Burlington, VT: C02302 Burlington, VT (BTV) to Newark-Liberty, Newark NJ (EWR)

CO2302 Newark-Liberty International, Newark NJ (EWR) to Burlington, VT (BTV) N13929 ERJ 12:45p 1:19p operated by ExpressJet, Inc. dba Continental Express

It was touch and go to get a seat and at the last minute, I did. There was a family of four who for some reason or another missed the 8a flight. They were elated when the agent told them they would get on.

The agent then told myself and another guy to take any remaining open seat. I walked past the seat 1A as there was no place to put my bag as there is no seat in front of that one. As it turns out, 12A, the Exit row aisle/window was open, so I settled in.

Soon after the door closed and it was time to go. The flight attendant did the demo on this 1-2 leather seat configured 50-seater airplane. As she finished up, we pushed back about three minutes late.

It was a short enough taxi to the runway and by 1:01p, we were airborne above the New York skies. It was a beautiful day so you could see pretty far away. The bridges of New York were pretty prominent as well as the fields, plus what I think is White Plains (HPN) airport.

The flight attendant came on and announced that there would be a diminished service on this short flight. She would pass with select beverages; she passed with coke and water. I had some water.

Our descent started at 1:27p into the Burlington area. We landed and taxied to the gate.