I finally arrived at about 9:30 at the hotel in New Jersey for a work seminar. There was some situations that prevented us from taking off from Minneapolis. First we were sitting on the tarmac waiting for our turn. Then the captain came on the PA and said the ground crew put some stuff on the wings, but didn't give the paperwork to the pilot. So we had to turn around and get some paper. Naturally, everyone blamed someone else for the mix up, but in the end it just meant we were delayed. So we get back out to waiting for our turn, and the captain said there was really bad weather in Newark. He said other planes tried to land but couldn't and had to go find another airport to land at. After waiting in Minneapolis on the plane for almost 2 hours, the captain came back on and said "The weather still hasn't lifted and in fact the air pressure is reading identical to hurricane-like weather. But we've got a good plane. I think we'll make it." So, after almost a 3 hour flight, we prepare for landing. I still find it amazing we landed in anything but a fireball. The plane was flying sideways, I swear the wing scraped the runway due to the rocking, the front tire wouldn't connect so we were bouncing like a superball, and we were fishtailing when he slammed on the brakes. People were crying and praying.
At least I get to now sit in a 4 day seminar about insurance regulation.
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