There was a small plane with 40-some passengers stuck on the runway for 6 hours. How would you cope with that?

Would you be able to tolerate the enclosed space for that long?


There is no food on board


No one can leave the plane|||To be fair, Ive flown to Australia a great many times. The longest leg was 14 hours. Apart from the food and the height, its pretty much the same deal. So you could say ive been through their ordeal more than twice over ........ and then repeat that ordeal probably about 10 times.





Suddenly it doesnt seem so bad does it?|||It used to take me 10-12 hours to cross the Atlantic, but because we were moving, everything was ok.





The passengers on ground were not only not moving through space, like they were supposed to be, but they were confined against their wills. You know that had to be a party.





My secret weapon? I always carry extra Valium or Xanax when I fly, PRECISELY for such contingencies. Listen, once at Heathrow, I caught a Pakistani gentleman putting my luggage on a cart for a flight to India. I was going back to Virginia. It freaked me pretty bad. Of course this was way before 9/11. When I would go to Italy in 1978, the customs officials scarcely looked at my passport and out-and-out didn't stamp it. What did I know. I love Italy but worried the whole time I was going to get nailed for being in the country illegally. Then I began to understand the Italian concept of "La Bella Figura," and I mellowed out and began a love affair with the culture.|||After 3 hours, I'd start making calls to the airline. If that didn't do anything, I'd call 911 and complain I'm being held against my will on a plane.





I love how the airlines hide behind the "there's no law against this..." Well, that's BS. Keeping your passengers cooped up inside a plane without basic water or bathroom facilities should be considered a crime and a violation of the health code. There is no excuse for this sort of thing. Either the flight is going to leave...or not. If it's not going anywhere, don't leave the folks stuck inside like that.





You do realize the whole reason the airlines do this is because of how they define "departure time". Once the gate closes and the plane pushes back, it's considered "departed". When you look online for a flight and says "100% on-time departures" that only means the plane left the gate on time. It doesn't mean it arrived on time, much less does it include sitting on the ground for several hours.





If the airlines don't get their act together, it's only a matter of time before someone on the plane suffers a medical emergency after spending 10 hours on a "2 hour flight", or the passengers start a violent riot. I seriously hope I'm not on board the flight that has this happen...





A flight I was on last year was only 40 minutes long. We left on time, but then we ended up sitting on the ground just yards from the gate for 3 hours because there was another plane at our gate that wasn't allowed to leave due to weather issues at their destination. For some reason it never occurred to anyone to redirect us to an empty gate nearby (we could see empty gates from the plane!), or even get one of those stairwell gantries and let us off the stupid plane and into the airport.|||Have been in a few long delays myself, not quite that long though. What I do, once I realize there'll be a delay, I automatically assume it could be a long one, so run to the bathroom asap. Then I sit down and open up the current book I am reading, ( I always carry 2 books on every vacation ), and lose myself in it.


Can't commit suicide anymore 'cause they won't allow guns on planes.|||I would start screaming at the top of my lungs....and not stop unitl I got off that plane. I guess there is some kind of law that is trying to go through to stop this type of crap.|||love to watch 39 jokers for 6 hours