Pretty much. It’s really the way things are run that is the problem. There just wasn’t people assigned to deal with the aftermath either. One ground person was running around the airport trying to find blankets. Cold, crying kids.
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Lol, also we have a new crew this time. They are bright and chipper, but the passengers are all grizzly veterans who know one another and helped each other out for the past day.
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Like, our boarding door is closed. Ha ha we did this twice before yesterday. Wheels up or nobody’s taking it seriously.
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The plane is still sitting at the gate, and they’re adding delays 10 minutes at a time. If they try to deplane this crowd again, I will be probably be livestreaming the beginning of the Great Passenger Mutiny! They don’t understand, this group has had a day to organize.


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Ok.
#MyUnitedJourney. 17 hour delay and counting, deplaned twice, no capacity to try to actually take care of the stranded people.pic.twitter.com/JlWnUes20l
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Well, we are moving off the gate. Honestly, at this point the only other feasible option was to abandon the plane to the feral passengers. Still, nobody’s taking anything for granted until wheels up.
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Well! Kinda moving. Next update at landing I guess. I hope! Looong flight. Hopefully they don’t make us do a pitstop for “catering” in the middle.
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We returned to gate for a service issue. Once again, if nobody takes charge crew will time out because it’s a long flight. You’d hope
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Have you ever suspected that some flights are fundamentally accursed? Does
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