Wish I was a bird...

... so I would not have to use commercial airlines to fly. I still cannot believe what happened to me and my colleague on Sunday:

• we were scheduled to fly from Las Vegas to Orlando, FL on USAirways flight departing at 11:34am, so we showed up at the airport shortly after 9 am;
• the inbound flight with our plane was showing as only 10 minutes delayed, so no reason to be worried; it arrived eventually and we were almost ready to board;
• now delays started to pop-up: first 1 hour ("but please stay at the gate for updates"), then 4 hours, eventually cancellation -- everything because of 'breaks problem';
• then hectic attempts to get another flight: eventually they have rebooked us to fly to Dallas on USAirways, then to Orlando on American; we were supposed to arrive at 12:30 am (Monday) instead of original 7pm Sunday;
• when we showed up at the gate for the Dallas flight the entire situation repeated very accurately: at first delayed incoming flight, then 'small delay due to breaks problem' that started to extend beyond one hour, which meant missed connection in Dallas...
• they gathered all Orlando passengers rebooked via Dallas (again) and another search for the replacement flight started: it ended up with Delta flight departing at 10:10pm Sunday and arriving 5:45 am Monday;
• we made it on Delta without any delays, but you can imagine how much fun it was to do a trade show after whole day at the airport and red-eye flight...

Fly by USAirwaste...