Jonathan reports that his US Airways flight to Indy is now boarding. They’ve been advised of how long the crew has before they go illegal (sounds like there is plenty of time) and that they will be delayed a bit after they taxi out while the plane is de-iced.
Nice move on the part of US Airways to tell the passengers that their crew is not in danger of going over their time limits.
Anyone else doing this?
Aside from that, he said the airport was a mess, and that it seemed like 10,000 people were trying to use their cell phones. Consequently, cell service sucked.
Lovely.
As for here, it’s currently a toasty 96 degrees in Spring Training Land, aka Phoenix.
We landed two hours late in Indy, but we made it.
While we were waiting for a tug operator at the gate, the crew reopened the door and a crying woman who was told all the flights were cancelled, came onboard the E170.
She was relieved to make the flight and get to Indy. All the other flights on Saturday and Sunday were apparently full.
Otherwise, the E170 is one of my favorite planes to fly on. I had seat 1F with no one next to me. Our flight attendant up front seemed very unhappy to be flying, with nary a smile or pleasantry at any point during the flight.