I arrived in Portland as scheduled although the flight was miserable. We started with a delay in Columbus and had to sit on the plane at the gate because we “missed our reservation” so “flow control” made us wait. Got off about 40 minutes late and arrived in Atlanta where we had wait for the ramp agents to direct us to the gate. Once again, ASA demonstrated that they are incapable of running an airline in any semblance of efficiency. How hard is it to get word out that a plane is here?

I was ninth on the upgrade list to Portland and there was only one first class seat left so I was not happy about that. The flight from Atlanta to Portland was turbulent most of the way. Not the real turbulent stuff that can be fun, but the very mild turbulence that bumps you every now and then just to keep you from getting good rest. I did rest most of the way though. I plugged in the Bose QC3 to my iPod and tuned in the music and tuned out the noise kids and talkative people.

Now for a few days of meetings.