That's amazing, jrl767. It sounds like you have tons of piloting experience and have seen totality from a plane in the past. So awesome. I might have used an extreme similes example, perhaps, but I wanted to make my point clear; so I respect your opinion and I understand. My point was to get both sides to share the details to see what the major root-causes were. There are a lot of disappointment for DL1010. One fellow passenger I had talked to spent almost a month of his earning for this special journey and flight moment. Another person was her planning to celebrate her birthday on that flight with the totality view. There were a lot of different human experiences and emotions that didn't match the anticipation. So it is worthwhile to find the truth.

I got your message, Glpcs. I don't want to just privately share the Delta's response to you, I will post those out here when I get one. I just sent you back my rest of the day experience.

Eclipse2026, after reading through your last paragraph, you reignited my hope that a flight viewing experience of totality solar eclipse in 2026 would be worth a trip to Spain. Thanks for sharing.