So like good little passengers we were herded like cattle once again upon the Boeing 737 (assembled in Washington by the way. Woot.). After 20 minutes the intercom crackled overhead once again. “Will all passengers heading to Seattle please grab their baggage and disembark, I repeat, will all Seatt....” Wait. What!? Doesn't the world understand we gave them Starbucks, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Snowboarding, and Bing Crosby? HA! That's What I thought.
Unfortunately I am only kidding about Seattle being superior to the rest of the world and not about the delays. They let us know we wouldn't be flying that night after letting us sit on the floor for 5 hours at the terminal. We weren't really told why, but we speculate that there wasn't a flight crew to take us from Milwaukee to Seattle. Luckily, the airline put me up in a very nice Sheraton Hotel right near the airport for two nights, gave me two free round trip tickets anywhere in the lower 48, and meal vouchers. Essentially all Seattle bound passengers can't leave until 6pm on the 23rd at the earliest. Somehow however our luggage made it to Seattle which seems strange to me... So we are all here for 2 days with only the clothes on our backs and our carry-ons. On top of this, the airline has overbooked the flight on the 23rd too, so people will be bumped off the flight. Pandemonium will erupt at the terminal. Blood will be shed. This is what happens when you get a mob of caffeine addicts angry.
The point is: Please, do yourself a favor and don't fly Airtran.
[My anger is facetious. I actually don't really mind too much. Its obviously irritating, but what can we do about it? Also, the fact I got nearly $1000 in free flights makes things better, providing those flights don't do this same thing...]
-Sleepless in Atlanta
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