Travel On Easter Sunday

Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect. — Captain A. G. Lamplugh

The first part of my tale is one of careful over-planning. I arrived at the airport with just two bags. One carry on bag and one 'personal item' a largish bag probably intended for laptop stuff. I also had headphones I got for 'free' from using points off my credit card. I was there quite early, more than an hour and a half ahead of time and quite keyed up. I had spent weeks checking flight loads and being slightly worried that things would go south on me. But whatever gods of travel smiled and not only did I get on the flight to Houston at 7am, but I didn't even had to wait until the last minute to get on the flight to Hawaii. They just called up all the standby passengers and handed out tickets. That is unusual, usually there is some waiting and checking to see if there are any last seats for the few people standing around waiting to get on.

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