Friday, August 10

Hello vicarious travelers!  This is my first trip to South America, and I'm happy to report that so far, all is well.  So begins our story...

First, we left JFK several hours late because our 777 captain was arriving on another plane at LGA, and had to take a taxi over from there.  I have read that some pilots live very far away from the city they fly out of and have to commute to work like everyone else.  When they choose to do this they are subject to the same seat availability and scheduling problems the rest of the flying public is.  So several hundred of us were delayed because of this, but at least we got off the ground, though after midnight, so on to Saturday...