Originally Posted by
buckeyefanflyer
I see the tracking on flight aware. I wounder why the plane went to MSY, looks like it would have been just as close to return to IAH. MSY ground staffe has probably not seen a 787.
At first I thought we might be doing just that. What got my attention was that we did a long right turn. It almost seemed that we might have done a 180, but it turned out not to be.
And yes, MSY is not ready for the 787. We had to park away from the gate and they brought up a stairway to deplane us. Also I would suspect that they would also have to bring mechanics out from IAH to service the plane, as I doubt any at MSY are 787 qualified.
The ground staff here is quite happy to get a look as they are taking turns going out and checking it out.
It was interesting deplaning down the stairs. Got a close up look at the plane from the ground. I never realized just how big the engine intakes are.
Wish I could have lingered on the tarmac to get some pictures, but the TSA and Police on hand were discouraging that.
Originally Posted by
buckeyefanflyer
Looks like a 762 flight 6852 is leaving IAH now to pick you up.
Not quite yet. Its now got a 12 (CST) depature. We have a 2:10 depature scheduled as UA 1755 at this point.