Brief summary of flight so far. 5pm BOS-ORD is delayed until 7:20pm. ATC flow control into ORD. Some passengers had been at BOS since 6am: several flights cancelled. Flight uneventful (at FL260 to stay below the weather.) Approach controller at ORD screwed up, so our flight was waved off about 5 miles out. The missed approach/go-around delayed us until 10pm CDT. Fortunately UA rebooked me on a later SEA flight (sched at 10:10pm, but now set for 11:15).
Fun and games…..
UPDATE: The ORD-SEA flight didn’t actually take off until around midnight CDT, and despite efforts to shorten the routing we landed at 1:30am PDT. There weren’t any cabs to be seen, so I wandered down to the bus stop and finished Anansi Boys while waiting for the next bus to Seattle (at 2:40am). I’m rather glad that I did: the clientele on that bus was “colourful” (and occasionally noisy)! I finally got to bed at 3:30am, woke at 7:00am, and was just 2 minutes late for my 8am breakfast meeting at Andaluca on 4th and Stewart after walking across town.
I expect to sleep well tonight…..