Originally Posted by
CHIP72
On a more serious note than my humorous comment on page 1, getting stuck in one of those tiny commercial airports with very limited on-site amenities IS a real problem if/when it happens. When my brother attended graduate school at Mississippi State, I had to fly into/out of Golden Triangle Regional Airport, which serves the Columbus/Starkville/West Point, MS area, if I wanted to avoid a 2+ hour car ride to/from a much larger commercial airport (Jackson, Birmingham, or Memphis). GTR was a fine little airport, but it only had vending machines for food and drink (and water fountains for water). If I had gotten stuck there, I would have been in big trouble; not only did the airport not have an on-site restaurant, but there was only one convenience store/gas station within a mile of the airport. One time when there was a flight delay when I was heading home from a visit, the small number of Delta Airlines employees there gave everyone some free snacks. Obviously that would be insufficient if you are stranded for 17 hours.
I wonder if Nicholls State gave thought to altering/tried to alter their plans once they were stranded for 3+ hours to charter a bus to take them to St. Louis International Airport, the closest large airport, so they could fly from there to get home.
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