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Originally Posted by Shelbo
You need to step outside your box to get the help you need...from the Hawaii FRC teams...
One of the FRC Hawaii teams needs to take up your cause. They can contact local church and civic groups (VFW, Ruritan, Rotary, etc.) about getting you better/cheaper accomodations in a church hall or another building with kitchen facilities. They can pull together and provide your meals while you wait this out. While you stay with your team as a chaperone, the Hawaiian mentors can approach the airlines directly, not via telephone. Someone should also contact the public relations department at the Navy Base.
No matter where you are stranded, an FRC team should always be nearby, to help out, and get the ball rolling for you. If none of the above pan out, reply back and I'll see what else I can pull together.
~Shelbo's Mom
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Aloha,
All of us here in Hawaii understand these teams situations very well, we've all had our getting stranded nightmares (missing flights due to over lapping, airlines stopping flights, etc...) if anyone needs help in the meanwhile and some of you are on a neighbor island such as the big island, (*hint hint wink wink* ) we would be more than happy to help out as much as possible. This is a very odd and complicated situation where you are in the right place... at the wrong time. Standing inline at Hawaiian may not be a bad idea while you wait for help from your district. Hawaiian is keeping $49.00 flights (inter island i think.. that may come in handy) until the 7th, and then it truly will be impossible for you to get home. ATA Airlines already has taken advantage of this situation and not in a good way, even before Aloha formally announced that they would no longer continue flights the price of their tickets jumped nearly four times the price over night. This is a serious problem that has not only affected these teams but is making it next to impossible to find our Hawaii teams that qualified for Atlanta (McKinely, Waialua, Waiakea, Honoka'a, etc...) to actually make it there. It is a very sad situation were many of our friends and family are losing their jobs and making an already bad economic situation worse. To save some money try to stay out of the cities or you will be in a very very bad situation in a very short period of time.
Yes, our governor is very much into FIRST and is very supportive of our teams and all that have come to our state for FIRST. I'm not sure that this situation has been brought to her attention, but now that us Hawaii teams know trust me someone will be on the phone.
I speak for all Hawaii teams when I say I hope you make it home safely and in a timely manner. If you cant make it home soon try to make the best of the situation and enjoy the sunshine just a little longer. Might help to ease the stress of being stranded just a bit. You helped to make this regional a success and I hope that despite this you return and not just for FIRST. Your all great people and it would be cool to meet you guys again.
If any team cant afford to sit by and wait for something to happen (which I'm sure is the case) PM me, my mother is extremely good at getting flights at reasonable prices, might be kinda tight now that airlines are jacking up prices though.
I wish you luck in what ever happens and hope that your team(s) return home safely
Mahalo,
-aj
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