My Stressful United Airlines Flight Experience / Burbank To Milwaukee- Long Delays & Airplane Issues
United Airlines Burbank To Milwaukee
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today's adventure begins from my hotel
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room here at Universal City California
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overlooking Universal Studios Hollywood
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but I'm not heading down to the theme
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park today in fact I'm checking out
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right now heading to my Ral car going to
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the Burbank Airport dropping said rental
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car off and flying
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out to an eventual destination I do have
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a layover I have one layover but if all
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goes well later tonight I will be
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landing
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in Milwaukee
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Wisconsin till next time Ali till next
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time start my intro here in the parking
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structure the hotel I'm staying at
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Hollywood Hills right
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there I'm flying United Airlines today
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there are no direct flights for Burbank
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to Milwaukee and I even looked in maybe
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flying out a little later changing
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things up and maybe going to LAX so I
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could stay a little later in the day and
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fly direct from LAX just on a whim I was
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searching I didn't see any direct
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flights from LAX either so I guess no
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one wants to go from either one of those
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two airports directly to Milwaukee got
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to do a layover from La at least the two
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airports I look out welcome everyone out
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of the woo here as the recording of this
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Saturday April 27th 2024 my rental car
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it's right over there behind that
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pole parked here on level
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P2 kind of the usual vicinity that I
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always Park my rental car in whenever I
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visit La I'm staying in this particular
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Hotel I already have plans in the
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future down the road to be back here and
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I'm not going to be staying at this
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hotel I'm going to be staying at another
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hotel I don't want to give too many
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spoilers but it's right over there I'm
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staying at a couple different hotels but
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at some point I want to stay at the
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Sheridan across the way there it's going
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to be a good travel day just putting
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that into the Universe I haven't even
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checked the weather so what do I know
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but if you put it out there good things
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happen I'm inviting you to join me let's
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go to Milwaukee but first Denver lay
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over in Denver for about an
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hour shall you to get out of this
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parking structure you got to pull up
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here and you show your key card I
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already dropped off my room
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key ticket you just scan this you get
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yourself a little
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souvenir on the way out I suppose room
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key I dropped off but
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this should just hang on to that CU you
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got to get out of the parking lot
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without it I made the mistake in the
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past where I didn't I dropped this in
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with the room key and I couldn't get out
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and I had to like summon them on the
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little thing yeah at some point I'm
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going to stay right here at the Sheridan
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a little bit of history in that place uh
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change it up next time so fun pointless
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fact here on this billboard speaking of
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the Fall Guy
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in about 7 minutes from this moment it's
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11:23 my flight is a little after 1:
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p.m. they are
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doing a Fall Guy pre-show before
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Waterworld at Universe Studios Hollywood
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and not going to be able to make it
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because I tried changing some flights
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around and it just wasn't meant to be so
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I'm going to miss the Fall Guy preview
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but it would have been cool to see it
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but I just can't delay an entire
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day to watch a 7-minute preview but I'm
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sure it's pretty good so not see all
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right pumping up with the self pumping
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gas nozzle bus going by by here at the
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quick serve food Mark they have
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fuel Burbank California
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$55 per gallon got to fuel it up if you
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don't fuel up the rental car the charge
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it ex extra it is frowned upon to return
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a rental car not with no gas all right I
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see the sign through traffic airport
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exit rental car return I'm looking for
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rental
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car return here at the Hollywood Burbank
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Airport this iconic teeny tiny small
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airport awesome please stop
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here so I did all checked in with the
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rental car folks walking lurking through
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the Shadows let see where do I go this
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way yeah this way
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I think I bored in like 25
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minutes very convenient airport as far
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as just dropping the rental car off and
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then you just got to take this little
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walkway
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over movable walkway you have the little
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moving walkways right here
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caution moving walkway again lurking in
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the
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shadows yeah I didn't want to delay
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going to Milwaukee an extra day and they
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announced that they were doing that
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little pre-show to water world after I
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had already booked my flight now there
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was another flight later tonight around
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8 I could leave from here but it had two
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layovers one in San Francisco for like 3
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hours it would have been like a 15h hour
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flight just to get to Milwaukee so I was
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like you know what I'm just going to
