I heartily commend to AA flyers today's Wall Street Journal "Middle Seat" column by Scott McCartney:
Cabin Fever
Runway-Bound:
A Holiday Flight
Becomes Ugly
Fetid Toilets, Crying,
And Diaper Shortages;
The Cost of Cutting
January 6, 2007; Page A1
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1168...we_banner_left
Here's the lead paragraph from the story of this nightmare:
After hours of sitting on the runway, the toilets on the American Airlines jet were overflowing. There was no water to be found and no food except for a box of pretzel bags. A pregnant woman sat crying; an unaccompanied teen sobbed. The captain walked up and down the aisle of the MD-80, trying to calm angry passengers. At one point, families with children lined up to be bused to the terminal, but a bus never came.
Discussion invited here.
If you can't find the Journal at your newsstand or you are not a subscriber of the Online Edition, drop me an e-mail with your e-mail address and I'll try to send you a copy from the WSJ website which I am allowed to do as a subscriber. (I'll do this as time allows.)
Preference, as before, to Emmi cheese buyers.
