Strangest reasons for delays
I'm sure we all have had great war stories over the years but today kind of takes the cake....
Flight 166 from DFW to STL - The flight is fully boarded and about to pull back when the pilot announces "We have good news and bad news. The good news is that this plane is going to St. Louis. The bad news is that apparently on the inbound flight, somebody stole the ashtray from the rear lavatory. Smoking onboard is against the law however the FAA considers a missing ashtray as a NO FLY."
Fortunately as DFW is a hub and well stocked with critical things like ashtrays, the entire delay was only about 25 minutes and the crew was great. But I can't help but compare this to the mentality I lived with when I was in the military....you can't smoke but you can't fly without an ashtray LOL!
Feel free to try to top that one.