to the person at the counter. Then the plane arrived and they couldn't find a flight attendant. We're finally taking off--6 hours after the scheduled time.

I was talking to o a guy who lives in the Big Island and he said he almost never had delays for the few years he had lived here, but since the merger with Alaska Airlines about a month ago he's had significant delays almost weekly.

We got some meal vouchers but this is throwing quite the wrench into the next couple days. Fortunately we'll be out here for a few weeks.