I am loving United Airlines right now…… OK, it’s a love/hate relationship, but right now it is definitely love. Due to my visa troubles (explained previously), I had limited options for flights when rescheduling on short notice.  My client was not willing to pay any more than necessary, so I was stuck with a really tight connection in IAD, if missed, would cause a 1 day delay in getting to my destination. Part of the problem is that I didn’t trust United Express to be on-time.  They have their difficulties on a good day, let alone in the thunderstorm season of the north east.  Storms were...

Oh the drama…… As I sit at the airport at the start of my journey to India, I reflect back on the events of this week and the number of gray hairs these events generated.  My journey is beginning 3 days later than planned, all because there were problems with my application for a visa. First of all – why do US citizens need a visa for India?  The visa application required proof that I would be returning to the US – basically I had to book my tickets and show a return.  Who in their right mind, currently living in the US, would possibly want to defect to India?  Have they looked at the...