Transportation: Today, our airplane was delayed because of issues with the de-ice-ing....

By JSterl - 02/01/2010 05:33 - United States

Today, our airplane was delayed because of issues with the de-ice-ing. Then, because it had too little fuel. Then, because of engine troubles. Then, because our first officer needed to be replaced due to legal restrictions on pilots' hours. Now, I get to go straight from the plane to work. FML

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By melyeah - 02/03/2013 14:14 - Australia - Sydney

Today, to avoid a massive delay on our scheduled flight at the airport, we were generously moved to an earlier flight home. An hour later, our new flight had been cancelled and they told us we'd be stuck at the airport overnight. Our original flight took off fine. FML

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By anonymous - 05/04/2011 18:13 - United States

Today, I spent six hours driving between two airports to try and catch my flight. Two trailer accidents, two construction zones, three detours, and one police escort later, the airline wouldn't let me on the plane. FML

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By budadepressed - 18/07/2016 21:22 - United States - Burnsville

Today, due to a scheduling error, I spent an entire day and night in an airport, over 30 hours in total. Just as I arrived at the gate, I was informed that my flight had been delayed for another 2 hours. FML

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By Anonyme - 10/06/2024 13:00 - United States

Today, I'm anxious traveler who's flying by myself. My first flight got delayed due to one issue after another. This caused me to miss my connection. There are no more flights today so I'm having to stay overnight which, by the way, the airline won't pay for. FML

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By whenlifeisalemon - 09/01/2016 23:19 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I waited patiently in the airport as my flight was repeatedly delayed. After 5 long hours I approached one of the attendees to discover that the plane had left 5 minutes ago. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/03/2021 20:01

Today, my work made us all get up at 3 a.m. to head to the airport for our 7 a.m. flight, only for us to get to the airport and find out the flight is cancelled. FML

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By Username - 27/05/2011 21:13 - United States

Today, I finally get to go home after a 16 day training event in Colorado. The plane has been sitting in the runway for over three hours due to lightning storms and we're not allowed to leave. We've spent more time on the ground waiting than the flight itself would take. FML

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By dJ21 - 15/12/2009 09:23 - Guam

Today, I was at the airport getting ready to go to Hawaii. The guy at the counter said my flight was delayed. It turns out that the flight that was delayed was a flight going to Miami. My flight left at the regular time, and my luggage was on it, because I checked in the night before. FML

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By Phantommajik - 10/05/2011 16:08 - United States

Today, I was stuck at the airport overnight waiting for my flight for about 5 hours. I then went and looked at the departures board. It said that my flight had already departed. FML

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By stk - 19/12/2016 12:56 - United States - Aurora

Today, I woke up at 3am to catch my flight back home, only to realize that my flight was pushed back 14 hours. FML

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Andyangels27 0

Saturday 2 January 2010 12:21

ok you're other alternatives were : crash the wings are too heavy due to ice crash the plane is too heavy due to fuel crash the pilot falls asleep crash due to engine failure so going straight to work is better than not going to work because you're dead

null_fml 11

Saturday 2 January 2010 13:11

I bet having to go to work after all that stress was just de-ice-ing on de cake, wasn't it?

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lisa1234 0

Saturday 2 January 2010 20:42

Boo-*******-hoo. "My airline delayed my flight so serious safety issues could be addressed. Now I won't die in a crash. FML."

pnut3xoxo 0

Saturday 2 January 2010 21:03

OMG yes!

FarSide 22

Sunday 3 January 2010 4:49

Damn Lisa. I think I love you and your logic.

lisa1234 0

Sunday 3 January 2010 5:13

My husband is an airline pilot so I get extra annoyed at idiots like the OP.

strawberryswirl 0

Saturday 2 January 2010 22:05

I was flying out of Washington DC on a Sunday night, and it got delayed several hours. We were then told that there are noise regulations against jets flying in DC after 11 PM, but at about 10:40, they stupidly rushed us all on the plane anyway, only to make us get off and stay the night. Luckily, I had a place to stay, but I was a half-day late for work the next day because senators don't like loud planes over their houses at night.

Cristaderzi 0

Saturday 2 January 2010 23:08

I agree with starfire!! Why work the same day your back!! Unless your in the military? Even then I left early enough to chill on base/ship so I had time to get aquainted/re aquaitnted!!!

PilotAlex 0

Saturday 2 January 2010 23:19

Was this flight today, from Grand Forks?

flyingburger 0

Saturday 2 January 2010 23:20

I bet the OP's job involves retail or other shift work instead of one where one little mistake involves hundreds of fatalities.

Malinkrot 3

Sunday 3 January 2010 4:27

The OP never said, "they should have just left all that stuff there and flew anyways!" she is just saying its a FML because the plane got so delayed. if she had said, "today, our airplane was delayed. FML." it wouldn't have been that interesting. well to you, maybe but not to the rest of us. I bet you mod FML's and say yes to ones like "today, I sharted. FML."

FarSide 22

Sunday 3 January 2010 4:42

YDI for flying SouthWest Airlines.

risforrrrcuhh 0

Sunday 3 January 2010 4:50

You should've called out.

RuralNinja 0

Sunday 3 January 2010 8:13

Its called life, deal with it. Or are you the kind of idiot who would rather fly with a deadly layer of ice on the wings? One which could gradually build up until the wing loses the ability to produce lift, sending the plane into a horrific, uncontrollable crash.

SharkWeeker 0

Sunday 3 January 2010 8:54

In all fairness, that sounds like a very unpleasant flight. Sure, there are more unfortunate situations but can't we all agree that this kind of sucks too? I'm sure she'd rather undergo this ordeal than die. I don't think that was ever meant to even be debatable.