STRANDED

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Registered: 09-01-2003
STRANDED
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Wed, 06-17-2009 - 11:20pm

my poor baby is stranded in detroit due to bad storms & tornado watch in pittsburgh.all flights going to pittsburgh were cancelled & detoured for the night.


the plane left detroit 1/2 hour late due to weather in pittsburgh but 1/2 way there the pilot turned back. he said it was too severe for him to try a landing.they were diverting all flights to ohio but he went back to detroit as ohio airport was too filled and a mess.good pilot :O) he said he was not in the mood to die or kill people. jeremy said it was not a funny joke! he said it was a horrble flight...bouncing all over. he said he just closed his eyes & pretended he was on a rollercoaster ride..he said it was very quiet on the plane. i can imagine people were scared shhhless. i know i would be!


at first they booked him a flight for 518 pm thursday.NOT a happy boy. but then the girl at the kiosk got him a flight at 730 am. he wanted me to rent him a car to drive home.i guess it is about 4 -4 1/2 hour drive. but then he wouldn't have got far in all the storms & flooding.


he is sleeping on the floor at the airport.$80.00 bucks for an emergency hotel room! his bags were already sent on to pittsburgh. scummy airline/airport won't even give them a meal or a snack. the food in the airport restaurant is so d*** expensive. that really bites! he has no $$ in his bank acct and they won't let him use his unemployment debit card(where he has $$).it's just wrong.i told him to read up his airline travel insurance he paid 15.00 for!


i sure hope his morning flight will be good :O)will let you know. i'm sure he'll be calling bright & early

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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-17-2007
In reply to: sportymom14
Thu, 06-18-2009 - 5:32am

Oh how awful for him.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 09-12-2003
In reply to: sportymom14
Thu, 06-18-2009 - 6:04am
awful. the comment from the pilot was terrible, he should be reported for making it. sorry for Jeremy. I agree with rusty, they should have put him up in a hotel.. but they blame it on the weather so they aren't responsible... not a delay or cancellation due to something from the ailines,,, usually they DO however give a meal card.... in the airport... let us know when he gets there...
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-01-2003
In reply to: sportymom14
Thu, 06-18-2009 - 9:40am

happy to say jeremy is in p'burgh :O) he didn't sleep well on the floor.it was a good flight...nice & smooth :O)

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Registered: 10-15-2005
In reply to: sportymom14
Thu, 06-18-2009 - 10:30am
What a alfull thing to happen to him. I am glad he made it home ok.

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Registered: 03-14-2007
In reply to: sportymom14
Thu, 06-18-2009 - 10:40am

Ouuu..bad experience for Jeremy! Glad to hear he's home safe now, poor kid!


True they give you squat for weather delays. They gave me a meal ticket one time when the wheel chair was not there to get me to my connecting flight on time and they had to get me on a later flight. They put me up in a hotel one other time too when their flight got in so late that there were no more connecting flights going out that night. When I got stranded from weather though..also in Detroit airport..I got nothing except to wait it out for a later flight.


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