As for the Topic of the Day...
I've had to deal with some delayed and one or two cancelled flights, but nothing really sticks in my mind as nightmarish. However, I do remember having to fly out of DCA/Reagan-National a few years ago. We were starting the domestic leg of the auditions for Universal Studios - the first leg took place in Australia. In fact, I had to fly on September 11 too.
I was still living in Richmond at the time, so I had planned to get up early, drive to DC, park my car at my parents' house and take the Metro to the airport. Well, of course, I had stayed up very late the night before packing and getting things ready for my trip - I would be gone for three weeks. Thankfully, I had had the foresight to request an afternoon flight down to Orlando... When I woke up it was around 10:30 - and my flight was scheduled to leave at 1:30... Washington-National... And I was still in Richmond.
Needless to say, I was also thankful that everything had been packed the night before. I gathered everything up, put my bags in the car and started up 95. It was a very nice day, and there was no traffic. None at all. There were a few times when I pushed the speed limit, but I was fine anyway. I got to the airport about 100 minutes later - it was 100 miles door to door. Parked the car in the long-term parking lot, and headed for the terminal. And, I guess because it was a September 11, the plane was almost empty. Lots of room to spread out.
Whew!
*However, the truly worst part of the trip was when I flew back home from Los Angeles, and had to pay to get my car out of the parking lot after it had been there for 21 days...
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-And I also seem to recall that for some reason, I flew back in Dulles, so my sister-in-law picked me up there, and then drove me to DCA to pick my car up.