How do you spell RELIEF when your plane’s been diverted? P-I-Z-Z-A.
At least, thats how a few flight crews have been handling it. I was just reading a terrific article by Joe Sharkey of the New York Times, who reported on a recent Delta flight from Phoenix to JFK, that had to be diverted to Syracuse due to bad weather.

Here’s where good old fashioned common sense kicked in:

1. The pilot told everyone he was going to let them off the plane
2. The pilot then told everyone, he ordered pizza for all

The common sense, and, common decency, seemed to be catching: a Delta customer service agent paid for the pizzas (we’re waiting to hear if she was reimbursed), while the flight attendants said, according to Sharkeys report, If anyone needs anything just ask and we’ll do the best we can.
A similar situation happened with a Continental crew aboard a flight stranded in Albany; once again, pizza (and the flight crews) came to the rescue.

You can bet those passengers will remember what airlines took such good care of them. But in the meantime, let’s let one of the flight attendants have the last word, a flight attendant who dished up pizza while making this observation: We’re all in this together.

All in this together. Finally, somebody gets it. And we at FareCompare salute them!