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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Updating from the air! We are still on our way and I have since learned a bit more. It’s even more outrageous in some ways, if you can believe it. (These are “nazar” emojis, supposed to ward off bad luck. Hope they work better than United’s logistics operation.


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I've since learned: We left gate—THIRD TIME—hours late due to catering delay. After an hour, United goes back to gate kick out unhappy passenger. We must also now refuel? Refuelers are late—also can't align hose. We were ONE MINUTE AWAY from crew timeout and being deplaned AGAIN.
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To update everyone: I have finally arrived at my destination. :-)
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I shouldn't be ungrateful to
@United's failure of logistics. Upside of being stuck in an airport overnight is that I'm suffering less from jet lag in Hong Kong—up most of the night in US, so up during the day Hong Kong time. It's a weekend of protests here.. so onward.
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Have you named your new
nation state? Frankly this seems like a great opportunity to get digital governance right from the constitution stage. Plus, you can design a flag.
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Ok, this is pretty funny considering how grueling it sounds. I've had a similar trip once.
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It is totally feasible with the bonding and know-how accumulated among the passengers. And we have a mostly-stationary plane at our disposal.
