https://consumerist.com/2017/08/03/american-airlines-strands-reporter-at-airport-for-24-hours-forcing-her-to-subsist-on-soft-pretzels-licorice/ >In what sounds like a terrible idea for a Chopped spinoff, a reporter says she’s had to subsist on a diet consisting solely of snack food after various American Airlines delays trapped her at the airport for more than 24 hours. >Diana Mastrull of The Philadelphia Inquirer arrived at the Philadelphia airport on Wednesday morning, bright and early, headed for Los Angeles.