Originally Posted by
ihdihd
Something tells me they always have a 767 in the hanger at ORD with light maintenance scheduled. On a recent trip to DUB our first plane had an equip change, the second had a hydraulic leak, and amazingly we still got on a third 767, and only a few hours late on departure. It didn't have magazines in the seat backs, which makes me think that they brought it straight from the hanger where something might have been getting fixed...
Still, saying something to the effect of "Hah! Better you than me!" when it comes to the vagaries of air travel is kinda like flashing the high, hard one to the heavens and shouting "Bring it!!"