Finally Going Home On Busy Holiday Weekend - American Airlines First Class (Kinda) Flight Experience
American Airlines Phoenix To Orlando
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today's adventure begins
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round two
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yesterday I tried getting home back to
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Central Florida out of Phoenix it did
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not happen I got stuck
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in the desert of Arizona
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so I'm going back to the airport today
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for round two as a recording of this
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Sunday
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July 2nd 2000.
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23.
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stayed in these accommodations last
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night
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checked in a little late
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now there's a guy
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fishing stuff out of the fountain over
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there
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off to the airport welcome everyone here
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this is a do-over from yesterday I did
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not make it out of PHX
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which I believe are the three letters
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for the Phoenix Airport
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that direct flight yesterday did not
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happen completely delayed delay delayed
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and then they just ended it completely
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leaving me out here
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got this hotel really nice hotel and now
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I'm going to be heading it's very early
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about 7 30. I have my glasses on at the
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moment because I need coffee these eyes
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are not made for 7 20 a.m when you got
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very little sleep
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a little bit of stressful yesterday but
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it could have been worse I gotta be
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honest I could have done way worse than
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it was need to get home today because in
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the morning
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I have something going on yesterday
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would have been really nice to get home
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today needed to get home have a layover
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in Austin and out of Austin to Orlando
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with the time change three hours behind
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here in Phoenix than it is in Florida
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should get home around 6 30 p.m if it
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all goes well inviting you
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to join me
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Italian and there is in fact a shuttle
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that goes from here this is the
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Doubletree over to the airport and they
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said it's going to leave in a couple of
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minutes you can see it parked right on
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in front of the awning now I know
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sometimes people have told me that when
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you have a flight that is completely
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postponed or canceled or anything like
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that that they will cop your hotel I
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didn't even wait around yesterday to
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find that out just wanted to get out of
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the airport you know kind of a stressful
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situation so I went ahead and just
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booked this myself but I don't know
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maybe maybe next time if I had a little
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bit more patience I would just kind of
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wait around and wait on the 100 plus
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person line to talk to the people like
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guest services but I didn't want to do
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that yesterday anyway
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heading to the airport now via the
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shuttle all right in fact it was not the
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golf cart
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was pulling up in that last frame oh
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yeah it was just the Cookie awakes
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mobile they gave me a cookie last night
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but I checked in
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after a little a little bit of stress
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yesterday I got a cookie that's a very
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interesting tile mural I thought this
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sign down here was going to say
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something about don't touch the tile and
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it says please do not move chairs in
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front of discwise you'll notice there
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are no chairs in front
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this display
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someone moved the chairs
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wasn't me all right I gotta go to B the
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B Gates which has an eight minute wake B
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gate all Gates go up I go up the
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escalator escalator and up towards the
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little Mosaic here on the roof in the
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food court looks like a sun
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Phoenix gets very sunny I was looking at
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the weather it's going to get to 115
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today here I gotta be honest I'm a
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little nervous about today I've heard a
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lot of kind of horror stories about a
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lot of airlines all over the U.S and
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maybe even the world but it's all over
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the US the last couple days that have
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been a lot of different delays okay
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right here so yesterday I had a direct
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flight they're not going to have a
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layover and it did not end well for me
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today I have a layover so if it goes
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well today
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I will be counting my blessings for sure
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so I am going to Austin flight 848
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departs at 9 24
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out of gate B7 currently on time from
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Austin
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I'll go to Orlando so again let's see
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what happens I am departing hey that was
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relatively quick and easy behind me a
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lot of people are getting into line but
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I got in pretty fast so I didn't have to
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take anything out of this I usually have
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my laptop in here now he's funny
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yesterday I use a different machine same
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airport different machine I had to leave
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the laptop in the bag of course you'll
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take your belt and shoes off walk across
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a dirty floor in your socks but I had to
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put this in its own bed this went in a
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bin with this also bring my own Gum as
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well but yesterday it was completely
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different this had these shoes had to go
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in a tray yesterday today this they were
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like kind of yelling don't put it in a
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tray just leave it on the roller itself
