As the passengers of British Airways Flight 116 with service from New York to London were about to disembark the flight today, the pilot made the following announcement:
"It seems we will be delayed since the sky bridge [connecting terminal to airplane] is malfunctioning. This is rather unusual since a plane just left before we arrived and they had no problems..."
A rather happy lady sitting diagonally behind me proceeded to say, in a lovely British accent:
"Heathrow is the most dysfunctional airport ever - it'll probably take an hour to get our luggage..."
Just before I boarded this flight, I was strolling back and forth across JFK airport and it occurred to me how accessible the world really is. The radius of the planet is something like 6400 km (if I remember correctly), making for a circumference of slightly over 40,000 km. Large numbers? Maybe.... the flight from NY to London was only 5.5 hours, my friend's flight from Toronto to Hong Kong a little longer at 16 hours. Another friend of mine just moved to Toronto, which seems very far, but Air Canada will get you there in less than 4 fours! The point is, as far away as many places seem to be, they are no more than a day away on the modern aircraft. And I for one have spent many a day in routine monotony...
I will try to update as regularly as possible!
P.S. I managed to get my luggage in less than 15 minutes.
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