I was in fact on the train yesterday morning, and amazingly enough, Amtrak didn't seem to be affected at all (or at least, not my train). barfo
We did get off the Tarmac but the problems were not quite over. We sat at the gate for about 30 mins before they could let us off the plane. In all my years traveling I have never really seen PDX that full of people waiting for flights. Not saying much because I’m sure there have been worse. This is a picture of baggage claim. That carousel is over flowing with bags. There were three flights on one carousel with lines of people trying to pick up baggage at the window from prior flights. We did get lucky enough to get our baggage from our flight. The cascade effect of passengers having to change from cancelled flights after already checking bags was a pretty big problem.
Shoulda been there the week after Alaska Airlines lost their door plug. Took 3 separate trips over 5 days to get my granddaughter on a flight home. The airport concourse was a sardine can pretty much every day.
