My First Class United Flight Experience From Orlando To SoCal - Turbulence & Layover Delay in Texas
First Class United Flight Experience Orlando To SoCal
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welcome everyone adam the woo here
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wearing an appropriate
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ball cap headwear
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i am heading back to orange county
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california
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very shortly i'll be heading over to the
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orlando international airport
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as the recording of this it is june 29
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2021
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and i am going to hop on a plane i have
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a layover in
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houston texas i have chosen united
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airlines
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and this will be the first time ever in
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the existence of my lifespan
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after hundreds of flights that i will be
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i will be going first class the reason i
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decided
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to opt for this from six foot three
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do not have a lot of leg room and over
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the last
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12 13 months delta air lines has been my
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airline of choice simply because they
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we're not filling up the middle row
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so when you get to the towards the back
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of the plane you have three rows on
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either side
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normally when you're going coast to
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coast in the bigger airlines they were
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not
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selling the middle seat so i would
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choose the window sometimes the albino
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norm most times the window seat and
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there would be no one beside me
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all that is gone by the wayside there is
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no distancing on airlines
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also i would also pay about another
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hundred dollars
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per seat plus fees maybe even 150
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dollars
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to get the extended leg room to get two
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or three more inches of leg room so my
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knees
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were not smushed up in front of the seat
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person behind me
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that was all i kind of figured it out as
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far as a one-way trip
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was only about 200 less
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than if i just went up to first class
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now over the years i've always thought
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should i do first class
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should i document what a first class
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flight
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is like and today is the day to
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celebrate me
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going back to california after 135 days
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i think it may be my math is correct on
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that oh the church bells are ringing it
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is now
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10 o'clock 10 a.m my flight does not
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depart for a few hours
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got a couple other things i want to do
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before heading heading over there
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you know tying up some loose ends and
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whatnot but i'm going first class
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i kind of i fear well i don't fear but
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is going first class going is it going
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to be difficult to go back to coach
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after you have that and really the only
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reason is so i have a little bit more
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room
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so i can document it stretch my legs out
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and
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i'm almost 47 years old and i've never
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i've never done first class
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i've never been upgraded i did not get a
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complimentary upgrade i am paying the
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extra little bit of money
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i think it was about 450 just shy of 500
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maybe even less than that between four
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and five hundred dollars where
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if i would have had the extended leg
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room just behind first class which is
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what i usually do
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probably 250 300 so coughed up
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the extra amount i just said heck it i'm
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doing it
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i'm inviting you to join me this has
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been a long-winded explanation
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shall you now i did contemplate driving
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cross-country
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back to southern california but decided
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to fly and when i get there i'll be
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renting a car
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and you know just taking public transit
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ride share catching rides with friends
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renting cars things like that my vehicle
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here taking over to my parents house
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they're going to watch over it while i'm
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gone no plans on when i'll be back
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i'll be back by at least by october 1st
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but other than that
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not really sure when i'll be back it
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really is kind of incredible that i've
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been
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gone as long as i have i left on
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valentine's day middle of february
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i've now been dropped off unattended
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vehicles
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will be towed and
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face coverings and are required
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everywhere
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i have made it to the united states
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across the board there
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i have made it to the united
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walk-through ticketing and check-in
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looks to be quite a few quite a few
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people in here it is very busy
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with fourth of july just around the
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corner it's not quite
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holiday weekend yet you know it's still
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a
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still a little bit of a ways off today
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is the 29th
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as the recording of this see if i can
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see my departure on there out of
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let's see i am going to my layover is in
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houston oh yeah right up top there
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it says on time i just got to double
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check and see if that's it yeah that's
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it
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gate number 42. boy this is a real
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beehive of activity in here is it not
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okay gates one through 59 straight ahead
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i'm looking for 42.
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that's where i'm heading right over
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through that area and take a look how
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many arrivals and departures there are
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quite a bit out of o.y.i
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glad i got here a little bit early made
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it through
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and now heading over to the 30 through
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55
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area to go on a monorail
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now one 126 127
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still got plenty of time maybe we could
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catch this one in time
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nope miss it
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so close so the next one will be on this
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side
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hey take a little monorail over
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uh
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now this is not my plane but there is
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another united
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pulling in here at the very end of the
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section you can see it's pulling in
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right now to let off the
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the passengers and there's yet another
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one
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over here at 44 that is parked about
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ready to start boarding
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this is the the whole united area oh
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look there goes the flying
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food group that's what has the meals
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delivering the meals
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on board before before they take off
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i don't know if i've ever flown united
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before i used to do american all the
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time and then
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delta when they were separating seats
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but
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now i'm on united i'm not partial to one
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airline
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i just go with whatever works now i did
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not forget my headphones i would usually
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watch stuff
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on my phone or listen to podcasts and
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whatnot but if you did forget something
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they have these vending machines
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sound and mobile accessories and you can
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get chargers you can get
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headphones you can even get well that's
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pretty much what it is chargers and
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headphones
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this is gate number 40 here
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this is not my plane either mine has not
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arrived quite yet but you can see the
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the tower often that this is the control
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tower
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42 is a it's kind of co-joined to this
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you can see there's no plane there now
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44 there's a plane 40 there's a plane
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but 42.