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stick with my original plan in fact this
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entire trip was super impulsive and
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really wasn't even planned until
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Universal announced they were doing the
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60th anniversary train tour so I was
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like you know what I'll go out for that
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and then I realized Pixar Fest was the
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same time frame and then I just threw B
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in there so it was only like a little I
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was only not counting the travel days
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three full days in LA and it was really
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wasn't anything I had planned till a
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couple weeks ago and I decided you know
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what the someone just
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sneezed the 60th anniversary tour kind
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of what brought me out here the Pixar
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Fest was fun too that was it was a it
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was a long day yesterday I don't need
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need some coffee already had one finish
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it up probably going to have another one
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think I sneeze again going to need
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another
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one
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escalators pretty wild that I'm going to
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have a layover in Denver even though I'm
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only going to be there for like 50
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minutes not even going to leave out of
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the airport itself but I was just in
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Denver what a few weeks
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ago
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yeah evidently they are going to be
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remodeling and changing this airport a
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little bit up so I'm kind of glad I'm
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here to see I don't want to say the
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original incarnation of it but more or
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less the original but over time from
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what I'm hearing strong rumors they are
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going to be at some point in the near
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future changing the front and changing
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the layout or at least changing
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something there's a guyer's Kitchen and
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Bar in here that took about a grand
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total of 3 nuts to go through Burbank
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Airport how every airport should be they
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o sell gum here at the Burbank Airport
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they not sell at M Orlando
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International yeah good old Burbank oh I
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like that on time departure time
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107 oh nice not only do they have
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California merchandise but they have
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Burbank merch also take a look at that
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different colors different Burbank
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colors check out dangling from the roof
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up there there's a tww plane
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it's probably about 8 or 9 ft across
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wingspan's probably about the same
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too I am sitting in seat 1 a that's 1A
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United Airlines it's a little bit bigger
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than the one
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that 4 days ago four or five days ago
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whatever it was that I landed in on
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I had a layover out of
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right look at
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that so dang
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cool there's some Pilots right there
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they're next to that little hook to do
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the push back
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on a little water here before take
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off also offer sparkling wine but I went
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with the
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Runway that's where I dropped the rocard
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off right there
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Brothers there's the hotel I was staying
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in there's Universal Studios Hollywood
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if you update the
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weather the backl
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and you can't see anything out the
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window we're so close to the
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ground it's been like this for the last
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10
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minutes think we're going to be oh there
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it is there's the ground
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finally really couldn't see anything for
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like the last 10 minutes or so it was
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just all clouds
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there yep just a layover not getting out
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of the airport
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yeah definitely a big temperature
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difference working off the gangway here
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big temperature difference I can feel
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the coolness in here and now I got to
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find B 41 that's
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b33 going the right way b35 is down here
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so I think that's the right way to go to
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b41 I have 45 minutes till boarding this
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is the next gate over where I just
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walked out of but nice little view of
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the control tower there this is b35 oh
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yeah this looks familiar again I landed
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here a few weeks
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ago I remember this little section here
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I also remember the big flag there and
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this little whatever you call this thing
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little Archway over the walks walking
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section Denver for a few months I'm not
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getting any donuts I'm not going to
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purchase anything from here but there is
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a voodoo donut and I like to look at the
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little alien one I in here remember here
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from last time it's giving the peace
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sign pulling up a donut right there
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Denver International Airport do not take
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a picture of the alien so so right there
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but it's out here for for for people to
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photograph Colorado Colorado greetings
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from
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Colorado there it
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is Milwaukee gate
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41 sign's over there but then the actual
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boarding gate is over
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here say on time oh yeah my favorite
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thing it says on time
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boom 41° out there right now
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457 so boards but soon as everyone gets
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off the plane I clean it up a little bit
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and we'll be able to
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board works out well standing at this
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window cuz I'm going to get a little
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view of my plane arriving at gate
