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The next flight out was 5am. It's a super short flight from SeaTac to PDX, but they managed to extend it by 15 minutes by aborting the landing when we were about 100ft off the ground. I felt the engines spool up heavily, and my first thought was that they got the glide way wrong if they had to add that much power, then a couple seconds later realized they were going around. We climbed out, and circled back into the pattern for another approach. The pilot said we were over gross weight, which sounds like BS to me considering the flight was 15% full. They must have had a lot of lead in their cargo. Maybe they burned 1,500 lbs of fuel going around? Seems safer to just land than do a last second abort, but what do I know? That delay lined me up perfectly for Portland rush hour traffic.
I got home at 7:30am with no sleep and immediately took over caring for my daughter as I got home, and had to do some work. I've got her again today and need to figure out how to get a couple hours of uninterrupted work in. I don't mind spending nights in airports if I don't need to function well the next day. I've done it several times to save money to get cheaper flights and skip hotel costs.
Did your brother have a staph infection? Those can be serious.
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