Comedy of Errors
It would seem that two Southwest Airline planes bound for Rhode Island were unable to land just before midnight and turned back, because they claim, there was no one in the control tower. There are so many things wrong with the following story, that I thought I'd rant about it.
First of all, the article states that the control tower at T.F. Green Airport closes at midnight. In order for someone to stay on, the airline has to request it. Southwest claims they made the request; T.F. Green claims they did not. Now, here's my observation...the article does not claim that the airline was running behind schedule, so I imagine it is safe to assume that the tickets were sold with midnight arrival times to the passengers. This would be a scheduled arrival and not something that should come as a surprise to the T.F. Green control tower. What would be the purpose of even needing to request the staff to stay on? And if the plane was scheduled to arrive just before midnight, but the control tower's whistle doesn't blow until midnight, then where were the staff? Did they go home early?
Moving on.... the passengers. Oh, cry me a freakin' river people! You were inconvenienced. Get the hell over it already! They were so angry about the diversion that they called the channel 10 news. Who does that?!? Then they cried that they were treated like cattle...oh, boo fricken' hoo. Again, you were inconvenienced. Welcome to traveling folks! It's riddled with irritating setbacks. One woman was upset that her child had been in the same diaper since 1:15am. In my estimation that means that she had only one diaper on her when she debarked, which she wrapped around the child's ass at 1:15. Well, who's fault is that? You are traveling woman! Be prepared for cripe's sake! Then she bellyached that it took them (I assume the terminal staff)"forever" to bring her hot water to mix the baby's formula. Um. Was there something wrong with the sink in the bathroom?
The airline plans to issue a letter of apology to each passenger. Somehow, I get the feeling that will not be satisfactory for this group.
First of all, the article states that the control tower at T.F. Green Airport closes at midnight. In order for someone to stay on, the airline has to request it. Southwest claims they made the request; T.F. Green claims they did not. Now, here's my observation...the article does not claim that the airline was running behind schedule, so I imagine it is safe to assume that the tickets were sold with midnight arrival times to the passengers. This would be a scheduled arrival and not something that should come as a surprise to the T.F. Green control tower. What would be the purpose of even needing to request the staff to stay on? And if the plane was scheduled to arrive just before midnight, but the control tower's whistle doesn't blow until midnight, then where were the staff? Did they go home early?
Moving on.... the passengers. Oh, cry me a freakin' river people! You were inconvenienced. Get the hell over it already! They were so angry about the diversion that they called the channel 10 news. Who does that?!? Then they cried that they were treated like cattle...oh, boo fricken' hoo. Again, you were inconvenienced. Welcome to traveling folks! It's riddled with irritating setbacks. One woman was upset that her child had been in the same diaper since 1:15am. In my estimation that means that she had only one diaper on her when she debarked, which she wrapped around the child's ass at 1:15. Well, who's fault is that? You are traveling woman! Be prepared for cripe's sake! Then she bellyached that it took them (I assume the terminal staff)"forever" to bring her hot water to mix the baby's formula. Um. Was there something wrong with the sink in the bathroom?
The airline plans to issue a letter of apology to each passenger. Somehow, I get the feeling that will not be satisfactory for this group.
posted by Tootsie Farklepants at 9:04 AM
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