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Airplane Mode 2 Dudley takes flight

December 7, 2018December 7, 2018by Another Slice6 Comments

I spent 8 1/2 hours trapped on a plane yesterday thanks to a perfect storm of travel complications that hit us at both ends of our trip. Fortunately, Dudley was on board. The trouble started with a couple of missing flight attendants, grew thanks to an ominous announcement of "cargo that needed to be removed [...]

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Airplane mode

December 5, 2018by Another Slice5 Comments

I had an epiphany in row 31 yesterday as I winged my way west on a Super Saver Fare. No one can reach you in airplane mode. That meant, for the duration of my flight, my only responsibility was to put my seat back and tray table in its upright and locked position when we [...]