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augie_wartooth t1_j9y9vgu wrote

One time (before I lived in Richmond) I was flying from NYC to Raleigh and we almost ran out of fuel because of headwinds, so we had to make an emergency landing at RIC. It took so long to refuel the plane that we weren’t allowed to take off again because it was after midnight. Some people tried to rent cars to get home but it was so late none of the car rental places were open. Finally the airline chartered us a bus to get us to Raleigh. It was hilariously dumb.

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eyedrib t1_j9yps1w wrote

It’s always felt weird to me that Richmond airport literally closes. I guess it’s normal at small airports. But one time I had an early morning flight and there was a mechanical issue and they had to call some guy and wake him up so he could drive out to the airport to fix it. Then he didn’t know how to fix it so they had to bring in some guy from DC and then they got there and they couldn’t fix it either lol

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FEdart t1_j9z1tep wrote

The TSA checkpoint also closes unreasonably early. My sister once made it to the checkpoint 30 minutes before a late night flight (think around 10pm) and they were closing up shop.

She had to beg them to let her through.

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chihuahua001 t1_j9zpmls wrote

The TSA people at RIC are particularly assholish too. I hate all them wannabe cops but fuck RIC TSA in particular.

It takes a special kind of dipshit to make you take your belt off and then bitch at you because your pants are falling down.

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RVAVandal t1_ja0vkwr wrote

Yeah, but thats pretty much TSA across the board at every airport.

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rostinze t1_ja0y3gp wrote

Right! I flew with my toddler recently and had liquids (milk) in excess of 3oz to feed her with. Totally permissible by TSA, I looked up all the rules before packing.

At Richmond, multiple TSA officers were questioning my reasons for having milk and lecturing me about how I should have put the milk in a clear bottle because otherwise it “takes extra time” (turned out to be a 30 second affair). When I flew home from Puerto Rico I got not of the attitude whatsoever.

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ifweweresharks t1_j9z3nnz wrote

Technically it almost never “closes”, just all the services close (food, airlines, rentals, security). As long as the CRAC police are there it’s “open”.

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