Like me, I'm sure many of you travel often for your job. This year has been exceptionally heavy for me, travelling nearly every week since the beginning of the year. To that end, I've seen my fair share of funny/weird/horrific events while travelling. Here are a few of mine...Please share yours!
Atlanta Hartsfield: Boarding an AirTran 737 on a humid summer afternoon, we were being hurried in an effort to beat the impending thunderstorm (anyone who travels through ATL in the summer knows this). We didn't make it. I was about 1/3 the way into the main Coach cabin when all hell broke lose. Wind gusts of 60mph were buffetting the plane and blew a luggage cart loose from it's towmotor. It slammed into the plane and sent a heavy shudder. Coupled with the rain, wind and lightning, it was quite the show and this one middle age lady began freaking out. She literally started crawling over passengers yelling, 'get me the flock off this plane'. Airport authorities had to evacuate us into the jetway (wouldn't let us back into the terminal) and we all stood there for near an hour while the storm subsided and they checked the plane for damage from the runaway cart.
CLE to RDU: Flying in a small embraer jet we hit a thunderstorm about half way into the flight. At 28,000 feet we weren't above the activity and caught the brunt of it. It just so happened that drink service had been about 1/2 completed when the pilot instructed the lone flight attendant to take her seat. About 5 minutes later we hit a 1000 foot drop and those people with drinks got quite the bath. We had cola dripping from the baggage compartments the rest of the flight in. That was one time where I really thought it was possible the wings could fall off the plane the turbulance was so violent.
MEM to RDU: Flying in a 3x3 boeing, we were on final descent (about 5 minutes out) when the 10 year old kid behind our row violently vomited. He spewed all over the back of my seat and into the floor. His 14 year old sister sitting next to him started freaking out and screaming and trying to crawl out of her seat (seatbelt sign still on of course). Me and the lady sitting next to me curled our feet up into our seats in fear that puke would start streaming down the floor and over our shoes any moment. The stench was horrendous and it was the longest taxi to the gate of my life. The poor kid when we able to get up and look back (of course you HAVE to look), was covered in puke on his shorts, legs, socks and down into his shoes. To his credit tho, he was more calm than his sister
Atlanta Hartsfield: Boarding an AirTran 737 on a humid summer afternoon, we were being hurried in an effort to beat the impending thunderstorm (anyone who travels through ATL in the summer knows this). We didn't make it. I was about 1/3 the way into the main Coach cabin when all hell broke lose. Wind gusts of 60mph were buffetting the plane and blew a luggage cart loose from it's towmotor. It slammed into the plane and sent a heavy shudder. Coupled with the rain, wind and lightning, it was quite the show and this one middle age lady began freaking out. She literally started crawling over passengers yelling, 'get me the flock off this plane'. Airport authorities had to evacuate us into the jetway (wouldn't let us back into the terminal) and we all stood there for near an hour while the storm subsided and they checked the plane for damage from the runaway cart.
CLE to RDU: Flying in a small embraer jet we hit a thunderstorm about half way into the flight. At 28,000 feet we weren't above the activity and caught the brunt of it. It just so happened that drink service had been about 1/2 completed when the pilot instructed the lone flight attendant to take her seat. About 5 minutes later we hit a 1000 foot drop and those people with drinks got quite the bath. We had cola dripping from the baggage compartments the rest of the flight in. That was one time where I really thought it was possible the wings could fall off the plane the turbulance was so violent.
MEM to RDU: Flying in a 3x3 boeing, we were on final descent (about 5 minutes out) when the 10 year old kid behind our row violently vomited. He spewed all over the back of my seat and into the floor. His 14 year old sister sitting next to him started freaking out and screaming and trying to crawl out of her seat (seatbelt sign still on of course). Me and the lady sitting next to me curled our feet up into our seats in fear that puke would start streaming down the floor and over our shoes any moment. The stench was horrendous and it was the longest taxi to the gate of my life. The poor kid when we able to get up and look back (of course you HAVE to look), was covered in puke on his shorts, legs, socks and down into his shoes. To his credit tho, he was more calm than his sister