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so it all depends on the machine I asked
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like how come yesterday it was different
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I said it's because of the machine they
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had newer machines yesterday than the
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line I went through today which is an
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older machine very interesting and there
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wasn't a lot of proper signage to even
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let you know and each Airport's
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different to let you know like what's
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got to go where what's going to come out
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just it's all
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it's all part of the experience for us
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it's like deja vu from yesterday they
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did however have this sign that I
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snapped a photo of going through please
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remove all full-size DVD players from
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your bag and video cameras that use
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cassettes
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what the heck here is this Phoenix I
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feel like I've been here before
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hello me
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me again
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it looks like Cactus candy over here
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you'll get a little souvenir to take
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home Cactus candy
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look how cute that one is right there
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ever notice how little mascots are so
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adorable and then they're just kind of
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like
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please don't eat me quality products
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that's 1942. that's a candy lollipop you
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gotta come this way right there
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what do I have to do
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oh the scorpion suckers
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oh real scorpion suckers here real bugs
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in there huh yeah delicious they're
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delicious I eat them all the time really
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I'm gonna pass too early for scorpions
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kind of see downtown off in the distance
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and a nice little chat with the guy who
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was working at the older gentleman there
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he was saying how back in the day he
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would eat like scorpions and bugs and
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things all right still showing on time
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moving over here now
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nice kind of Meandering around I was
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like looking at the different planes
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this is like a smaller one this is an
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n713 SK right over there you can see
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this one looks like it's about to depart
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this was a little larger than the other
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ones it's just a lot of uh the American
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Airline guys it's pretty expensive
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crossing my fingers today works out well
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yeah the sun is definitely coming up and
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up you can feel the heat coming through
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this window pretty potently
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and it's just like glaring off that
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airplane out there
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I mean it's still really early and it's
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just standing by this one that was like
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scorching me off
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again I was looking at the weather's
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going to get to 1 15 today later there
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is a coffee shop over there called The
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Refuge and I got myself a piping hot
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caffeinated beverage I bored in about 25
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minutes I've heard never to drink coffee
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on a plane something about the
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unfiltered or refiltered or reuse water
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I don't really know how it all works I
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am still gonna drink coffee on a plane
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when it is presented to me and I'm kind
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of in a rush and I can't get one at the
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gates but for today
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get a larger coffee
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right over here but yeah I've always
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heard I don't know if it's like a myth
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or an urban legend that you shouldn't
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drink coffee on a plane but it's not
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gonna stop you from drinking coffee on a
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plane but today I won't be drinking
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enough in a plane because I got one
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before getting on the plane
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and the way I'm speaking right now
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definitely signifies that I need
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set coffee before getting on the plane
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I might be losing my mind a little bit
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all right that is my plane over there
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boards in eight minutes
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eight minutes till boarding
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now we'll know it doesn't look like
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they're doing any work in there they
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don't have the sun visor over it this is
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a very shrewd design no not the coffee
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cup and not this but a very shrewd
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design over here trying to like turn the
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coffee around and show this so I was
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looking to put my coffee down on a table
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of some sort but you can't because look
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at this they built this on an incline
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where it will slide off they don't want
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anybody loitering over near here see how
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that's kind of at an angle so if you try
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to put your coffee here it'll just slide
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right off
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aith your way down the aisle and you
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find some overhead fit space we ask that
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you place your larger overhead
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your larger baggage in the overhead
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compartment
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and if you have a second item such as a
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backpack a tote bag or a purse we have
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to please place them underneath the seat
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in front of you so that we can
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accommodate as many bags in the overhead
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thing absolute pleasure to be flying you
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there this morning
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my name is Captain Steve Schnell on
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behalf of myself and my co-captain here
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Corey Manton we're going to fly you
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there one hour and 52 minutes heels up
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to wheels down at 35 000 feet just about
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775 miles east
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taking a quick look at the weather in
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Dallas
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looks like very light winds just a few
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clouds in the skies and the temperature
