They're pleasant throughout the flight, even when storms in Texas further delay their arrival as the pilots swing 200 miles south around Houston. She grabs a leftover sandwich for lunch. Harris boards a new plane at American's huge terminal in Dallas-Fort Worth. N.C. The union representing ground-service workers is negotiating with American for a new contract. Harris never finds out if the dirty plane was a message from an unhappy cleaning crew.
Storms delay eastbound takeoffs from Dallas-Fort Worth.
Again, her passengers in first class aren't visibly upset when the Raleigh flight takes off more than two hours late. They saw the bad weather in Dallas and don't blame Harris or any other crew member. She walks into her room at a Holiday Inn 15 minutes from the Raleigh-Durham Airport. Harris washes her face, brushes her teeth, lights her vanilla cookie-scented candle and climbs into bed to call her husband in Tampa. She's too tired to eat, too tired for a shower.