My daughter (no pics for pervs) texted at 9:54p that her Delta flight (ATL) which was gaining speed on the runway for takeoff came to a screeching halt because another jet had gotten “in front of them,” so they had to return to the gate to have its “brakes checked for over heating” before they could try again to take off. That’s what they were told at the time, anyway.
She was one of a group of medical students returning from a mission trip to Guatemala. She couldn’t see anything from her seat, but after returning to the gate, they were told that in addition to brake repairs, they had blown multiple tires. They deplaned and we’re told to wait for instructions.
Now understand, my daughter has an extremely low level of female drama, so she asked some of her male classmates sitting on the opposite side of the plane if they saw anything, and they all said that their jet came very close to t-boning another Delta jet that appeared to be landing.
I know that no one likes flying these days, but it also seems like there are more air traffic control-related incidents in recent years.
To top it all off, in Delta’s attempt to keep up with AA in the race to the bottom of the airline gutter, they are now telling the passengers that they are rescheduling their flight for 10:26p tomorrow, almost 25 hours later than scheduled.
Delta didn’t succeed in killing my daughter, but they’re going to make her life as miserable as possible in the meantime.
Fuck Delta. Fuck ATC. Fuck flying commercial.