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right now it's 89 degrees
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we have three of America's Finest flight
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attendants
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my representatives in the cabin so
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please follow any instructions that they
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give you but certainly if you have any
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questions don't hesitate to ask once
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again welcome aboard one hour 52 minutes
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on over to Austin
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touchdown at 30 minutes past the hour
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and over to the gate just a few minutes
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after that
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looking at the weather in Austin uh
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still pretty much the same light winds
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good visibility and the temperature is
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now up to 92 degrees Fahrenheit
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quit parking over at the gate a 3-1
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that's 31. we appreciate you coming
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along with us today we appreciate your
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business here at American certainly I
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hope you have a great time in the Boston
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area or wherever your final destination
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takes you
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points are seeing the original upright
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position
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turn off and put away larger electronic
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devices such as laptops
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any secure uh
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all handheld devices
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according to see
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remember that any handheld electronic
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devices such as cell phones tablets and
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smart watches must have made in airplane
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mode until after we left thank you
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all right officially not in the desert
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anymore
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would like to be the first to welcome
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you to Austin Texas the current time is
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1 31 pm
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as a reminder please stay seated with
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your seatbelts faster all right I just
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checked and my next flight boards and 17
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minutes
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I'm cutting it close
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now it's uh blocking her a taxi in but
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we should be just a few minutes away
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from uh
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pulling into the gate gate 31 appreciate
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your patience and uh like we should be
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moving shortly to the gym Bridge with
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the number 31 on it uh
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apparently they are looking at it I
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guess it's stuck right where it is right
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now so the uh that flat when you see
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that flashing yellow light on the bottom
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that stuff trying to move it it's not
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moving so uh
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my hunch is going to be a few more
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minutes maybe another 10 minutes or so
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but uh I will update you about every tip
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if it's not
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good moved uh in 10 minutes I'll update
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you again
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flight boards in 10 minutes
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I've got to go to gate 28 to board
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another flight which is they're all
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pretty close it's a small airport but
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do not want to miss my flight from from
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Austin to Orlando
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looking at you big 31.
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I got a plane to catch
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I've already caught one I gotta catch a
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second
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I'm gonna make it think it's gonna
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happen
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two minutes from this very moment gotta
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find my game gate 28 I just double
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checked
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so this is 30 not too far
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looking for gate 28 I think they're
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making the announcement now oh I see the
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plane over there actually and that is
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the one gate 28 to Orlando boarding and
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one minute to Austin I am in you for
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about
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38 seconds they had already called group
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six it's group one
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so definitely they started boarding a
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few minutes before I thought they were
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going to I am sitting in seats three F I
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think I set up the same F Windows seat
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except set of seat one I mean left I
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mean instead of C1 I'm gonna see three
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all right I am successfully on they
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offer you a water or an OJ
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good afternoon American Airlines flight
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1781
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to Orlando to hear Josh joining Anthony
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we've got a few carry-on items we ask
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you only place the larger rollerboards
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go out oversized bubbles in the
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oversized
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in business 737 this one
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that's one way to get out of the luggage
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area
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okay
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it's like it's hot out there too they
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got the makeshift refreshment station
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ready to I could go in here two hours
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and nine minutes
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it's really pretty nice to ride across
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the gulf today
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94 degrees scattered clouds variable
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winds
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four fantastic it's here primarily
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just ask that you give them your
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attention when they're going through the
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same information
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so we're trying to get them resolved and
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uh before we run on the top and have to
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go so just very
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much
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and your safety is very important so
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guys please pause from my director
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digital flight attendants part of our
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safety demonstration
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seat I paid for first class so there's
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been other flights sometimes where
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even if there's a layover like on the
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first flight you'll get a meal second
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leg of the flight you'll get a meal so
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the first flight there was no meal just
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like some snacks like some uh little
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snacky things and on this one I guess
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the the meal truck didn't show up so
