I just saw in the news that American air lines is grounding a lot of planes to inspect some wiring. I would rather be delayed than have the plane explode or lose control 5 miles up in the air. And as for the being late, even back when I was working and flying a lot, I thought that was just a natural part of flying. We hardly ever left on time and once set in the docking area for a good amount of time while they replaced a flat on one of the landing gear wheels. This was at San Francisco and no one on the plane was doing any complaining. Once I left San Francisco for Chicago 2 hours late, and thought sure there was no way I would make my connecting flight to Columbus as I only had a 30 minute layover. But I made it. When we landed at Chicago, they had some how gotten the bed of the truck they lift the luggage up to the storage compartment wedged into the doorway and had spent 3 hours trying to figure a way to get it out without tearing up the edges so the hatch wouldn't seal. Every flight was so late that my luggage made it through with me.
Ron
