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And it helped. Although I sat relatively to the back of the plane, I was one of the first to appear at the borders. <\/p>\n
One good thing about Seattle Airport was that, they seemed to have an interpreter at the borders helping those that didn\u2019t speak English (which was the case for many Chinese nannies on this flight). (I recalled how I took up that role on the previous AA186 flight at Chicago.)<\/p>\n
Oh, another good thing about Seattle Airport, it seemed to be offering free unlimited WiFi at quite reasonable speed.
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<\/a><\/br>Seattle Airport Terminal S Interior<\/p><\/div>
\nA tram ride later, I was in terminal A, waiting to kill 3 hours.
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<\/a><\/br>Escalators in Seattle Airport Terminal A<\/br>What upset me was that, both escalators here were not in operation, so I had to take the stairs.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Delta Connect E175 (N244SY) At the Gate<\/br>This was the next earlier Delta West Coast Shuttle flight to San Francisco.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n By the time I reached my gate, the previous Delta West Coast Shuttle flight to San Francisco was still at the gate (but about to leave). So in theory if I had no checked baggage, I could standby for this flight. But since it seemed about to depart, I killed that thought. <\/br>Delta Connect E175 (N243SY) At the Gate<\/br>My plane to San Francisco.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n One thing not so good about flight DL4940 was that, flightrader24.com told me it was quite prone to delay. So even though the plane was already at the gate and serviced, we waited for an extra hour after the scheduled boarding time to board the aircraft. The gate agent told us it\u2019s air traffic control at San Francisco, and offered free snacks.<\/p>\n <\/br>Omni Air B763 (N378AX) among Other Planes at Seattle Airport<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Checked Bags Being Loaded onto Delta Connect E175 (N243SY)<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Delta Connect E175 (N602CZ) At the Gate<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Delta Connect E175 (N243SY) under Reflection of Delta Lounge Windows<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n Once on the aircraft, the captain told us there would be more waiting. Interestingly, he told us the existence of Ground Delay Program. The logic was that, since you don\u2019t want to wait in the air near an airport to land, wait on the ground for takeoff. Well, that\u2019s some good queuing, maybe too good to be true.<\/p>\n On a positive note, the aisle seat next to me seemed to be unoccupied. Yes, I liked that.<\/p>\n <\/br>Southwest Airlines B738 (N8613K) At the Gate<\/br>Just arrived from Chicago Midway.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Southwest Airlines B737 (N634SW) Taxiing before International Planes<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Delta B753(N595NW) At the Gate<\/br>Off to Honolulu.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Delta Airlines A330 At the Gate<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Hainan Airlines A330 among Other International Planes<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Forests beyond Seattle Airport<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Alaska Airlines Dash-8 (N423QX) Taking Off<\/br>Off to Portland.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Emirates Airlines B77W (A6-EGI) Landing<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Water Droplets on Window<\/br>While we were waiting at the end of the runway.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Seattle Airport North Terminal<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Seattle Airport Central Terminals<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Seattle Airport Central Terminals<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Seattle Airport Central Terminals<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Seattle Airport Terminal A B S<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Seattle Airport South Terminal<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Angle Lake Neighborhood<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Riverfront Park<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Lake Fenwick and Surrounding Deciduous Forest<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Lake Tapps<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Port of Tacoma<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Port of Tacoma<\/br>There seemed to be a line between the yellowish sea water and the purer port water. I hoped the sea water appeared yellowish because of the rain, not pollution.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Port of Tacoma<\/br>There seemed to be a line between the yellowish sea water and the purer port water. I hoped the sea water appeared yellowish because of the rain, not pollution.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>City of Tacoma<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Tacoma Narrows Bridge<\/br>The famous bridge that collapsed.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Tacoma Narrows Airport<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Flying over South Puget Sound<\/p><\/div> <\/br>McNeil Island<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n Once in the air, there wasn\u2019t much to talk about. The cabin service equaled to a bag of peanuts and a cup of Cola. There was thick clouds all over the West Coast on that day, so not much a ground view. <\/br>Clouds above California<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Evergreen Park<\/br>With Palo Alto and Stanford University Campus in the Distance.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Fairmeadow Neighborhood<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Beaches in Bay Area<\/br>Next to Facebook HQ.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Buildings along Redwood Creek<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Redwood Shores<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Foster City<\/p><\/div> <\/br>West Foster City<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Shoreview and Seal Point Park<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Yachts in Coyote Point<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Poplar Creek Golf Course<\/p><\/div> <\/br>San Francisco Airport Runway 28L<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n My checked bag arrived at the belt pretty timely (almost the same time as I). I had some trouble finding the airport tram (as I bumped into another parking lot), but that wasn\u2019t too much trouble.<\/p>\n <\/br>San Francisco Airport Parking Lot<\/p><\/div> <\/br>San Francisco Airport Tram Station<\/p><\/div> This post follows on the previous one of flight DL128 from Beijing to Seattle. Learning the experience last time of flight AA186 to Chicago, this time I wasted no time after getting off the plane, race-walked my way… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,3,2],"tags":[175,178,177],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2125"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2212,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125\/revisions\/2212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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