A disaster that stops the planes where they're at. After all, my mother-in-law was stuck in Ireland over 9/11... was supposed to leave the Saturday afterwards, didn't leave until the Wednesday after that.
That's a great point. I can't believe I didn't think of it. I was stuck in Istanbul during that same disaster. The first available flight was a week and a half later. You could probably stretch that out a little bit, perhaps? Granted, it'll look odd if M and J are sitting around for four weeks waiting for a flight, but there's at least decent bit of time they could wait...
JD