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mine is not arrived yet it'll be here
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soon if you so choose to do a little
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shopping while you're waiting
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there's a couple little little
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vestibules little stands here there's
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mystic
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silver pure shopping magic
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and then over here is
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natalie's candy jar
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i've seen these in other airports that
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they were full stores but this one's
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just a little stand
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that is a very decent size lollipop
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right there and in
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true florida fashion the original choco
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gator
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i think maybe the speakers up here are
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not working correctly it sounds like a
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star wars character
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the speaker's blooming here's a better
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view of the food court area in here
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that freshens smoothies smoothie sounds
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pretty good i'm not going to get one but
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it does sound pretty good
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it's also nature's table or wendy's
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wok and uh mexican
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eats place over there in the corner it's
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very busy in here
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i feel like i always get to the airport
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way too early
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and just pace around walk around until
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it's my time to board
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there was one time though i i i kind of
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kind of fooled around with the tease
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that little too much
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and got here with not enough time and
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they closed the door
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before i was able to board and i missed
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my flight it happened at lax
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i had to go all the way back home and go
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back the next day
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i wasn't too happy so i guess better
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safe than sorry
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and get always get to the airport a
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little early
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gate 42 plane is now arriving
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there it is so i can hear the engine
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through
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through the open door it's just now
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arriving
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one of the two the first one that goes
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to houston and there's a layover
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and it's about uh
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a little platform is about to attach to
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the door
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a little behind the scenes here
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very close it's getting closer this is
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the platform i will be walking across to
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board
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it's very exciting
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there it goes almost attached
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almost attached and i will be boarding
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on the way to houston and then houston
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to socal boarding was scheduled to
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begin about 12 minutes ago door has not
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opened and boarding has been delayed
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just a little bit hopefully not much
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longer however
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it on is a lot more legroom in here than
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what i'm used to
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however there is no pull down tray table
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sometimes i will you know i'll download
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something on my phone to watch
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i'll have the tray table flip down and
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i'll put my phone across here
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i use this but there is no tray table
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looks like downtown orlando over there
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yep downtown orlando
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see you later central florida oh and
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there's the
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there's icon orlando orlando eye and the
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skyfire
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down there as well
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captain is making another announcement
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there's going to be
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some more turbulent weather some
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inclement weather we're going to be
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flying for yourself
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quite a bit of light turbulence
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throughout the course of this flight
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all the way to houston check to make
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sure they're seatbelts
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as well thank you
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ended up getting a sandwich here carved
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chicken
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on italian italian bread
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chicken provolone and parmesan garlic
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butter
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and kale cream cheese
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this thing is warm too when you hand it
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to me you can feel the warmth through
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the
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bag they even give you a
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ceramic plate look at that fancy
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that was also the time to put away your
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tray tables and video monitors put your
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seat backs up return your address to the
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original position
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and fasten your seatbelt if you're
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sitting near the window please open the
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window shane for landing
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flight attendants please prepare the
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it's kind of tough to see but that's
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downtown houston
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way over there we did a complete
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circle around the city we went past it
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and then back backtrack
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probably due to weather but you can kind
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of make out downtown over there
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we were coming in fast on that one it
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was a fast landing
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welcome to houston the local time is 5
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43 p.m
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you may continue to use the charger
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phones and other small devices however
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if you're sitting at the end of the road
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please
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we are getting us to the gate quick we
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are moving
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for everyone tell the safety we have
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changed our declining process after we
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arrive at the gate the seatbelt sign has
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been switched off please remain seated
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until they've caught your rotate point
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at that time please check your seat back
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pocket in the area around your seat to
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make sure you have all of your
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belongings
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before exiting the aircraft please use
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caution when you open the overhead
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fences items
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on behalf of everyone at united and our
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starlight partners would like to thank
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you for coming with us today
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we sincerely appreciate your business
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and we're looking forward to seeing you
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again on your next united life
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they are wasting no time getting us to
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the gate this is like the fastest i've
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ever gotten from landing to the gate
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just like moving right along
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thank you thank you thank you
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all right according to this it is going
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to be 20 minutes late
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it says late aircraft c14
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to orange county california departs now
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at 6
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30. it is now 5 31 so
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i'm good and it's not over i believe i
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got to walk
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turn that corner and then go all the way
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down to
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probably one of those over there all
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right
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keep going believe the one straight
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ahead over there
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is the one i'll be boarding in 20
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minutes or so
