Airplane

Finally found some time to post about my recent trip to Houston on American Airlines. Now, I gotta say that American is my favorite carrier right now, but last week's flights were really something. First, on a flight from Chicago to Houston, we had an aborted landing due to cross winds on descent. We were seriously about 10 feet from landing when the pilot pulled up the wheels and shot back to 10,000 feet. Of course that meant that we had an additional 20 minutes of turbulence, all without me taking Dramamine. I imagine that it is stressful for a pilot when this happens as he has to take into account the air traffic around the airport when you are taking an evasive action like this. This is why it probably took him 10 minutes to explain to the passengers what just happened.

The trip back was just as noteworthy. This one was a short hop from Houston to Dallas on a full MD-80. I was in seat 16D (aisle). There was a gentleman in 16E (center seat) that weighed probably 450 pounds. He was too big to sit in the seat with the armrests down. A power lifter, on his way to Las Vegas, we was very nice, but how uncomfortable was this flight! I seriously had to lean into the aisle the whole flight. The flight attendants were really nice and apologetic...plus they gave me two bottles of wine for my trouble. Glad that all of my trips are not like this!

Good news is I don't fly for another two weeks. Staying close to home, and in the car there is no center seat!