Posting from Seattle right now, here's my review of my flight out from JFK. The morning was horrible. Getting there took about three hours from the rain and low visibility. Most of the highways were lakes. People were almost up to their windows in water on the Grand Central. Delta Flight 411 was scheduled to leave a 8:38AM. I got to JFK around 8:50.
The flight was delayed until 9:10AM, with most of the other passengers in the same predicament I was in. I boarded the plane around 9:00AM. The flight was then pushed to 9:45AM. Then to around 10:00AM. While we were waiting, we were informed that the APU of the 757 was inoperative so we had no A/C. They brought a portable A/C truck, but it did not make that big of a difference. Finally, everyone was onboard, and we were about to depart. They took the A/C truck away. They then informed us that since the APU was broken, they couldn't close the aft cargo door, saying that the motor of the door can only run on APU power, not ground, and not ship or engine power. The left engine was started up for A/C, but it was still like a sauna in the cabin. We got 8.5 oz. bottles of Dasani water.
They finally closed the door with manual hand cranking. We were given a chance to deplane, and we finally pushed back. After we passed through the takeoff queue for JFK and were finally rolling on the runway, it was in the afternoon. The time? 12:12PM.
Scheduled was 8:38AM
Actual was 12:12PM
We were not given any meals, save four crackers (literally), a granola bar and beverage without a can.
Again, this was Delta Air Lines Flight 411 JFK-SEA.
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