Talk About a Delay
This is a horrible situation, but unfortunately with union rules and circumstances, terrible delays like this can occur.
Have you been stuck on a delayed flight lately? Were you annoyed? Well, you got nothing compared to the poor schmucks flying on last Thursdays flight from Minneapolis to Tokyo. The passengers endured a, get this, 43 hour delay because of crew and mechanical problems. To add insult to injury, the normally nonstop flight had to stop in Anchorage to refuel. Northwest gave passengers food & lodging, as well as $700 travel vouchers. That wouldn’t make me feel any better.
