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American's indecision grounds NY-bound flier.
Crain's Chicago Business, May, 2000 by CAPPO, JOE
Tags: American Airlines, captain
You can have nightmares even at 9 o'clock in the morning. Mine started last week, when I went to O'Hare International Airport to get the 9 a.m. flight to LaGuardia Airport in New York. Shortly after we boarded the American Airlines Super 80 jet and fastened our seat belts, the captain made the first of many announcements we were to hear that day: "They've got some bad weather approaching the New York area, so all incoming traffic has been slowed down.
We are going to push away from the gate in a few minutes, but we know that we will be kept on the ground here probably for ...
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