The Standby List

The Airline's Version of the Twilight Zone

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We all have fallen into the vortex while flying. It's a designation that every traveler hates to enter: the Standby List. To the airlines, the traveler has fallen into an alternate dimension, what we affectionately call "The Twilight Zone." You're at the airport, but the airlines don't see you. You feel like a boson particle in the field of particle physics. You…