Lately I’m not that lucky with planes. All it started yesterday, with a French air traffic controllers strike. I arrived here two hours late, due to the bad weather – few drops of rain are enough to justify anything – So I miss my connecting flight to Rapid City. They suggested me to call a number to book a hotel, that I have to pay personally. I ended up in a motel in the Minneapolis suburb. I’m waiting to continue this trip, that didn’t have a good start.<\/span><\/p>\n ————————————————————–<\/span><\/p>\n ————————————————————–<\/span><\/p>\n ————————————————————–<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a> Negli ultimi tempi non ho un buon rapporto con gli aerei. Controlli esasperati, file chilometriche, attese improponibili. Ieri \u00e8 cominciato tutto con uno sciopero dei controllori di volo francesi. Sono arrivato a New York con un’ora di ritardo. Quasi tre ore per espletare i controlli d’immigrazione e doganali – una disorganizzazione inaccettabile – poi mi… <\/p>\n
\nOver exaggerated controls, long lines, too much waiting.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nI arrived in New York an hour late.
\nAlmost three hours to complete immigration and customs controls – what a primitive country- then I took the plane to Minneapolis.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nDelta Airlines assistance was very bad.
\nThey just told me that the flight was gone and I had to wait until tomorrow afternoon at five o’clock.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAfter a mild protest, they gave me a little beauty-case with a clean t-shirt, a toothbrush, some toothpaste and a hairbrush.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/public\/28_05_10_mg_2380_pg.jpg\")
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