04:20 am - Some resolutions for my next West Coast trip
I am never flying through Newark again. Multiple-hour delays just seem to be the norm at that airport. In fact, I discovered that Newark is the least-punctual airport in the entire US, with less than 50% of scheduled arrivals and departures happening on time. That sucks.
Secondly, for as long as I can afford it, I'm not flying that distance in economy class again. I don't fit that well in an economy seat, and the pain that I'm feeling this morning is not worth the saving I made by not upgrading. Also, the aircraft that Continental flew (757-200 and 737-800) were just uncomfortably small.
The biggest problem being that neither of those aircraft have enough toilets for that number of people over a 6-7 hour journey. On a 2-3 hour flight, the probability is that a proportion of the passengers won't need to go but, on a 6 hour, everyone needs to go at least once and some more than once. Between EWR and SFO, there was a queue stretching from the rear toilets to the overwing exits for most of the flight. Miserable.
Anyway, good to be home. I bought April a little toy Air Force One that makes jet noises and has flashing engines. She's so delighted with it :-)
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