Day 20: Departure - LA
Jan. 9th, 2005 04:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tanithryudoI hate LA with the burning passion of 1000 suns. First, they kept us waiting on the runway for another extra hour, making our flight late by 2 whopping hours. Then we had to get our luggage from the carrousel and run it through customs again - a process which seems to consist solely of getting the bags from point A (pick up) to point B (recheckin). Why this cannot be done automatically or by airport personnel is beyond me.
It was already 12:10 when we got to the baggage re-check-in. My mom's next flight had already left by then, so she had to reschedule. My flight boards at 12:30 and leaves at 1:00 (or so says my ticket), so I was told to run for it as they processed by baggage. I ran.
Then I discovered that I had to go through the incredibly long line that spanned the length of 2 floors for the security check-in. Since I didn't have 1-2 hours of luxury for waiting, I cut. that is, I ran to the head of the line and worked backwards, asking people if I could cut in front of them and showing them my ticket. Still, it was bare minutes to 1:00 when I finally got past security, who were seriously taking their darn sweet time looking at each item on the track like they didn't know what there were looking for/at.
So then I made another mad dash across the building because of course the gate for my flight would be at the other end of the looong terminal corridor. Then I got there and collapsed against the counter staring dumbly at the screen declaring flight whatever for Denver. Luckily, the lady at the counter got my messages as I huffed incoherently and waved my ticket at her. Then I find out that the departing flight's also been delayed and won't be coming in for boarding until the Denver flight leaves. The new departure time had been changed to1:45 2:00 2:30.
*stabs LA Airport*
And then, after boarding the plane, there was another delay of another 1.5 freakin' hours for the luggage to be loaded (and sorted, presumably). Compared to the barely hour-long flight time from LA to SF, this 3 hour delay at LA is simply ridiculous.
It was already 12:10 when we got to the baggage re-check-in. My mom's next flight had already left by then, so she had to reschedule. My flight boards at 12:30 and leaves at 1:00 (or so says my ticket), so I was told to run for it as they processed by baggage. I ran.
Then I discovered that I had to go through the incredibly long line that spanned the length of 2 floors for the security check-in. Since I didn't have 1-2 hours of luxury for waiting, I cut. that is, I ran to the head of the line and worked backwards, asking people if I could cut in front of them and showing them my ticket. Still, it was bare minutes to 1:00 when I finally got past security, who were seriously taking their darn sweet time looking at each item on the track like they didn't know what there were looking for/at.
So then I made another mad dash across the building because of course the gate for my flight would be at the other end of the looong terminal corridor. Then I got there and collapsed against the counter staring dumbly at the screen declaring flight whatever for Denver. Luckily, the lady at the counter got my messages as I huffed incoherently and waved my ticket at her. Then I find out that the departing flight's also been delayed and won't be coming in for boarding until the Denver flight leaves. The new departure time had been changed to
*stabs LA Airport*
And then, after boarding the plane, there was another delay of another 1.5 freakin' hours for the luggage to be loaded (and sorted, presumably). Compared to the barely hour-long flight time from LA to SF, this 3 hour delay at LA is simply ridiculous.
