Friday, August 7, 2009

the lax to btr saga

LAX domestic is ridiculous, they need to have a look at Tullamarine and learn how to run an airport properly. We got there at 3am sunday night, and it took until about 5am to get our bags checked. It's set up so that passengers check themselves in, but no one knows how to use the system and there are only a couple of staff around to help. The layover at Houston was supposed to be about two and a half hours, but the flight was delayed by about half an hour. Then we sat in the plane on the runway for a bit, before being told that there was a problem with a wing flap or something and they needed to get it fixed before we took off. So we sat there for another two hours in the plane, then when we went to take off, the pilot came on to say the problem was back and we'd need to get another flight. Luckily they got us on to a flight leaving at 5:30, which was delayed by an hour, so we finally left at 6:30 and got to Baton Rouge about 7:30. The actual flights were fine, except that because the plane companies charge for all checked baggage, everyone takes suitcases as their carry-on luggage so the overhead compartments are packed pretty tight. All in all, I think I'd recommend the train. I've never tried it, and it might still get delayed, but at least you could get off and hitchhike.

1 comment:

Shosh said...

You think they need to learn how to run an airport by looking at Melbourne? Wow. That's saying something...