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41 pulling in to the
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station
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United flight from
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Denver to Milwaukee
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Wisconsin I've always heard so I was in
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Wisconsin earlier I was on the state
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line of Indiana not Indiana
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Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin o they
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almost
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collided was
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close and evidently it's pronounced
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Wisconsin not
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westconsin you don't want to say
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westconsin Wisconsin
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there this is a real beehive of activity
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through
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here there it is gate 41 I have from my
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so probably we won't be time but as soon
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as they going to give I will let you on
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board it's
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very it's a very light today so we
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should be
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boing prise I will you to as soon as I
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can any questions if
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you're please there's something on the
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plane that need needs to be checked
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nothing too too incredibly important
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something on the inside that said can't
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load until they go in and just check it
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out real quick so a little bit of a
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delayed loading
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but it's going to my final destination
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so I don't have a layover to catch at
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the next flight this is my layover so
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not too worried about getting there you
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know a little off schedule long as I get
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there it's a layover it's the stress of
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The Layover issues when the plane's a
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little delayed when you're trying to get
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to your layover and you only have a
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short
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layover but all that stress is out the
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window now because I've already I've
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already at my
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layover oh looking from this angle the G
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Gate Gourmet has pulled up to the front
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there I think it's a 2hour flight the
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other one was about 2 hours also and all
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they Ser just like chips and stuff
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usually when a flight is under 2 hours
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they don't serve meals or anything but
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there is a Gate Gourmet a gate group
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member up there that has that little
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scissor lift which kind of teases me
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that maybe there's going to be a
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meal not expecting it but yeah if there
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is if they serve a meal I'm going to eat
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it I'm going to eat something from The
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Gate Gourmet if they do if not I'll just
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have a little
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have a little bag of peanuts you know as
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I'm standing here waiting looking at
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some of the other spots you got Las
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Vegas sign down there on the end got San
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Francisco right here and you know a
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Cavalcade of other
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destinations I mean if I really wanted
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to I could just not go on this flight
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book another
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flight and just go somewhere else if if
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I just it's amazing how tra travel is
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now how quickly you can get somewhere
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I'm going to Milwaukee though I'm just I
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don't know I just got to think it like I
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just thr to San Francisco or go to Vegas
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okay I think it's going to be a little
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more delay than I was expecting the two
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pilots actually walked out and are
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standing here and I heard them overheard
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them talking about where they could get
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food in the airport so I don't know if
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the planes leaving anytime all right
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it's been delayed but not by
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much but it
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is
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delayed looks like they're fueling up as
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well also the little push back tug boat
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looking mechanism thing has three sets
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of windshield
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wipers that's a good idea I think cars
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should probably have that and even on
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the back windows there's three
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sets you don't see that on regular
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vehicles too much just on just on little
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tugbo Tugboat
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Vehicles things you notice now I didn't
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get a latte but I do just a regular drip
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coffee but I do like this there a funny
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say started off with Starbucks earlier
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started off the day with Starbucks and
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get my second probably last coffee of
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the day over at
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caribbe right over
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there normally I'd be stressed about
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this but I have nowhere to be except to
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check into a hotel at some point tonight
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when I get to Milwaukee so it's all
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good stress is all just based on what
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else you have going on that it
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affects a couple instruments that
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malfunction maintenance is trying to
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replace
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those I guess they're having difficulty
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we're not really giving an update right
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now except uh we're on the same you guys
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are about every 15 minutes they'll try
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to give us another 15 minutes the status
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as I know it is we will need get it
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fixed and have a good airplane or we'll
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get a new jet I've added gas we're going
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to burn that gas to go as fast as
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possible on board right now we have some
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of our finest FL attendant they want to
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go too cuz they're only over Milwaukee
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by the way if anybody knows where we can
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find fresh cheese curds in the morning
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that out to us the captain speak haven't
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had a squeaky one in a while based on
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the LA maybe there are some out there
