This was our second trip to the Friendly Island. Our son's first passport stamp.
Quick flight review. Truth be told, I'd rather skip it since AA has really become no different from any other airline and it many ways have gotten worse. But I feel obliged.
The way there:
AA667 JFK-SXM was what it was. We brought our own snacks, Sebastian had his own seat. One flight attendant was a, well, let's just say this is the kind of person AA needs to get rid of. Very turbulent ride for 35 minutes before calming down. Upon landing, the F.O. walked off with us, really nice guy. We chatted a bit as he engaged us in conversation.
The way home:
Returned on AA660, with the same F.O. (excellent) and the same FA lousy aforementioned FA (boo) who treated us just as poorly.
- We departed SXM 45 minutes late. The Capt. blatantly lied that the delay was due to the large aircraft used by other airlines what were taking off in the reverse direction on the runway. Meanwhile, the Af340 and Corsair 747 flew the usual 09 departure. Why the lies? Should have known then something else was cooking.
-Supposed to land 850PM at JFK,- Arrived at 940PM
- was a quick run through Customs as the LHR and Santo Domingo flights just got in after us. Yeah, you are getting all excited too, right, thinking, they beat the rush! Right?! NOT :borat: AA was just getting ready to send it into dry.
-The luggage carousel STARTS to RUN at 1045 and kicks off 8 bags. (NOT A TYPO) (Meanwhile AA's LHR and Santo Domingo flts got their bags before us and arrived AFTER us.)
-Carousel stops. Restarts at 1115 (I can't make this up) By 1130, all luggage is OFF...And yep, ours is still in SXM... and that my friends, is probably why the pilot lied.
-over to the baggage counter. This is the fourth time AA has done this.
So we landed at 940 PM and got home at 1230 PM. That is the AA experience. Now do that with a 15 month old. Thank goodness he's a really good kid.
Tell me why I should continue with this fallen flag of an airline? And the complete apathy that starts in the head office just filters down through their front line employees. It's a sin how no one is held accountable
And I don't find Jetblue to be the panacea. But after 30 years of flying AA, losing luggage 4 times and treating my family like crap after I brought them another 2 flyers, they've shown that loyalty is not measure in years, but in segments+miles divided by time. And I'm simply not worth it to them. Might as well let jetblue try and lose my stuff for a change, right?
End rant, let's rewind and go back to the trip. It was great.
Here are a few pics. The waves at Maho were insane. One moment I'm walking with my son while he splashes at the sea foam and the next, a monster wave came out of nowhere.
A second after this, he was airborne (in my grasp) and the water was at my waist as I held on for the subsequent undertow.
The planes buzz over here like flies.
Apparently he's never heard of jetblast. I love his flying strap.
What kind of plane was this? Dc-6?:
Didnt know I'd run into Joe Statz and Christian Egers here. Good times.
Loud little visitor
escaping the cloud on the reverse takeoff
Daddy, I wanna see, I wanna see!
while making Guavaberry coladas, in came....
I cannot WAIT to jetski next time! look at how high this guy is going!
My favorite
Carnival was in town for the day.
Love the Fokkers with the red tips
He can't get enough of them! Couldn't get him to look at the camera.
It's never to early to learn how to exit the plane....in the highly unlikely event of an emergency.
Nice crisp day with another Isle in the distance
Taken from the French side.
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