Flight of Fantasy

For a lot of reasons, it was. I had been waiting for this day every since I left, and it was finally here. It wasn't the smoothest of flights I've ever had, but I'm back home in one piece - and that's all that matters.

For starters, kaku, and I had run across 5th avenue to get on to 71D (to reach the university - from where we took the bus to the airport). The trip to the airport seemed ever so long, and the wait at the checkin not half as we expected though we were there almost two hours before the scheduled departure of the flight. Kaku, and I took different counters for checkin - the agent at the counter took ever so long that it made me wonder why! And, when I asked him - he said, "There is something wrong with the ticket, I'm not able to check you in". What??? The ticket seemed valid? But, cant check me in? Beyond my comprehension! I wasnt ready to panic yet! The queue was already growing, he asked me step aside, as kaku was facing the same problem! Ficsh! Now, what! Well, the next guy was flying to Frankfurt, again - he had the same problem too. He couldnt check him in. It happened finally - reason why they couldn'y check in? US Airways domestic and internation were merging - and, like you'd bet there was software glitch!

Phily wasnt better, the flight was delayed by five hours! Here goes the listed ever appended reasons. Personally, I some of them - ridiculous! The flight was supposed to depart at 4.15pm.
At 4.00pm, there an annoucement:
- The flight has a mechanical problem (thank god, its not a software glitch!) - flight pushed by 15mins. Scheduled take off: 4.30
- Oops, we'll take a new airplane - move from gate A17 to A23

- There no food on the new airplane, SkyChef will take half an hour load - Scheduled departure: 4.57pm
- I'm hanging around taking snap of aeroplanes, staff and lots of other things ;) Finally, we board the flight without knowing the worst is yet to come!
All grimly sitting now, the flight is on the runway - There's an announcement - The flight has flat tire and needs to dragged backed to the hanger! Eh? Ever heard of an airplane with a flight tyre!

Boy, it took some time fixing that monster, and I thought fixing a car tyre was easy. I thought, we had enough. There was another annoucement meanwhile, 'The captain is ill - we need a replacement captain'. I couldnt believe it, this wasnt happening to me, I was too excited to get home. The fear of missing the dear flight from Franfurt grew ever so close! Eventually, we took off, and 7 hour 20 minute flight.
It wasn't bad flight, with all the wine and rhythm flowing. With the six hour layover at Frankfurt, and five hour delay at Phily left us with One hour to get between the terminals and checkin into LH754. (That flight brings me a lot of fond memories :)
The last part of the journey wasnt anything eventful, I had a German to give me some company for few hours. But, home was beckoning. Sure enough, it was there in few hours!
Welcome home, Happy holidays!