My First Class Flight Experience American Airlines - Orange County CA to Orlando / Lightning Storm
First Class American Airlines
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welcome everyone adam the woo here
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i have my luggage down below i have my
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backpack on
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just arriving now orange county
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california to the airport
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currently 10 a.m
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on august 11
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2021 i will be boarding a plane
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flying american airlines heading to
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central florida to orlando international
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not before a layover in texas i believe
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more on that later i should have
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probably researched it before
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before starting the intro however i do
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have a layover
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flying out of john wayne
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first class my second time doing first
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class
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about a month and a half ago flying back
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from orlando
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to here is there a car coming
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i'm good
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i ended up taking united so did united
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for my first first class experience and
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now i decided to change it up with a
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different airline
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and going with american airlines
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over time i'll do them all but i just
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want to see how this one differs from
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others i'm inviting you to join me on
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this all day adventure
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shall you
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appears as if my layover will be in
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dallas
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fort worth
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shown right up there
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flight number 1675
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departs at 11 26 a.m on time
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gate number six
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okay which way is gate number six
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there are no direct flights out of
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orange county to orlando
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you know in the past i've gone over to
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lax and gone that direction but i don't
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actually i don't mind layover so kind of
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it's kind of nice to get out and stretch
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the legs a bit plus it's a lot easier to
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get through the checkpoints here never
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quite as crowded as lax says it's a much
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more enjoyable experience they don't
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have to get here quite as early either
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because there's not as many people made
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it in exactly one hour till boarding as
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stated right here 11 26 or yeah 11 26
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a.m
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is the departure time right there it is
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now 10 22
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well not quite
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not quite an hour hour and four minutes
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until departure this is gate five
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because my plane is not pulled up to
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gate six yet but this just gives an
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example of the size aircraft i'll most
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likely be boarding for
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the first leg of the flight and over
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here at the gift shop have some
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california merchandise including
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a little orange county as well some
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stickers here
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california in the sun
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the golden state
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hudson news there was a short time where
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i started using these neck pillows
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and after a couple times i just realized
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i didn't really need them for some
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reason i was a little more
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uncomfortable with them than just
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leaning my head always get the window
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seat
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i just usually just lean my head up
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against
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the
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side of the plane next to the window and
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i would never bring the travel pillow
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with me so i opted out of never using it
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anymore
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just personal preference i'm seeing all
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the other airlines that i'm not flying
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on today
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there is no miniature
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of the airline that i will be on
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american airlines
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there's united
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even air force one alaska southwest
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delta that's interesting no american
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airlines oh there's one inbound right
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there landing check it out yeah getting
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landing in this and also they have the
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little taxi unit that is moving away
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from that airliner i never sit before
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getting on a plane i always walk around
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kind of meander around stretch my legs
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just simply because
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i'm going to be on
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i'm going to be on board for so long
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and
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you know
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it's good
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it's good to get the
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the blood flowing
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all areas when you think about it i'm
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gonna be sitting in a seat for like five
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five and a half hours give or take
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so why would i sit now let's just
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just yeah i don't really like sitting
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for that long i have to be i have to be
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constantly like moving around either
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sitting standing doing something
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different every so often so
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just to balance it out
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i try to tire myself out by standing
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before getting on a plane makes the ride
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a little more a little more bearable a
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little farmer's market and a rubies to
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go over here and i'm not going to eat
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anything at the airport itself because
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i'm going to be getting some snacks on
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the plane itself
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pretty neat little vibe in here in the
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restaurant
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with some vintage style posters there on
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the wall
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oh i made it over to the beach standing
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on the shoreline
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feel the waves crashing in and the wind
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in my hair just kidding i'm still in the
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airport there's still the airport this
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is just a little a little photo wall
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just trying to stay busy until you know
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until it is time for me to board which
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isn't much longer less than a half hour
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to take off and my gate number six the
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plane has not arrived
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should be boarding
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in a couple of moments but there's no
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plane there yet
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possible delay
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there is one over here
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however oh there's one pulling in you
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know what
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okay be patient be very patient this
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this could be the gate number six
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airliner yep all right we're witnessing
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this
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in real time right there this is it
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pretty decent size
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now if it just turned takes a little
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shift it is
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okay time this perfectly
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american
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airlines
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pulling into the station
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oh look at this little look at this
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little plane personal plane
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landing as well also a very short runway
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here takeoff and landings are very
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different at this one than they are at
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some of the bigger airports
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the runway is a lot shorter
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there it is a little behind the scenes
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well out the window see
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there we go
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they're putting the little
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stanchions under the the front wheel
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there
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got the guy down here with the markers
