Nemont
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On Tuesday April 19th, I was supposed to fly to Spokane, Wa. for a meeting. I was to leave at 5:50 a.m. and be in Spokane at 11:20 a.m. Should have been a easy day to travel there. WRONG. 
First my 5:50 a.m. flight was cancelled so I had to get out on the next plane a 11:20 a.m. but could have still made it to Spokane by 6:00 p.m. Well we get into the air at 11:20 and then the pilot notifies us that we have to divert due to weather in Billings and we are short of fuel. We land in Sidney Montana. Refuel and head to Billings. As we are taxiing to the gate my 2:00 p.m. Horizon Flight is taking off :BLEEP: So I get off and find out Big Sky airlines has a flight to Spokane at at 4:10 and I can get into Spokane at 5:50 p.m. Cool I can still make it 4:10 comes and no plane, then 5:10 and still no plane finally get airborne at 6:00 but we have to stop in Great Falls, MT. We get into Great Falls, Everybody boards the plane and the engines start turning and we begin taxiing out to the runway but return to the gate and shut down. The co-pilot had too many hours on duty that day to fly anymore |oo |oo So my I spend the night in Great Falls. I cancel my meeting in Spokane. I can't get from Great Falls to Billings except by flying from Great Falls to Salt Lake City and then back to Billings. So the next morning I am on a Delta flight to SLC. I arrive in SLC at 11:00 a.m go to the gate only to find out that the Billings airport is closed and there are no flights into to or out of Billings. :BLEEP: :BLEEP:
So I rebook a seat on a late flight hoping the airport would open up later in the evening. That flight was to take off at 9:00 p.m. Well finally get to airborne at 10:30 p.m. and can't get into Billings and have to divert to Bozeman. Another hotel room and I have to get up at 6:00 and rent a car and drive to Billings to catch a 10:15 a.m. flight back to Glasgow. I left on Tues and it is now Thurs. and I have been in 9 different airports and two different hotels and still hadn't been to Spokane. The 10:15 flight from Billings to Glasgow is delayed but finally takes off and I arrive on my doorstep at 1:00 this afternoon.
Man am I glad to be home.
Nemont
First my 5:50 a.m. flight was cancelled so I had to get out on the next plane a 11:20 a.m. but could have still made it to Spokane by 6:00 p.m. Well we get into the air at 11:20 and then the pilot notifies us that we have to divert due to weather in Billings and we are short of fuel. We land in Sidney Montana. Refuel and head to Billings. As we are taxiing to the gate my 2:00 p.m. Horizon Flight is taking off :BLEEP: So I get off and find out Big Sky airlines has a flight to Spokane at at 4:10 and I can get into Spokane at 5:50 p.m. Cool I can still make it
4:10 comes and no plane, then 5:10 and still no plane finally get airborne at 6:00 but we have to stop in Great Falls, MT. We get into Great Falls, Everybody boards the plane and the engines start turning and we begin taxiing out to the runway but return to the gate and shut down. The co-pilot had too many hours on duty that day to fly anymore |oo |oo So my I spend the night in Great Falls. I cancel my meeting in Spokane. I can't get from Great Falls to Billings except by flying from Great Falls to Salt Lake City and then back to Billings. So the next morning I am on a Delta flight to SLC. I arrive in SLC at 11:00 a.m go to the gate only to find out that the Billings airport is closed and there are no flights into to or out of Billings. :BLEEP: :BLEEP: So I rebook a seat on a late flight hoping the airport would open up later in the evening. That flight was to take off at 9:00 p.m. Well finally get to airborne at 10:30 p.m. and can't get into Billings and have to divert to Bozeman. Another hotel room and I have to get up at 6:00 and rent a car and drive to Billings to catch a 10:15 a.m. flight back to Glasgow. I left on Tues and it is now Thurs. and I have been in 9 different airports and two different hotels and still hadn't been to Spokane. The 10:15 flight from Billings to Glasgow is delayed but finally takes off and I arrive on my doorstep at 1:00 this afternoon.
Man am I glad to be home.
Nemont
