Stephiedib...thanks for posting the article. you are right, i wasnt there. but they interviewed a passenger. did they return to a gate? if so , wouldnt that be at the airport where there are restrooms? again, i wasnt there, but they showed the aircraft parked at a jetbridge. US airways operations may have not known that the majority of the crew became ill from the odor and told the captain, and the captain relied that information to you. You cant fly with 5 ill crewmembers, they had to find a replacement crew. Jim, unfortuatley, with international flights, the majority of them leave in the evening and there are no alternitaves until the next day (24 hours later). i think the 6 hours was the best scenario. i flew PHL-FRA a month ago, and they were looking for volunteers to give up there seats and they would put them on the next flight out to FRA which was 24 hours later (they had about 15 takers!). after check in if a delay is greater than 2 hours? they check in at an airport where there are drinking fountains, food stands, restaurants, toilets etc.
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