Stuck

On the 6.50 am flight to Christchurch, and as I was up all night working (business is just far too busy at the moment) I happily fell asleep before we even took off.

Some time later I wake up and am admiring the glorious Southern Alps in the window.  After a minute or so  I realize that as I am on the left hand side of the plane, I should not be able to see them. I think about this for a while and look at possibilities such as whether for some reason we have decided to fly south down the West Coast.  But no, it is clear we are now flying North up the East Coast.

I then ask a stewardess and discover that we have been in the air for over an hour, Christchurch Airport is fogged in and we are heading North indeed.

I ask how long will it be until we are back in Wellington, and learn that unfortunately Wellington is now fogged in also and as we are running short of fuel we can only circle Wellington for 15 minutes or so before heading to Auckland. That would not be good.

Luckily the fog clears at Wellington and we get to land.  I quickly call the 15 people I was meant to meet at 9 am (well I call one of them to call the others) and head up to the Koru Club where I am now camped out.

I really really wish they would introduce those systems that allow planes to land in fog.  This happens all the time.