the baby was more or less quiet when I woke - must have been a good flight. Seats on this Airbus were
the most comfortable coach seats I recall on any airline, although the armrests go only about halfway up, as the seats are too padded. Empower ports = yes. Got in around midnight, had plenty of calls to make. Mighty tired.