The 20 Stages of Flight Delay Trauma
| April 3, 2017
The Announcement
The speakers turn on. You lift your head, hardly daring to believe.
Nope, it’s delayed again.
“30 minutes,” the lady promises. You know she’s lying.
Anger
Is this all a game? A sick social experiment to see how long passengers can be trapped in a terminal, waiting for 30-minute stretches at a time? You vent to your mom, your spouse, your fellow passengers — whoever will listen. It’s ridiculous. Unbelievable.
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