Columnist's Dawn Flight to Berlin: Strike & Adventure

0:00From the Daily News Now Network, this is Edinburgh News today. A colonnist is gearing up for her first trip abroad in over a decade, heading to Berlin for a work event with her flight in hotel covered. She's thrilled about the adventure, but not so much about the options from her local airport. Her husband skipped joining her, opting instead for a train ride to Inverness since he despises airports and their shopping chaos. She shares his pain, dreaming of a shoppers-free gate to skip the duty-free hassle. Not a morning person, she dazs to 6.15am departure by booking a flight the day before, through stance at airport, figuring it'd leave her. Rested for the event. Then came trouble from Germany, where airport staff struck over pay disputes, shutting down Berlin-Brandenburg airport completely and canceling her. Early arrival plan. She backs the workers' right to strike for better wages, but now faces that dreaded dawn flight anyway to make her commitment.