Finally home.
Mar. 1st, 2011 08:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aribWe're back in Boston after a busy week in Toronto.
On the way home, our flight was... interesting.
We flew the first American Eagle flight of the morning from Pearson (YYZ) to Logan (BOS- incidentally, Canadian airports get terrible abbreviations). When we arrived at the teeny little AE gate, there were approximately 40 people sitting there.
When the flight for Chicago was called, around twently people got up, and shuffled onto (or more probably into) their plane.
When the flight to JFK was called, ten people got up and shuffled away.
When the flight to LaGuardia was called, everyone else shuffled off.
At this point I wasn't worried, but I was definitely a bit curious and confused. There were a few people wandering around the gate, and our flight was still posted as scheduled to leave on time, but there didn't seem to be all that much activity.
Shortly before our scheduled boarding time, we heard an announcement over the loudspeaker:
"Will passenger![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
arib and passenger reporteraliza please come to the service desk?"
We gathered up our stuff, and pushed the stroller over to the desk. The agent looked up at us and said:
"Are you ready to go? You're it."
We were the only passengers on the plane.
Now, this was an American Airlines flight, so it wasn't like having our own personal jet. (we were flying in some version of an Embraer ERJ 145 or 135) That said, we learned a few things:
-Plunking your child's carseat into a plane seat is a lot less hassle than carrying said child in your lap.
-The airsick bags are also labeled for use as diaper disposal bags, and you're advised not to return them to the seat pocket when full.
-Even if there are only two adult passengers on the plane, the flight attendant still needs to do the safety dance.
-When you're the only people on the plane, you can get seconds from the beverage cart. :-)
-Finally, our carbon footprint is probably huge right now.
On the way home, our flight was... interesting.
We flew the first American Eagle flight of the morning from Pearson (YYZ) to Logan (BOS- incidentally, Canadian airports get terrible abbreviations). When we arrived at the teeny little AE gate, there were approximately 40 people sitting there.
When the flight for Chicago was called, around twently people got up, and shuffled onto (or more probably into) their plane.
When the flight to JFK was called, ten people got up and shuffled away.
When the flight to LaGuardia was called, everyone else shuffled off.
At this point I wasn't worried, but I was definitely a bit curious and confused. There were a few people wandering around the gate, and our flight was still posted as scheduled to leave on time, but there didn't seem to be all that much activity.
Shortly before our scheduled boarding time, we heard an announcement over the loudspeaker:
"Will passenger
arib and passenger reporteraliza please come to the service desk?"We gathered up our stuff, and pushed the stroller over to the desk. The agent looked up at us and said:
"Are you ready to go? You're it."
We were the only passengers on the plane.
Now, this was an American Airlines flight, so it wasn't like having our own personal jet. (we were flying in some version of an Embraer ERJ 145 or 135) That said, we learned a few things:
-Plunking your child's carseat into a plane seat is a lot less hassle than carrying said child in your lap.
-The airsick bags are also labeled for use as diaper disposal bags, and you're advised not to return them to the seat pocket when full.
-Even if there are only two adult passengers on the plane, the flight attendant still needs to do the safety dance.
-When you're the only people on the plane, you can get seconds from the beverage cart. :-)
-Finally, our carbon footprint is probably huge right now.
