Reply to: Worst flight ever?

[PAH]

My Uncle was a Glasgow copper who got sent down to Lockerbie to deal with the search. Hundreds of them walking through fields and forrests for days on end bagging anything they found.

I watched the recreation on Emmerdale. Terrible for all concerned.

It must take a certain resilience to be able to do that sort of job. Same for paramedics and firepeople who attend car crashes. I couldn't do it.

[OwlHoot]

Hundreds of them walking through fields and forrests for days on end bagging anything they found.

Weren't they supposed to pass all that stuff to the investigators?!

Fine state of affairs when even the coppers are thieving gits!

[minestrone]

My Uncle was a Glasgow copper who got sent down to Lockerbie to deal with the search. Hundreds of them walking through fields and forrests for days on end bagging anything they found.

[minestrone]

Flew back from Denpasar last year on a 380 with Air Singapore the day after Qantas grounded the planes when they knew fine well the engines were not safe.

[Moscow Mule]

and 2 chaps started going with the punches, 10 coppers ran in as we were getting off.

Had that before coming back from Russia. The two chaps were quite upset at being arrested as they thought they had sorted it out.

[minestrone]

Air Garuda. Worst plane I have been on, electrics were flashing off and on as the plane was taking off. Now banned from flying in the EU.

Flyglobespan, flight to Rome was stinking of crap as the engines were turned on, someone must have got the air ducts from the toilets routed into the passenger section. The next week I flew back and the same thing happened, must have been the same plane and they got banned from flying over the Atlantic shortly after.

Air France, plane dropped for probably only 2 seconds but it felt like a month, women were screaming, landed and 2 chaps started going with the punches, 10 coppers ran in as we were getting off.

[Moscow Mule]

Upgraded to business class from London to Sydney on Qantas recently. Best decision ever! Flat seat, great food and wine and fantastic service the whole way through. Better yet, on the A380 you're on the top deck and have your own entrance, so you never see the plebs/permies

And this was your worst flight? What do you normally fly - a G650?

[Moscow Mule]

24 hours from Tahiti via LA and CDG on Air "couldn't give a flying ****" France

I was coming home for my granddad's funeral, got put in a bulkhead seat that didn't recline and didn't have IFE. Utterly tulip.

[beaker]

Upgraded to business class from London to Sydney on Qantas recently. Best decision ever! Flat seat, great food and wine and fantastic service the whole way through. Better yet, on the A380 you're on the top deck and have your own entrance, so you never see the plebs/permies

[Sysman]

Al Italia. The food was rubbish and the wine even more so.

But worst of all I was sat next to a huge Mama who was constantly waving a fan and sighing.

And her bulk meant I had to lean sideways in my seat to avoid physical contact with her.

Next worst flight was a charter job to the Med. I assume that anyone who was asked if they preferred smoking or non-smoking and said "Don't mind" was put in smoking seats, for all the smokers found themselves in non-smoking seats and the smoking seats were filled by non-smokers.

There was a constant fight by smokers to get a temporary seat where they could have a fag. Tempers were getting frayed and the cabin staff and captain were treating passengers like sheep.

it was not a pleasant flight.

[PAH]

the bitch next to me keep putting her feet on my lap.

Am I the only one thinking you missed a golden opportunity for a foot-job!?


My worst flight was the one where they only had cheese sandwiches to eat. I HATE cheese unless it's melted onto something such as a pizza. I seem to remember it being a flight to New York, though surely they have better food or more choice on transatlantic flights, even ones 12 years ago!

The worst flight, flight wise, was probably the one to dublin where the captain (obviously pissed up on guiness) took the turn at the end of the runway to the deboarding gate on what felt like two wheels he was in such a rush. Yep Ryan Air.

[SimonMac]

I had a 45 minute flight from Glasgow to East Midlands this morning that was delayed by 2.5 hours

[configman]

6 hours to Tel Aviv on Jet2, hand baggage only with no food. Oh, I need to bring the company laptop.

A shorthaul economy plane is not exactly geared up for a long haul flight!!

12 hours to HK. Started with 2 empty seats next to me. Aussie couple on other side of plane complained to stewards about noise their own children were making so stewards moved parents next to me and children unoccupied. Not happy with that the stupid woman decided to lay across all three seats putting her feet in my lap which were promptly thrown off. Woken up throughout the night with one person behind me kneeing me in the back and the bitch next to me keep putting her feet on my lap. BA-Stewards ignored my complaints at the time - but a free flight for me the next time when I complained on the ground. The stupid Aussies asked me for quickest route to mainland China after we landed - they got the slowest because I was on the fastest and didn't want them. It took me 30 mins and probably 3 hours for them.

[eek]

6 hours to Tel Aviv on Jet2, hand baggage only with no food. Oh, I need to bring the company laptop.

A shorthaul economy plane is not exactly geared up for a long haul flight!!

That's the PA's revenge for criticising her travel plans.

[Pondlife]

They weren't selling food or you were too tight to buy it?

Ditto for luggage. Hold luggage was not permitted or just had to be paid for?