Or
What's a NOWAT Departure WITHOUT Chaos!
Why, it’s SMOOOOOOTH, That’s What!
WHAT?!?... NO WAY!
Oh YES WAY!!! Seriously!!!
OK, here’s The Scoop!
As previously reported, HE had it all packed and was feeling
a bit smug when he started to worry about the dreaded “Bag Sizing Thingy” that
Delta uses at the TSA Checkpoint so he starts to rearrange stuff from one bag
to another until he is satisfied he can get it through, even if he has to pull
some stuff from the outside pockets of HER bag into the small carry bag, her
“Personal” item for boarding that they also use on excursion. In fact this had HIM Soooo worried that even
after an early shower and a pre-midnight hop into bed… these thoughts had him
awake allllll night, finally dozing off around 4:30AM.
OF course the Alarm went off right on time and he started re-sorting
all over again until he was satisfied.
All the rest of pre-departure prep went without a single
hitch. No last minute texts from DELTA
about delays, plane changes, cancellations… NADA! In fact it went so well that they had 2 hours
on their hands before blast off from Casa d’ Chaos, which finally happened with the loading of
the car and rousting Henry to chauffer them at 11:45AM.
Did we mention, Henry is a Professional Truck Driver, Big
Rigs. Did we also mention that Henry
drives like a little old lady? [With apologies to little old ladies].
So the only drama in the whole Departure from Casa d’ Chaos was Chucky gritting his teeth as the Road Warrior plodded
along 2 miles below the speed limit on I-95, cursing all the idiots cutting in
and out of his lane, but still depositing THEM at FLL Terminal 2 precisely at
11:55AM
.
Chucky had the bags out of the trunk in the driving rain and
onto the curb lickety split, and into the TSA pre-check lane before the Cute Little
TSA Agent could spot him. Dragon Chic, on the other hand got, caught and had to
show HER boarding pass. Fortunately she had the smaller bag and was not
questioned because… wonder of wonders… no Bag Sizing Thingy in sight!
Being the only folks in the line, {Getting there at Noon on
a Wednesday didn’t hurt} PRE-CHECK was a snap...
And then the Agent handed them a
timing check-off sheet to test how long it took for them to get through the
screening and out the other side.
Must be
having to hit certain service bench marks.
Of course with no one else either in front or behind, more Wonder of
Wonders…
A.
She didn’t set off all the alarms with
her bangles
B.
Chucky’s bag didn’t set off any alarms
for BAG CHECK which his small emergency tool kit usually does
And they were through screening and having breakfast by
12:05PM – WOW!
A NOWAT RECORD!!!
Did we mentions it was NOON ON WEDNESDAY?
Obviously, NOT prime travel time, which now
that he thinks of it, was exactly why he picked this time as opposed to
earlier. Also, less of a layover in
Atlanta.
A leisurely Breakfast of Bagels and Eggs, a short wait after
verifying their Passports for International travel, {once before they were
un-aware of this procedure and got stopped at the gate and sent back to
complete the process} and they were on-board Flight DL451 and headed to Atlanta
in Record time.
Hey, the plane even left the gate ahead of schedule and the
arrived in Atlanta 30 minutes early.
This of course gave them time to get from the furthest gate of Terminal
A, alllll the waaaayyy to LAST GATE of International Terminal E {Some things
never change} with time to spare. They
even had time to pick up another extra Bag Strap to hook his laptop case to the
LUGgage {the original must have snapped off coming out of the overhead bin in
the plane.}
After a cumbersome gate check in, Delta’s computers had some
glitches, they were in their seats, with the overstuffed roll-ons stowed and
locked in the overhead, and rocketing down the Atlanta-Hartsfield International
Airport runway toward Bella Venezia... 10 minutes ahead of schedule we might
add.
The gist of this whole diatribe…
NO CHAOS! Nada, Zip, Zilch,
ZERO…
Another NOWAT RECORD!
Now…since the Featured Scotch on this particular flight [OK
ALL DELTA flights} is:
Wait for it…
Wait…
DEWAR’s White Label {fancy that} he will now stow the laptop
till Arrival at that Cute little AirBnB in BELLA VENEZIA, and partake of MR. Dewar’s Fine
Handcrafted Nectar of The Gods.
Ciao 4 Now
Uncle Chuck & The
deep into an in-flight movie,
Dragon Lady
Awww...God is good to those who need it!
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