Extra leg room gets you priority boarding so it was onto the plane and into the seocnd row. the space is great for a 2 hour flight (todays was 2.05) but unfortunatley half way through the loading process a mid afternoon Florida storm rolled in and the lightning caused the bag loading to be stopped. this went on and off for an hour, though to be fair we were kept fully appraised by the pilot ,however rather than sit in the cockpit, he came out and used the FA's PA so he could tell the PAX face to face. All done good naturedly.." and guess what I am about to say this time?" ---150 groans of 'its stopped AGAIN!'....big smile and 'dont worry folks we will still get you there'
we eventually took off 65 mins late and ran into some pretty bumpy weather (even the FAs were seated) for the first 20-25 mins, then it was smooth all the way into JFK landing at around 7pm. Snacks and drinks provided on the way up and the Direct TV with 40 odd channels is superb.
a quick walk to baggage claim and a 5 minute wait before my bag appeared, then the yomp over to T4.
As always a first class flight, no fuss no frills just a pleasant experience.....