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and there comes doc brown's van
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they found him i don't know how but we
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found him
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i think everyone's sitting there
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standing around me while i'm standing up
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right here my bag is next to me i think
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everyone's sitting around me is probably
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like why is that guy
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talking to himself
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about 20 minutes later than expected as
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far as the allotted time frame for
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boarding
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but i'm making my way on
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group number one
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i believe i'm in c3a or maybe three b
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whichever one's the window
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the c3 either a or b
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as well which is kind of nice a little
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little cell phone charger
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and because this is taking off a little
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bit late
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going to make it a little bit of a time
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crunch
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in order to get the layover i get the
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dallas fort worth but
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sometimes they make up for it on the
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flight out
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should have started taxing on very
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shortly
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just looking at the next plane over
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you're back you're in the flight you
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might be able to lift or lower your
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faces for eating or drinking
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please keep your mask off if you want to
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sleep so we don't have to wake you
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we're coming through the aisle now for
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our final safety effects chest and
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whatever we appreciate you choosing
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americans get back relax enjoy your
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flight
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this airliner is definitely considerably
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bigger than that one that's like a
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that's like a three person
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there's also another smaller one landing
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over there as well
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we'll be doing a u-turn shortly
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once we get over the ocean
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this plane will do a complete
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u-turn
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head east
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with all the boats down there
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right here along the shoreline
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all right not quite a 360 but did make a
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shift and running parallel to the
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shoreline
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pretty neat looking all the way up here
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you can really get a understanding of
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just how many
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how many people live down down there in
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orange county
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just look out the window for a
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considerable amount of time
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entertained
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how healthy and beautiful
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well technically i'm above the clouds
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looking down on them
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took me a moment to figure out how this
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how this tray pops up
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you don't just reach in and grab the
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metal part you have to take your finger
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and press down
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getting the hang of this and the meal is
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included
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got some
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pita chips here
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a little salad up top with some
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naturally fresh oil and vinegar dressing
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something called a brooklyn bar
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looks like there's some grapes
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and blueberries and a strawberry
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and i went with the turkey pastrami
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sandwich
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looks pretty good
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it's not the
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not the biggest sandwich in the world
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but definitely nice that it comes with
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all the additional also like there's
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some provolone cheese on there and
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lettuce
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it's nice that it comes with all the
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other additional things
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as well
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and some plastic cutlery down here i
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went with a dr pepper
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got to admit
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food was pretty good
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i'm kind of wondering since i have a
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layover then i get on the next flight
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will i get another meal
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that's
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included i think i might wait and see
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and just to reiterate the best thing
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about this
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is i have plenty of leg room
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elbow room and personal space
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which for me being six foot three and
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not thin
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it's very comfortable
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it's a good like
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almost a foot between my knee
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and the back of that seat well that
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maybe the other foot half a foot
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also brought out some almonds
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roasted and sea salt flavor
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pretty tasty
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also a
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cup of water here
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fort worth you can see the
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the greater city city area
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i am approaching very soon but yeah
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quite a bit of turbulence but
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the wing is kind of bouncing over there
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the whole
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the whole plane is just kind of bouncing
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oh yeah bouncing a little bit
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heading back down towards
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towards the airport here
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dallas fort worth
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flying parallel to this plane is another
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plane
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over there on the horizon
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it just says this guy we're both heading
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into the same airport probably two
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different runways obviously but
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another plane way over there
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is
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oh look down there
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you see the shadow you see the shadow of
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the plane of going over the traffic
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going over the freeway the interstate
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a very successful landing
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moving very very quickly to the gate
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probably in a bit of a rush to make sure
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the connecting flight happens
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we would like to be the first to welcome
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you to dallas forward the local time is
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4 25 and after
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our arrival gate is 3 26
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charlie 26
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baggage claim c 25
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charlie 25
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you have a connection here in dallas you
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can do a google search by typing in aaa
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with your flight number
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clear smartphone free exactly gain
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information
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check the monitors around the terminal
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show up with your gate agent meeting on
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top of the generator for any questions
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you may have
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thank you for playing with us today and
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hope to see you again soon on another
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event
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all right i am now heading over to c26
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still have a little less than an hour
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before my next flight
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departs so should easily make it now
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this is interesting confused me a little
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bit but c26
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is the same gate well there goes a
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monorail or some sort of transportation
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device is that a monorail or
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i'm not sure but it might be might be a
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single rail monorail but this is the
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same plane i just got off of i'm going
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to re-board the same plane after
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the layover that's weird
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this whole retro looking neon of the
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eagle is pretty cool over here at gate
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20.
