June 7th, 2004.
American Airlines
OKC-DFW
Scheduled Dept : 2:17pm
Sheduled Arrivl: 3:18pm
Actual Dept: 2:28pm
Actual Arrival: 3:20(I think)
Reg # N906TW
ACFT- MD80/S80
I arrived at OKC at 12:00pm, said goodbye to my cousin and thanked him for a great weekend. Walked inside to the AA counters. Waited in line for 15 minutes. Then walked up, showed my ID and my itinerary. Was asked if I was checking bags, replied with a "no" and then asked if my final destination was Chicago. I said "yes" then thought wait a minute I went to chicago LAST weekened, then said to her "no wait a minute i meant im going to marion" she replied with a "marion oh really??" i said "yes, marion, illinois" then she points at the computer and says "ohh yes i see it here ok never mind then, marion it is, and you have a great flight!! Thank you!!" with a great smile that i always like
lol. I said thank you and walked to security. TSA were very nice, all smiles, someone had to be in a good mood. haha, and then set my bag and backpack on the belt. walked through and set the alarm off. forgot to take my shoes and watch off, ugh..well i walk back through again and im cleared this time. I get my bags and shoes and watch on and proceed to gate 4. On the way to gate 4 a flash of yellow and orange caught my eye. i look at the UAL gate and rwalized i was seeing a TED A320 there!!! imagine my shock as UAL doesnt serve OKC with TED. must have been a subsitute. i got a picture of that one and then continued walking to gate 4. but then i walked by a restaurent, and got hungry by the smell of hamburgers so i ordered one with a coke and chips. total cost..8.50
ridiculous. Finally, after finishing the hamburger i walked to gate 4 and sat to wait for the plane to arrive from DFW. A family of four came up to the gate and asked the CSA if her two children and herslef plus her husband could be sitting together. the plane was full pretty much and the CSA said maybe but no promises. so they end up upgrading 3 people to F/C to have them sit togethger. imagine the shock as they walked up....lol. they need to thank that woman for it. Finally the plane arrived, and it was N906TW, and they called for boaridng. I lined up when they called Group 2. got on board, and settled into my seat-25F. Waited for the rest to board. the F/A (3 males and 1 female) did the procedure. we taxi down the taxiway but then turn around and head back to the gate. a ramp agent come sover and looks at the tail and flahses the thumbs up to the pilot. then we taxi again to the runway. Runway was 31L I think. turned left, and got service. pretzels and soda(coke for me). flew for 25 minutes, then started the approach to DFW. we landed on 18L. taxied to A35. I got off after everyone else did and ran to gate C-28.
DFW-STL
Scheduled dept-4:15pm
Scheduled Arrival-6:03pm
Actual departure-5:05pm
Actual Arrivl-6:25pm
Reg# N216AA
ACFT- MD-80/S80
After arriving to gate C-28, i called my mom to let her know i made it safe so far to DFW. Then I waited till it was time to board. we boarded at 4:25pm. Waited for the rest to board. (2 male f/a and 1 female) We taxied to runway R17R. We are now 20 in line for take off, ohh my god, i thought i was gonan die. but it was cool to see the planes in line, some planes were Midwest 717, FL 717, BA 777, tons of AA S80, and EAgles, and tons of DL CRJS' of course. after everyone took off, we turned finally at 5:05pm. so we were waiting for nearly an hour!! Now I know why Southwest doesnt fly to DFW!! to long waits. We took off and turned left into some amazing cloud formations, wow it was so awesome those high clouds, now it hit me what flying was all about, the freedom to soar the skies!!! The city of Dallas passes under us. We continue our climb, level off and fly onward to STL. By then the clouds got boring so i put on some music and fell alseep for about 20 min lol. turbulence woke me up and by then i realized they started service and was already to my row by now. i got my usualy coke w/ pretzels. Boy was I tired, u try runnin from A-35 to C-28 in 15 min, wow i was panting by then!! By this time it was 5:50pm, time we should have been approaching STL but nope we were still in the air!! Then at 6:10pm we started the approach fro STL. we dropped heavily, spoilers kept going up, plane seemed to slow down and then speed up. Finally, we landed on R12R. Taxied to gate C-30. Of course, i gotta run again all the way to B-14 in 15 minutes. Does AA not like me or something? lol.
