The Friedman Files

I had to laugh a little, talking to a passenger tonight who was on one of the flights caught up in the FAA flight planning computer crash that happened this afternoon.

Trapped on a plane for three hours on the ground in the Atlanta heat, she explained how finally when they took off they could get some snacks and a can of soda.  She told us it wasn’t enough food after all those hours cramped in her seat — but at least it was something.

She’s lucky she wasn’t flying United.  That snack might have cost her $6 under the airline’s new “no free snack policy”….  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121928635607759283.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

This was one day when six bucks would have felt like $100 if you were forced to fork over some money for cookies and pretzels after a long hot afternoon sitting in a long line of planes.