Up Up and Away

So, the reason we were delayed (and if you are now confused then you are reading from top to bottom and are therefore chronologically inverted) was that the plane was a new one and had only been delivered from Toulouse the night before. In the morning the engineers had taken three hours checking it over before releasing it, hence everything was out of synch. Now, the first thought was “oh good, a new plane”. But then you have to question that a bit further. I mean, if you are on an old plane then you know it has stood the test of time, the probably hadn’t forgotten to put a bolt in the wing or to put on some tyres. A new plane however, well, you just don’t know do you? We were its third flight. The more I thought about it the worse that seemed. Two flights would be just enough to loosen any bits not firmly attached. The third would be the one where they dropped off. Cheery flight.