February 9, 2018 HURRY
UP AND WAIT!!!!
An old adage suggests,
"if you see a line, go stand in it and eventually you will get
somewhere!" Well, my grandson and I have seen and stood in plenty of
lines today, while some of our DREAM TEAM members have also been standing in
lines, have been lined up on the tarmac and have gotten absolutely nowhere!
Once we arrived in Newark this morning, John and I picked out a spot to camp out, to enjoy our breakfast and to have him work on some homework assignments, while I was contacting clients and other brokers to continue business as normally as possible. However, at about the time we decided to have some lunch, I received a telephone call from Jim Kenyon, a veteran member of past DREAM TEAMS, and he was standing in line, in the Vancouver Airport, having been told, "just go stand there and wait and we will let you know IF and WHEN you will be allowed to board." Although Jim had a confirmed reservation AND a boarding pass, the clever clerks informed him that none of that mattered and that they were in charge.
A short while later, I began to receive text messages from Sharalyn Davis, who was to be flying in from Detroit. If anyone was aware of the "weather in the middle of the country" today, "slim and none" comes to mind. Her flight originally was scheduled to leave Detroit at noon or thereabouts; then a delay to 1:30; then a delay until 2:15; then another. FINALLY, she was sending me a text, indicating that the flight scheduled to depart just ahead of her flight, had actually taken off and she was encouraged. Her flight had one or two more delays, and then she was "on board
and very hopeful - out taxiing on the tarmac. For the next hour and a half, it was "crickets" - or "radio silence".
In the meanwhile, I had spoken two or three times with my little brother, Sanjiv, who has been coordinating all of our travel up to now. He did not seem too concerned, because we still had some built-in time before we had to panic. Long about 5:00 p.m.,, i received the inevitable - word from Sharalyn that they "timed out" and had to return to the terminal (terminal being the appropriate description). They had parked out there, been de-iced to the point there was no more fluid to spray on the aircraft for ice removal. Then, the FINAL WORD - that always feared "CANCELLED".
We have been in contact via chat messages, back and forth and hopefully, she will just spend the night in the Detroit airport and get out on a flight to Newark as early in the morning as she can, so she at least will have a chance at getting cleared to take United Flight #82 tomorrow evening.
Certainly hope Jim Kenyon was able to fly from Vancouver and that Sharalyn will be able to fly tomorrow. The only activity that she will miss on Sunday will be a city tour of Delhi - something not to be missed, if one has the option.
Guess we will grab some snack type things before boarding, because we have a full dinner meal awaiting us, once we are airborne.
BONVOYAGE!!!
Once we arrived in Newark this morning, John and I picked out a spot to camp out, to enjoy our breakfast and to have him work on some homework assignments, while I was contacting clients and other brokers to continue business as normally as possible. However, at about the time we decided to have some lunch, I received a telephone call from Jim Kenyon, a veteran member of past DREAM TEAMS, and he was standing in line, in the Vancouver Airport, having been told, "just go stand there and wait and we will let you know IF and WHEN you will be allowed to board." Although Jim had a confirmed reservation AND a boarding pass, the clever clerks informed him that none of that mattered and that they were in charge.
A short while later, I began to receive text messages from Sharalyn Davis, who was to be flying in from Detroit. If anyone was aware of the "weather in the middle of the country" today, "slim and none" comes to mind. Her flight originally was scheduled to leave Detroit at noon or thereabouts; then a delay to 1:30; then a delay until 2:15; then another. FINALLY, she was sending me a text, indicating that the flight scheduled to depart just ahead of her flight, had actually taken off and she was encouraged. Her flight had one or two more delays, and then she was "on board
and very hopeful - out taxiing on the tarmac. For the next hour and a half, it was "crickets" - or "radio silence".
In the meanwhile, I had spoken two or three times with my little brother, Sanjiv, who has been coordinating all of our travel up to now. He did not seem too concerned, because we still had some built-in time before we had to panic. Long about 5:00 p.m.,, i received the inevitable - word from Sharalyn that they "timed out" and had to return to the terminal (terminal being the appropriate description). They had parked out there, been de-iced to the point there was no more fluid to spray on the aircraft for ice removal. Then, the FINAL WORD - that always feared "CANCELLED".
We have been in contact via chat messages, back and forth and hopefully, she will just spend the night in the Detroit airport and get out on a flight to Newark as early in the morning as she can, so she at least will have a chance at getting cleared to take United Flight #82 tomorrow evening.
Certainly hope Jim Kenyon was able to fly from Vancouver and that Sharalyn will be able to fly tomorrow. The only activity that she will miss on Sunday will be a city tour of Delhi - something not to be missed, if one has the option.
Guess we will grab some snack type things before boarding, because we have a full dinner meal awaiting us, once we are airborne.
BONVOYAGE!!!
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