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Doesn't it stink when your flight is delayed?
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The other day I was a flight and it was delayed.
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When you're on an airplane,
your flight can be delayed
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because of something that's weather-related,
because of something mechanical,
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or sometimes because of staffing. The pilot
or other crew needs to get more sleep before
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they fly again. Or maybe they haven't arrived
yet on another flight from another location.
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You maybe waiting at the gate, or
if you've already left the gate,
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then you would be considered to be on the tarmac,
taxiing or waiting in line on the tarmac.
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Or maybe you're on a flight that's waiting to land.
In that case, you maybe circling for a while.
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