I have an #airtravel dilemma. There’s this wall of thunderstorms covering Ohio. I’m meant to fly from Virginia to Ohio mid-day. #UnitedAirlines is offering to let me change my flight for free.
On the one hand, if I am less willing to fly than they are, I don’t have to. That’s nice of them. On the other hand, they know way more than I do about how to judge the risk. At the time they’re allowing me to change, with the weather map looking like this, my flight is still marked “on-time.” I’m confident they will not board that plane and let us take off unless they are damn sure we will make it safely. That’s their job and they have a good track record.
So why would I second guess them? What do I bring to the table that they don’t? They haven’t given me any information to help make that decision. But they’ve given me free rein to do so.
I would never recommend you take my flight safety advice over United’s, so I wouldn’t take my advice over theirs either.
It’s a bit of a dilemma. It seems unlikely that my flight will go as scheduled, but they seem to be pushing ME to make that call.
New York Manhattan Statue of Liberty 1970 David Klein
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