When all passengers but one cut their losses after their flight was delayed by 18 hours, one man found himself on the plane alone with a disgruntled flight crew. But by bonding over their odd situation, the group had fun and the footage he took on the flight went viral.
Phil Stringer had to get home to Charlotte, North Carolina, from a conference in Oklahoma City for a Monday morning meeting at his job as chief operating officer of a real estate brokerage. When his 6:20 a.m. flight with American Airlines on Sunday, June 25, was delayed by two hours, he stationed himself at a coffee shop at the airport to continue working.