Are we there yet? (spoiler: no!)
Travel Math:
Take one commercial aircraft plus 100 tired travelers,
add one faulty hydraulic pump and a 6-hour wait,
subtract all spiritual effervescence from 45 of said travellers, along with the air crew's crew rest,
Equals a long night and a taxi ride back home.
Restarting the adventure today, though it looks like "unfortunately" we will have a full day's layover in London (okay, I couldn't type that without smiling).
Interesting lessons about staying on top of options while avoiding being a pest for information--I observed a bit of un-civil behavior and am saddened that people can blind themselves with frustration so much so that they lash out at people working to make them comfortable while someone else works the problem (God bless the British Airways aircrew of Flight 264 at Washington Dulles (IAD) airport on 28 Jan 2010! Kudos for the ground crew at the gate who did NOT lose their calm and considerate demeanor, despite some of the passengers' best efforts).
Anyway, I think there are some lessons for life in the past 18 hours; I shall mull that over for awhile and see if I come up with some useful observations. In the mean time, on to London tonight and, Lord willing, to Freetown on Sunday.
Take one commercial aircraft plus 100 tired travelers,
add one faulty hydraulic pump and a 6-hour wait,
subtract all spiritual effervescence from 45 of said travellers, along with the air crew's crew rest,
Equals a long night and a taxi ride back home.
Restarting the adventure today, though it looks like "unfortunately" we will have a full day's layover in London (okay, I couldn't type that without smiling).
Interesting lessons about staying on top of options while avoiding being a pest for information--I observed a bit of un-civil behavior and am saddened that people can blind themselves with frustration so much so that they lash out at people working to make them comfortable while someone else works the problem (God bless the British Airways aircrew of Flight 264 at Washington Dulles (IAD) airport on 28 Jan 2010! Kudos for the ground crew at the gate who did NOT lose their calm and considerate demeanor, despite some of the passengers' best efforts).
Anyway, I think there are some lessons for life in the past 18 hours; I shall mull that over for awhile and see if I come up with some useful observations. In the mean time, on to London tonight and, Lord willing, to Freetown on Sunday.
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