London Feb. 1: CO661 San Antonio, TX to Newark Liberty, Newark NJ (EWR)

CO661 02FEB08 San Antonio International, San Antonio, TX (SAT) to Newark Liberty International, Newark, NJ (EWR) 12:10p 5:09p 733 N61304

Flight Time: 3:05

It was slow going, but finally I was on board. I said hello to the greeting flight attendant and waited again. This aircraft has 12 leather First Class seats with 112 cloth Economy seats in a 3-3 configuration. As I made my way down, it seemed that there was some seat confusion as passengers were showing each other their boarding passes and did not have good looks on their faces. I was glad to move away from that. The flight load was pretty light, so I am sure it worked itself out.

I settled into my window seat and had the middle and aisle open. I had no issues finding a place for my bag in the overhead either, although they were quite full.

The captain came on the PA at 12:20p and apologized for the delay advising that it was due to them arriving late from Newark. He said though that he anticipated an ontime arrival at 5:09p where the temperature is 45F and winds were from the NW at 10-15 knots.

At 12:23p, we commenced the pushback and the manual safety demo started as there is no entertainment system on this flight. We started our taxi out to runway 26R shortly after. As we did so, I saw a blue and white A319 Corporate jet as well as the same Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-200 with winglets from the night before, plus a military Boeing 707, which I think is the KC135, if I am not mistaken.

We held short of runway 12R and started our takeoff roll at 12:32p. It was a smooth takeoff into the sunny skies. Off on the left I could see two UPS planes at their hangar.

At 12:53p, the Captain came on the PA and said he expected no rough weather so he would turn off the seat belt signs. We were free to walk around, but should have the belts fastened while we were seated.

He also reiterated the flying time of 3:05 and added that our arrival time would be 4:35p, he also indicated the weather the same except for the temperature having increased to 47F. He said he would get back in touch with us later once we started our descent.

I saw the flight attendant pass with what looked like pizza, which is not my favorite all.

The flight attendant arrived at 1:16p with my lunch of Stefano Foods hot cheese pizza pie, a salad with Pepper Cream dressing and a KitKat.

Drink requests came immediately as I was so close to the back of the plane I think. Beer, cocktails and wine were 5 USD and beverages were complimentary. I ate everything except the pizza and the KitKat, O.K. so I just ate the salad; I must admit, the pizza did look good though.

I had just had some crackers and cheese in the Lounge though, so I was not that hungry anyways and I had some peanuts and a cookie in my bag if I got hungry before the flight ended.

After lunch, I settled back and got some work done until I ran out of battery and actually fell asleep. I awoke as we were descending and landed without incident.