STL-MWA
Scheduled Dept-7:30pm
Actual Dept: 7:30PM
Scheduled Arrival- 8:15pm
Actual Arrival- 8:05pm.
ACFT- BAe Jetstream 32
Well after arriving, i sat down and waited for boarding to start. the plane arrives from god knows where, and then they announce boarding. no paticular order. just line up. and so I did, handed in my boarding ticket she tore it up, and handed the rest back to me. i got on board the plane. 2 flights down, last one to go!!
we start taxing after the pilot(name is chrris) shows the safety procedure. flight time is announced as 35 minutes with 7,000 ft. we taxi behind a WN Blue Canyon 733. go to R 12L. Take off, turn right, level at 7000. continue on the way to MWA as no service or f/a on board. finally we started approaching, and land at the runway at 8:05pm. get my bag, then I go home!! simple as that!!
never thought id say this but..THANK GOD FOR GROUNDS!!!! I MISSED IT!!!
Alex
American Airlines
OKC-DFW
Scheduled Dept : 2:17pm
Sheduled Arrivl: 3:18pm
Actual Dept: 2:28pm
Actual Arrival: 3:20(I think)
Reg # N906TW
ACFT- MD80/S80
I arrived at OKC at 12:00pm, said goodbye to my cousin and thanked him for a great weekend. Walked inside to the AA counters. Waited in line for 15 minutes. Then walked up, showed my ID and my itinerary. Was asked if I was checking bags, replied with a "no" and then asked if my final destination was Chicago. I said "yes" then thought wait a minute I went to chicago LAST weekened, then said to her "no wait a minute i meant im going to marion" she replied with a "marion oh really??" i said "yes, marion, illinois" then she points at the computer and says "ohh yes i see it here ok never mind then, marion it is, and you have a great flight!! Thank you!!" with a great smile that i always like


DFW-STL
Scheduled dept-4:15pm
Scheduled Arrival-6:03pm
Actual departure-5:05pm
Actual Arrivl-6:25pm
Reg# N216AA
ACFT- MD-80/S80
After arriving to gate C-28, i called my mom to let her know i made it safe so far to DFW. Then I waited till it was time to board. we boarded at 4:25pm. Waited for the rest to board. (2 male f/a and 1 female) We taxied to runway R17R. We are now 20 in line for take off, ohh my god, i thought i was gonan die. but it was cool to see the planes in line, some planes were Midwest 717, FL 717, BA 777, tons of AA S80, and EAgles, and tons of DL CRJS' of course. after everyone took off, we turned finally at 5:05pm. so we were waiting for nearly an hour!! Now I know why Southwest doesnt fly to DFW!! to long waits. We took off and turned left into some amazing cloud formations, wow it was so awesome those high clouds, now it hit me what flying was all about, the freedom to soar the skies!!! The city of Dallas passes under us. We continue our climb, level off and fly onward to STL. By then the clouds got boring so i put on some music and fell alseep for about 20 min lol. turbulence woke me up and by then i realized they started service and was already to my row by now. i got my usualy coke w/ pretzels. Boy was I tired, u try runnin from A-35 to C-28 in 15 min, wow i was panting by then!! By this time it was 5:50pm, time we should have been approaching STL but nope we were still in the air!! Then at 6:10pm we started the approach fro STL. we dropped heavily, spoilers kept going up, plane seemed to slow down and then speed up. Finally, we landed on R12R. Taxied to gate C-30. Of course, i gotta run again all the way to B-14 in 15 minutes. Does AA not like me or something? lol.
STL-MWA
Scheduled Dept-7:30pm
Actual Dept: 7:30PM
Scheduled Arrival- 8:15pm
Actual Arrival- 8:05pm.
ACFT- BAe Jetstream 32
Well after arriving, i sat down and waited for boarding to start. the plane arrives from god knows where, and then they announce boarding. no paticular order. just line up. and so I did, handed in my boarding ticket she tore it up, and handed the rest back to me. i got on board the plane. 2 flights down, last one to go!!

never thought id say this but..THANK GOD FOR GROUNDS!!!! I MISSED IT!!!
Alex
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