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Travelling back from New Orleans

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From the Sheraton to the airport I shared a cab with Carl Backstrom and arrived around 2 hours before the scheduled departure. I only had a 37 minute transfer time in Houston so I had picked a chair in the front of the plane - just after the business class. The plane left the gate exactly on time, but it stopped on the runway. Due to a thunderstorm the airport closed for 30 minutes....
So when I got out of the plane in Houston my transfer time was reduced to -2 minutes. The plane to Amsterdam was somewhere at the same pier - but that pier is really huge. So I started the 1 kilometer walk without any (positive) expectations. But to my suprise that plane was scheduled 45 to 60 minutes later! I've never been so happy with a delay....
The flight was o.k. In the 10 hours flight I snoozed a little and arrived in Amsterdam at the original scheduled time. My wife and daughters waited there for me, so it was a good homecoming!
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Carl Backstrom said…
I still owe you three bucks extra for the cab ride ;) , next time I'll buy you a beer to pay for that and the interest :D
11:15 pm
Roel said…
Ok Carl. I'll keep that in mind!
8:37 am
Anonymous said…
Roel,

My plane was one of the last to take off in that thunderstorm before they shut it down.

At one point I thought "He (pilot) has to turn back", but we just kept flying further and further into the darkness!

That was a heck of a storm (especially 10,000 feet up)!

John.
2:35 pm
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