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know all seriousness I really appreciate
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your appreciate your patience I need PA
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training and we'll be updating you as I
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found out more myself thanks all right
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so the coffee drinking Captain captains
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gave an update they have no idea what's
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going on either if the plane is not
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fixable they have another jet waiting to
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load no time frame might be sitting here
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a while 6:37 now the delays keep getting
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pushed farther and farther now it's up
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to 720 no not counting on that to happen
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either though but yeah I just keep I
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keep trickling it up every 10 or 15
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minutes I keep bumping it up even
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farther United
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21 so we are trying to fix the aircraft
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so as of right now your new departure
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time will be 8:30 and we are going to
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meet you at this gate we are trying to
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fix the aircraft if uh if we're going to
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have to swap the aircraft it won't be
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earlier than
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9:30 God they going to
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this aircraft before as well but as
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right now your new time will be 8 very
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thank you so much all right if they fix
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this airplane that's going to be 8:30
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not 7:20 if they don't fix the airplane
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they'll get another air airport plane in
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here and according to her it'll be
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9:30 so sound Trum bone okay just for
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the heck of it I was looking to see if
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there's any other airlines going to
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Milwaukee and it looks like quite few of
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them are
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delayed I was thinking maybe I just grab
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a seat on another
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flight obviously different airlines
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but you see all the Milwaukee's up there
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this one was going to leave at 5:55 and
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that's the one that's going to be delay
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till 8:30 or 9:30 also
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Southwest sou there's a Southwest wind
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that's still Lo I'm just going to wait
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it out and see what happens but yeah
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just way in the new it's
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to39 right
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to39
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and 945
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945
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at45 so he's pulled the little Tugboat
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thing away we're not getting on this air
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aircraft right now it is
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7:15 the plane is not going to take off
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till
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9:45 it's going to be at the next spot
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over so it's not going to be at this
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gate not going to be this
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plane but looks like getting getting out
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of here by 10: 9:45 or 10 so I got 2 and
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1/2 hours
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before I think by now I would have
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already landed in Milwaukee if the plane
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would have taken off on time it kind of
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is what it is also this is another
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reason that I really don't plan anything
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on travel days I just make the travel
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day what I do so I try not to like
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coincide something of when I'm like
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landing and whatnot because you never
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know when something like this is going
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to happen and this was this was this was
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the whole this was the whole day so so
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it is going to switch Gates but I wanted
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to show this so estimated departure now
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best case scenario is 9:45 from the gate
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next door I think has me getting into
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Milwaukee time after 1:00 a.m.
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also I guess like mine's not probably
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the only one that's delayed or not
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happening so this whole line of people
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stretches all the way down there all the
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way over here for the customer service
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to try to figure out what they can do it
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goes way down there it's like probably a
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couple hours to talk to someone who's
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over here I don't know what the line's
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for but it has gotten longer and longer
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and
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longer I'm just going to wait mine out
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this is definitely turning into a very
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very long
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day there is an end goal there is an end
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in sight though I am thankful that there
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is going to be another plane showing up
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even though I'm going to get there very
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very very late all goes
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well we'll be hitting a bed in a hotel
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in Milwaukee this evening well early in
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the morning it's quiet over in this
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area very quiet over here look at this
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creatively
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remade upcycled Art and Design look at
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this there's me right there waving to
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myself hello there's four well there are
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four I was going to say there's a few
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more united out this window too in the
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B6 62 64 66 and 68 section it is raining
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yeah look at check it out you can see
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the rain some inclement weather I
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haven't even been outside of this I've
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been in this airport for hours I haven't
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even stepped outside I when I have to go
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through the checkpoints and security all
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right the plane has arrived that's it
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right over there it's about to board
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shortly most likely in the next few
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minutes
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but that is the plane and I asked if the
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seat assignments were going to be the
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same they said yes so evidently it's
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probably the same style seat pattern
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wise of the previous
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plane cuz there's not going to be any
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seat
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changes I'm ready to get on that plane
