TRAINSPOTTING author Irvine Welsh took a pop at American Airlines after his flight was delayed by almost two hours.
The Scottish author vented his frustrations on social media after his jet was unable to leave because the airline had 'lost all the updated flight manuals from our iPads.'
He later tweeted saying the problem had been fixed but the pilot was waiting for it to download on his ipad and compared the incident to, "a Mission Impossible films but with only the crap bits left in."
He later joked: "Ain’t no party like an @AmericanAir party!"
Apparently fixed the app, just waiting on it downloading to pilots iPad which is showing 39 mins. Just like one of those Mission Impossible films but with only the crap bits left in @AmericanAir
— Irvine Welsh (@IrvineWelsh) February 14, 2018
The airline apologised to the author and fellow passengers tweeting: "Thanks for hanging in there."
They breed em tough in Muirhoose mate https://t.co/FKQsKJF2Dw
— Irvine Welsh (@IrvineWelsh) February 14, 2018
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