Flying the Petro Skies

I've had to rearrange my itinerary because I received some bad consular advice from Accenture.  Turns out I need to apply for and pick up my Swiss work permit (one is necessary if working in the country more than eight days) and India visa in Chicago.  So after heading back to Geneva on the 31st, I'll be flying to Chicago on November 3, doing the visa stuff on Wednesday, then leaving for New Delhi on Thursday via Abu Dhabi, arriving Saturday morning at 3am local time.

I was going to take a direct American flight, but A) American's international service sucks (the Nintendo Power Glove was easier to control than their in-flight entertainment system), and B) economy on Etihad Airways (the UAE's national airline) is better than business class on any US airline, and C) Etihad's price was half that of American's (I figure our oil dollars bought all those aircraft and transportation and oil infrastructure, so maybe US citizens get special subsidized fares).