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it's been a while 9:45 right now
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supposed to leave at
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10:09 original departure date 550 or
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time was
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555 was that 4 hours 14 minutes I doing
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the math correct I'm tired I don't know
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if I think that's right yeah 4 hours
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and 14
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minutes and we haven't started boarding
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yet so I don't even know if that's
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accurate and this is
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also Denver time it's going to be 2
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hours later I think it's 12:09 right now
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in Milwaukee by the time this boards
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anyway when it
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boards I think it's 2 hours Milwaukee's
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2 hours later than Denver I believe what
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the f now it's 1034 not 10:09
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the this is going to be the come on guys
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all right I got a meal on them got you
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my
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email so sorry about the change you know
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have $20 good for food and drinks at an
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airport cannot be used on the flight so
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this is the this is the
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comp right here and there's a little
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code
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below this it's like a QR code it's as
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good as a credit card $20 that it's good
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for food and drinks probably can't get a
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lot of food and drinks at an airport for
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$20
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but at least at least it's something Le
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unite has given
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something I'm starting to think if I'm
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even going to get on the plane tonight I
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don't know it's not looking good think
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they're just trolling everyone now now
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it's
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10:54 so ladies and gentlemen
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update about the United flight for 21 to
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Milwaukee so we have to recruit our
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pilots and the good news is they are on
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their way we have the names so they are
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coming so hopefully the4 that's going to
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be our time I would say more little bit
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after 11 but the good news is the crew
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is on their way so we send you tonight
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thank you so
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much for we get to the gate and then we
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going to start our pring process once
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again guys thank you so so much foration
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you did nothing but amazing passengers
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to me and for everybody else thank you
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so
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much got room for another
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one just cruise around I'm just
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bored garbanzo place even Chick-fil-A
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everything's closed even Mickey D has
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closed its gate look over Mickey D has
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his Gates closed over there
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think maybe use and the modern Market's
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closed everything's closed can't use
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that $20 coupon all right I found a
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little general store in here and they
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did accept the little QR code for the
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$20 so I got myself a club sandwich
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figur I might as well utilize it so I
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don't lose it this is
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$14 and then with the drink here I got
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this zero sugar squeeze lemonade stuff
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all that came to this came to $19 so I
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said keep the change so there's a dollar
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left on there all right prob I didn't
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say keep the change but I have a dollar
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left on there so this right
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here this is the this is the bonus they
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give you for the delay I don't know how
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many hours 6
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hours this is the
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Penance
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oh they're announcing something it's
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11:16 right
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now so people are clapping I guess we're
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boarding board and okay customer is
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welcome AB
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board it's 11:17 and they are just
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starting to do the pre-boarding looks
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like this is going to freaking happen
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service
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milwa all
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up here in the front we are expecting 1
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hour 55 minutes well up wheels down into
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Milwaukee this very early morning if you
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do need any help stay and doors now
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Clos I know a lot of people did thanks
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for hanging in there with us uh I got a
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call about I guess about an hour and a
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half ago I'm glad to come out to help
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you guys get here my wife's just a
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little disappointed cuz she's from
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Milwaukee and she does not get to come
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but we'll see maybe she'll come out next
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week once we get here War today it'll be
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an hour 55 minutes uh that should only
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put us I don't know a couple 3 4 5 hours
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late but we're doing our best to make up
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time there is some weather between uh
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here and there that's got us going a
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little bit non-standard route but uh but
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that's what's going on there uh I think
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the ride's going to be mostly smooth
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we'll do the best to keep a seat sign
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off as much as we
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can again it's our pleasure to have you
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on board thanks for hanging in and we'll
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see you on the ground in Milwaukee 6
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hour 6 hours late supposed to leave at
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5:55 9 minutes so it'll be exactly 6
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hours
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this has been a very very very
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turbulent
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ride pretty much the whole the whole
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2hour flight has been very turbulent
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it is
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3:20 Milwaukee time now granted that's 2
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hours ahead of where I just was but
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still 3:20 a.m.
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o it's a little chilly out here of
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course it also is 3:00 a.m.