[Screaming_Emu]

I really wish we were able to use common sense to solve problems in this industry.

Right now I'm sitting in a plane in SAT. We were supposed to leave here around 7, but upon reaching the airplane we found that the drawers in which the flight attendants store the drinks were flat out missing from the airplane.

We figure it wont be a big deal so we go about getting everything set up and boarded. We call dispatch to see how they want us to compensate for weight and balance since they're gone...but because they're tied into the BOW, we're stuck here.

Our ETD is now 2:30 while we wait for them to fly some new bins out from Atlanta. My idea was that because there is a placard saying 50lbs max in each compartment, take the 50 lb ballast bags they have and put one in each compartment....but that would be illegal. Yet from a practical standpoint would solve any weight and balance issue as it would be like having a full container in each one.

I'm sure that some of the passengers think the actual cause of the delay is because we dont have any Coke.