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[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

It gets worse.  When the batteries drain completely, they are ruined, so it
is necessary to replace them.  Chris didn't mention having to reprogram the
plane, but when a car battery is shut down, sometimes the car has to be
reprogrammed.  In any case, they did get the darn thing going, but not in
time to avoid inconveniencing a whole lot of people. And when a pane is
loused up in one locale, it has a cascading effect across the country.

Chris was mentioning this to the baggage claims expert when she went to get
her baggage (which had in fact made the flight she missed), and the guy
went, "Whoa! SOME body's not working there anymore!"

I don't know about the other folks who were supposed to fly Delta that day,
but it sure ruined our day. Not that this is that big a deal, but when a
pointless screw-up causes my better half to be inconvenienced, I'm not very
sympathetic. Not. At. All. Sue me.

On the other hand, I wouldn't want to cost someone their job either. I'm
sure they didn't do it out of spite, just sheer forgetfulness. But still....

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Planes run on BATTERIES??? I've never liked flying very much anyway, but
> now....
>
> > On Nov 2, 2015, at 3:45 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > My wife was at a conference in San Antonio, Texas.
> > She was to take a plane home this morning. However, he flight was
> delayed.
> > It seems, she told me, that last night, someone forgot to turn something
> > off in the plane, so this morning, the batteries were dead.
> > "Oh well." I said. "It IS Texas, after all."
> > So she was unsure if she would get her connection, which, of course, she
> > did not make.
> > Fortunately, she was able to get a later flight to Stewart airport. The
> > prospect of having to stay overnight in Detroit was not attractive.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g09GtnWdBjc
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>