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Paid for the Delta eclipse flight out of Dallas. Nobody on our flight got a good view of the eclipse. The pilots and the staff meteorologist seemed completely unprepared and amateurish, maybe the 20 minute delay at takeoff threw them off, but you'd think they could account for that because we had another 50 minutes in the air before totality and broke the clouds no problem. Had a window seat on the right side and could have gotten a decent view if they banked the plane, instead they turned to give the left side an even worse view. For most of totality, the eclipse was basically above the left side roof. And yet, we appeared to be on the edge of the shadow so the right side didn't even get to experience the totality shadow stretching to the horizon.
I was vaguely planning for this since spring last year and got way too emotionally invested. Don't think I've been disappointed by anything like this in my entire adult life, I want to cry desu. I ran the numbers and the April weather had worse odds than flight delays, so this was supposed to be the safe option. Instead the view would have been better from the parking ramp at the airport.
Here's my crappy photo of the edge of the shadow, anyways.
