Planes That Can't Fly

I'm trying to figure out if its better to have a possible 16 hour delay, or fly on a plane that has mechanical problems.  For now, I will take the 16 hour delay.  After getting up at 5am on a Sunday morning to arrive nice and early at LAX, we are told our plane is stuck in Hawaii, and isn't scheduled to arrive in L.A. until around midnight!  Evidently the plane is having technical difficulties.  So they offer us the option to depart an hour and a half later than scheduled, but we will have to do a 3 hour stop in Phoenix.  I guess things could be worse, we could have discovered the plane problems mid-flight, and then had to deal with it.

So here we sit at the Tequileria just outside gate 17 at Phoenix airport.  Delays are fine, as long as there are chips and salsa, and ice cold Dos XX Amber in 32 ounce glasses to keep us occupied.  Next stop, Coon Rapids Minnesota!