India here we come! Grace, Pat, Sue and George and I all met at the airport and the checkin process went quite smoothly. The line moved quickly enough, the checkin procedure wasn't elaborate or time-consuming, and before we knew it, we were in the boarding lounge. There was a group of white Americans going – I heard one of them say they were 100 – and the rest of the plane is filled with Indians. We had a 777 – my old plane! So I felt like I was in familiar territory. The seating is pretty cramped and not that comfortable, but I had an extra pillow with me and I was able to put it to good use. I took an Ambien and slept a little, but I'm looking forward to my bed tonight. The food wasn't fabulous, but it's nice to eat Indian spices again.
One groovy thing they had was a “cockpit cam” that showed us what the pilots were seeing. In my flight attendant career I was only every up in the cockpit once for takeoff, so I think it's pretty cool that now everyone can see what it looks like. Unfortunately, it was a rainy day, so once we got off the ground the visibility wasn't good, but we saw the runway during takeoff.
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