DATELINE: Airspace above Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland or DC (exact location is classified), 2:32 p.m. EST, July 10, 2004
Our pilot is chatty. *Really* chatty. He gave us a fantastic “welcome” briefing with general flight description details, then repeated the whole thing a second time because one of the flight attendants said the PA system wasn’t loud enough.
This is my first post-9/11 flying experience, and what a difference that’s made!! You now hand over luggage to screeners after checking it at the counter. On this flight (to DC), nobody’s allowed to stand up AT ALL within the 30 minutes prior to landing. This plane’s also colder than any I can remember having been on, but that *may* be unrelated. I dunno. Can you think of any possible correlation? But then, who said security things must make sense? Witness: the color-coded terror-alert system. Ah, but I digress. 😉
At least American Airlines has totally awesome new red, fuzzy fleece blankets now. And in case you’re wondering — yes, I’ve felt the need to (*whoops!*) let one mistakenly find its way to my bag. Maybe on the way home. 🙂
I boarded my plane less than 10 minutes before scheduled departure. My father would have had a heart attack had he been with me.