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granted it's a little bit it's
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definitely a lot faster if i was to do a
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direct flight if you don't have the
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additional landing and takeoff and then
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the waiting around but i do enjoy
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stretching my legs so i kind of i kind
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of like it i kind of like having
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layovers now even though it makes your
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day very very lengthy and a lot longer
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than it would be with the direct flight
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it's kind of nice to stretch the legs
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whoa this is kind of sort of like deja
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vu
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this is the same tunnel i walked out
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about an hour ago well plus an hour ago
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40 minutes ago give or take
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now we're going back on the same plane
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but sitting on the opposite side of the
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aisle i've chosen the
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the window on the
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other wing
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4f i believe that's my seat this time
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let's do it looks like they got the bags
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loaded so we should be on their way here
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very shortly
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two hours 15 minutes down to orlando
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i'll be back once we get a cruise out to
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give me an update on our arrival time
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just a couple of important announcements
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uh i need to remind everybody that the
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consumption of personal alcohol alcohol
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and beverages brought on board today's
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flight is against federal regulations
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i think we're all ready to take off your
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car
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wondering whose luggage is this down
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here
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right now
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we are primarily here for your safety
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but if there's anything that we can do
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to make your plate more enjoyable please
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don't hesitate to ask
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but together we'll be dipping the
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capital takeoff individual reading
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lights can be found overhead once again
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we'll be walking through the cabin to
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ensure everyone is wearing a face
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covering we want to thank you for your
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cooperation and understanding during
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this time and now more than ever we want
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to thank you for choosing american
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this flight attendant sounds like the
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guy from
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orlando nice work path
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so
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a so sports arenas down there
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baseball stadium
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and a couple of others
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off the top of my head i'm not sure
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what teams those are
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now through this area
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not a lot of thick cloud formation
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there is some over on the horizon but
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right here you get a really clear view
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down to the ground level
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well i guess right
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you get a second meal
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instead of the
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the other one that i had i went with a
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vegetarian option
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which is
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pimento cheese
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i do like pimento cheese my grandma used
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to make me pimento cheese sandwiches uh
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yeah one with a pimento cheese
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you can have a little lettuce on there
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and some tomatoes
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also the little fruit over here
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and what i did last time was
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take these flat bed flat bread crisps
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and use the
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olive oil and vinegar
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for almost like a dipping sauce
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and just kind of used about half of it
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on the salad
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also
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these little brownies
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really good
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yeah two meals
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when you have a layover get two little
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small meals
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ladies and gentlemen we are leveling up
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39 000 feet that's our cruise altitude
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orlando
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we'll be leaving the seatbelt sign on
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for a little bit longer
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we're doing some deviations around
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some rain showers
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and uh i get a little bit bumpy so until
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we get past this uh
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the next 15 minutes
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put the seatbelt sign on and ask
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everybody to remain in their seat with
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their seatbelts
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so we're gonna be doing a little
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rerouting
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going a little out of the way well
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some of the bad weather some some rain
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in this area
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ended up utilizing this waste bag
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for my trash
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one more uh little area of storms off
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the right
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due to the deviations we're probably
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going to be uh right on the schedule
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maybe just a couple minutes
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check that out lightning over there in
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the clouds
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at this time i've never been available
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to deploy it to this relating soon
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i thought there's a firework show going
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on over there
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once again it's going to take the
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captain just a few minutes to text him
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to the gate and why he does so requests
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that you remain seated with your
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seatbelt fasten as well as give the
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aisles clear of any carry-on items
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and on behalf of your dallas fort worth
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based flight crew we'd like to thank you
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for finding with us this evening we know
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you have a choice in our travel
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we'd like to thank you for choosing
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have a good night
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current time 9 28. well
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florida time that is
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went through a few times
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long day of
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traveling find us safely
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sure
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gonna do it
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for today
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i'll see you next video the vlog
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i'm in
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florida the vlog
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is over