Return

Well, I find myself back in Louisville after a harrowing adventure that is the Ronald Reagan Airport, accompanied by the continued lackluster everything about US AIRWAYS. Holy moly.

The airport might be the worst airport I've ever been in. A lot of people don't like Atlanta's Airport, but honestly, I don't have a problem with it. There is ample seating, and more then one place to wet your whistle with a brew. I couldn't find any place selling any form of alcholol past security. Granted, I didn't look too hard on the ticketing side of the gate, I figured that for sure I'd be able to sit down and have a drink at a bar somewhere. I was wrong. I couldn't find anywhere. Miami Florida's Airport was nice in this regard, and my favorite is still NY's LaGuardia. Atlanta, sure, it's hurried, but you can find a place. Regardless...

US Airways ineptness continued. Every 5 minutes (and that's not a joke or exaggeration) the airline "barker" (as I will call him, since he wasn't taking himself too seriously and was doing his damnest to try and make light of the situation) would come across the loudspeaker and inform the assembled that there had been an overbooking, and they needed 6 people to step up and take another flight. They promised to put you up in a four star hotel, take care of your meals and transportation, and then get you on a flight the next day. Right. Most likely you'd be on STAND BY the next day, and it might take you a week to get home, and they would only pay for that first day. They offered a free round trip ticket to those willing to do it, but forget it! not for me. I wanted to get home.

I checked the arrival/departure board. The plane was scheduled to arrive at the airport at 8:20pm, and leave at 8:17pm. yup, not a typo on my part, that's what the board said. I knew I was screwed. When the plane finally did take off at 9:30pm I thought it was miracle. Lord help me if there is ever another choice, I'll remember this trip and pay extra money if need be to NOT FLY US AIRWAYS. It was godawful.

Anyway, that's that, and I'm home. I'll be leaving again at the end of the month for the wonderful LAS VEGAS! This should be fun. Half of the trip is business, and the other half is a mini vacation for myself and my wife. I get a discounted room rate, so I'm taking advantage of it. Check back at the end of May, beginning of June for more misadventures and trip reviews. Remember, by god traveling may not be pretty, and it takes those with true grit... And we've got plenty of that.