Gerard
2008-10-06, 07:25 PM
Well we made our 3rd trip to Tucson on Friday for Family Weekend at the University of Arizona. My daughter came with my wife and I this time. We boarded our
Delta flight for the 6:55AM departure to Atlanta but as we taxied out to Runway 3-1`for the departure the captain came over the PA and announced we were being delayed by ATC because of heavy air volume with he said you usually dont get that early in the morning. So instead of 6:55 we had wheels up at 7:45 and flew along the coast instead of an inland route which they had requested. Well the flight was uneventful but after landing at Hartsfield-Jackson which is a huge airport and we began heading to the terminal I began clock watching. We had a 10:55 Delta to Tucson and it was cutting it close. One of the attendants asked those who were not going to make a connection please stay seated to allow those who were to get out faster. There was a family about 5 rows in front and to be nice about it....they were pretty large and one was disabled. My daughter looked at me and said "Dad if they get up we are screwed". :lol: Thankfully they stayed. By 10:20 we exited the plane and of course we had to go to the end of this terminal, downstairs, grab the subway shuttle to another terminal then up to our gate. They were already boarding but we made it. Our luggage didnt which I half expected. At Tucson they told us it would be on the 5:55 flight and they would bring it to our hotel between 6 and 9PM. Uh no thanks I will come and get it. It is an easy 20 minute ride from our hotel to the airport and when we came later about 6:10 it was waiting for us.
After a great weekend the flights home were nice and easy. In fact the flight from Atlanta to LGA was less than two hours and it was such a nice clear ride listening to classic live "Genesis" on my iPod as we flew up to the Maryland shore to Trenton then north up Jersey then flying along the south shore of Staten Island, over Brooklyn and Queens into Runway 4. Hadnt done that route in awhile and I love flying over those neighborhoods.
Delta flight for the 6:55AM departure to Atlanta but as we taxied out to Runway 3-1`for the departure the captain came over the PA and announced we were being delayed by ATC because of heavy air volume with he said you usually dont get that early in the morning. So instead of 6:55 we had wheels up at 7:45 and flew along the coast instead of an inland route which they had requested. Well the flight was uneventful but after landing at Hartsfield-Jackson which is a huge airport and we began heading to the terminal I began clock watching. We had a 10:55 Delta to Tucson and it was cutting it close. One of the attendants asked those who were not going to make a connection please stay seated to allow those who were to get out faster. There was a family about 5 rows in front and to be nice about it....they were pretty large and one was disabled. My daughter looked at me and said "Dad if they get up we are screwed". :lol: Thankfully they stayed. By 10:20 we exited the plane and of course we had to go to the end of this terminal, downstairs, grab the subway shuttle to another terminal then up to our gate. They were already boarding but we made it. Our luggage didnt which I half expected. At Tucson they told us it would be on the 5:55 flight and they would bring it to our hotel between 6 and 9PM. Uh no thanks I will come and get it. It is an easy 20 minute ride from our hotel to the airport and when we came later about 6:10 it was waiting for us.
After a great weekend the flights home were nice and easy. In fact the flight from Atlanta to LGA was less than two hours and it was such a nice clear ride listening to classic live "Genesis" on my iPod as we flew up to the Maryland shore to Trenton then north up Jersey then flying along the south shore of Staten Island, over Brooklyn and Queens into Runway 4. Hadnt done that route in awhile and I love flying over those neighborhoods.