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there that's not going to be a meal so
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their next option which is fine pretty
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much the main reason I do any kind of
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first class is just we'll have a little
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more leg room and Elbow Room that's like
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the main draw for me but there is no
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meal and so I just said maybe I'll get
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some Pringles and maybe the cheese and
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charcuterie snack thing that the rest of
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the plane gets and they said they don't
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even have that they don't they don't
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have anything
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but possibly some cookies and maybe
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peanuts so
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once they said that it wasn't they
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weren't going to be serving a meal I
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said oh I'll get the fruit and cheese
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plate maybe some Pringles they said oh
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we don't even have the Pringles or
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sea salt almonds
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Breakfast Bag or the cheese plate but
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drinks are complimentary but I haven't
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drank soda in like seven weeks I've been
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doing pretty good on that no soda so I'm
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just gonna get a water and then maybe if
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they have some peanuts
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oh yes
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only the best first class American
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Airlines this is interesting they have
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the DCA which is the Washington DC
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airport Autumn I'm not even going
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anywhere near Washington DC
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to be honest after yesterday's Fiasco
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I'm just happy to be on a plane a plane
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home
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food is food is secondary
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Allegro Elbow Room
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more important
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and a water look at this
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status logo on the side
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one thing I also will say about American
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Airlines I love is they have Dr Pepper a
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lot of airlines don't have Dr Pepper but
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he says I'm not drinking soda anymore
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because really doesn't really make a
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difference to me
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but I do like that they have Dr Pepper
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most Airlines don't
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looks like coming
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across the Florida coastline now
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and that looks like MCO Orlando
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International over there I guess we're
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going to go bypass it I think the circle
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back and down to the runway
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downtown Orlando right
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no terminals going through that cloud
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circling back around that's I4 right
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down there
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Interstate four
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goes from Daytona to Tampa St Pete area
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one more turn go back over downtown
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again
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and then land
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once again we'd like to be the first to
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welcome you to Orlando
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where the local time is 5 50 pm
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5 50 P.M
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today we'll be arriving at gate 57 at
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Terminal B as in boy
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we need to check a bag with us it can be
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found at baggage claims number 24.
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and once again we'll be arriving at
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Terminal B all right after a couple of
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travel days in a row
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back
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in Orlando
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I'm back
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how old these mugs are you know I never
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actually knew what this was called I
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always call it the monorail but in fact
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it's called the gate link
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it's called The Game link
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there goes the gate bridge
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the gate link I like that
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and one would think including myself
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that I should probably relax for a few
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days after being gone for I don't know
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35 36 37 days like I haven't even
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haven't even been to my place in
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celebration in 40 days because three or
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four days before I departed on my trip I
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ended up staying my friend Jay came into
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town and we did some Disney dice stayed
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in the resorts and I wasn't even I
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wouldn't even my my Homestead so I
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haven't been to my place in 40 days
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but tomorrow bright and early tomorrow
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no time to relax got an agenda tomorrow
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so today because yesterday my flight did
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not happen and it was a whole rigmarole
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was a big mess American Airlines out of
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Phoenix to here so this was gonna be my
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day to take care of stuff
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that kind of decompress and and do
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things around the homestead and and
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you know get my get my thoughts together
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take some take care of some adult
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business things like that
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but that's not going to be happening
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tomorrow
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stay in the course
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I do this to myself I think
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I like to stay busy at some point I'll
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probably start to take a few few days
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for a little R and R between trips
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but this one not happened at 6 15 I also
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I need to charge my phone
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94 degrees granted I was I'm at MCO
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Orlando International but not too far
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celebration 94 degrees right now at six
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o'clock a few hours has gone by it is
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now 9 42.
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it is 83 degrees and mostly clear
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got my car back
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and I am
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it's been about 40 days
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just about 40 guys
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I love traveling I like seeing things I
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like going places even places I'm really
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familiar with in new places
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where there's no place like home we'll
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see in the next video the Vlog
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is over