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give or take
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and shopping bags you've placed those
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items underneath the seat in front of
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you
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leaving the overhead bin space for the
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large rollerboard bags those items
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should fit in
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wheel or hands and if you're having any
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trouble
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led by shannon i'd like to thank you for
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joining us united flight 1982
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non-stop service out to the oc uh john
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wayne
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regional uh we should be pushing back
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here in just a moment looks like all the
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doors are buttoned up obviously the
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airplane got in a little bit late so uh
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we're a little behind schedule i think
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we're gonna make up a good chunk of it
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right now our show is getting in
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11 minutes after schedule that's really
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not too bad weather out of here
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a little dicey still uh as the
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thunderstorm dissipates we'll pick up
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uh and bounded leave as we're climbing
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up might have to keep the fasten
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seatbelts on a little bit longer than
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normal
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as soon as we get screw there we will
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try to get it off we do ask you to buy
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by that fasten seatbelt sign while we
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make our way through the weather lastly
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uh getting there
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lights at the end of the tunnel still
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have to wear those masks though faa
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requirement
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we appreciate your cooperation welcome
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aboard
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flight attendants please army doors for
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our departure cross check verified
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stress standby for all call
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a very short stop-off in houston
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about an hour
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so
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instead of a sandwich for round two i
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opted for this little box of goodies
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with some white cheddar cheese some
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hickory smoked almonds
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some mediterranean apricots
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some salami slices
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even a little chocolate down there
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these are called cream crackers
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and a multi-grain
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quite a bit of turbulence right now a
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lot of turbulence
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captain just came over and said for
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flight attendants to take their seats
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well it is really bouncy
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local time will be 7 30 p.m
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nice night as usual in orange county
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temperatures 70 degrees uh high clouds
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uh right now i'm scaring this guy but uh
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nothing
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uh any great concern today we are going
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to be going into
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the gate number eight
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as always we do appreciate you flying
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with united airlines it will be just a
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few minutes
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there's something i haven't seen in over
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a few months
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mountain ranges
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florida's very flat
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it's good to be back on the west coast
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let's get ready for landing fine
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taking your seats and putting away your
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carry-on items
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we'll be coming through the aisles to
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collect any last service items
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very unusual formations down there those
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circles
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along the ground right
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i wonder what those are check that out
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it's like a big hidden mickey
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tray tables are stowed seat backs are in
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their full upright position
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any carry-on items you brought up during
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the flight should now be completely
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underneath that
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giving you some good views of these
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mountains here
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oh man pump the brakes
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it breaks really hard whoa my gosh
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it's like a quick stop
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we'd like to welcome you to orange
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county a local title
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please remain in your seats with your
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seat belts fasten and all carry-on items
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stowed
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until the captain has parked our
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aircraft at the gate and turned off the
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fasteners outside
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before you leave us please check your
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seat pocket and any other storage areas
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for any of your personal belongings
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especially those cell phones
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and you use care when opening the
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overhead bins you may continue to
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charge your cell phones and they may now
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be placed in transmit mode
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please refrain from plugging anything in
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in the exit rows at this time
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on behalf of you nice and especially
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your implied crew that served you this
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evening i'd like to thank for coming
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with us it's been our pleasure having
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you on board
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we look forward to seeing you again soon
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again many thanks and good night
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a couple of aircraft pushing off the
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gate
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so as a result it should be another five
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minutes or so before we have you at the
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uh gate to eight thank you for your
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patience
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i have arrived
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that was a lengthy day
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you know layovers are kind of nice
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because you can get out and stretch your
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legs
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but all in all a direct flight is much
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quicker
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much much quicker look the sun is about
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to set over there
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first thing i immediately noticed as i
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walked over here to where the rideshare
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pickup is there's no humidity
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there's no warmth
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completely different than what has been
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taking place in florida for me
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in recent last month or two i'm wearing
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the appropriate hat
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i'm back man feels good
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over 130 to 135 days if my math was
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correct on that
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and when it comes to the first class you
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do get uh you get
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a couple extra food options i am a
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non-drinker so the the free
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booze does not really affect me per se
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you do get a little bit of extra leg
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room a little more elbow room
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i don't really know if it's worth the
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price i can't really 100 decide
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if it's worth paying the extra money to
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be up in first class
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i'm still on the fence with it i'm not
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complaining though it was nice
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it was nice to have a little elbow room
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but it wasn't vastly
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much different than having the just
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behind
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first class paying a little bit of extra
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money for a little extra legroom
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and that's going to do it for today i'm
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back
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i'll see the next video the vlog is over