Wouldn’t you know it, I’m back from Texas.
THE LOW-DOWN
I jumped on the plane Friday night, arrived in Houston that night, worked Saturday, jumped on the plane Saturday night, arrived in Dallas Saturday night, worked Sunday, jumped on the plane early Monday morning, and arrived home some time this afternoon.
AIR-TRAN
The flight from Philly to Houston had a stop-over in Atlanta, the main hub for almost all of the AirTran flights. As you should know by now, AirTran is the new face of ValuJet. You can certainly imagine that passengers on this flight may be a little nervous about taking a ride in these airplanes. The first flight crew of the weekend must have taken this into consideration; they were cracking jokes the entire flight. For example, the head flight attendant made an announcement at the beginning of the flight warning passengers, “Not only is this a non-smoking flight, it is also a non-talking flight. The pilot will need absolute silence from the cabin once the plane is airborne.”
The pilot chimed in with an announcement as we traveled from Philadelphia to Atlanta: “If you look out the left side of the aircraft, you will see one of the most beautiful sites in the United States — the Grand Canyon.” Everyone turns to look and pilot pauses for a second. “Those of you who are still looking, that’s pretty pitiful.”
We hoped that the rest of the AirTran flights would be as humorous. Unfortunately, they weren’t quite nearly as much.
More stories to come…