I got out of Kuwait today. Painful! If anyone believes that TSA puts up roadblocks and delays to travel has never tried to fly with the military.
0100 (Thats 1:00 AM!): Assemble for pre-flight briefings
0200: weighing of passengers with carry-on bags and manifest
0200-0300: wait unneccesarily
0300: go through customs. Actually wait in line for a long time.
0100 (Thats 1:00 AM!): Assemble for pre-flight briefings
0200: weighing of passengers with carry-on bags and manifest
0200-0300: wait unneccesarily
0300: go through customs. Actually wait in line for a long time.
The wait at Customs
0345: Empty out all five of my bags and 5 gazillion pounds of gear that took me two days to pack for inspectors to ensure that I have no contraband.
0415: Try to repack everything so it fits in five bags in less than 15 minutes. I actually did accomplish this one.
0430-0700: Wait unnecessarily for a 0700 movement time to the Kuwait airport
0700-0800: Wait until the airline can figure out what to do about the excess wait of all of our baggage
0800: board commercial busses for transport to the southern part of the country to the airport
0815-0930: Travel to the airport
0930-1130: Load 175+ personnel on the plane
1145: Take off
That's right, I was required to show up almost 11 hours early for an international flight. And you thought 2 hours prior(domestic)/4 hours (international) was excessive!
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