Big gamble asked of passengers on flight

[Theseus]

It was at Edinburgh airport too!

You have my sympathy, it can take ages to get through that security check. I have seen it queued all the way back to the escalator/lifts. I imagine it was even longer to get back in after an evacuation.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

You have my sympathy, it can take ages to get through that security check. I have seen it queued all the way back to the escalator/lifts. I imagine it was even longer to get back in after an evacuation.

Oh yes, it was the queue from Hedes but it was better than the time I was there when there was the really bad weather and all the flights were cancelled - I was offered a bus from Edinburgh to Birmingham, a journey I knew would be hell and you'd probably end up stranded in a snowdrift on the M1. I walked over to the hotel for the night.

 

[gavintc]

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On my flight from Edinburgh on Tuesday there was no hot water for tea or coffee.


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This thread is an incredible insight into the deprivations, struggles and life threatening experiences of the traveller. Imagine flying without coffee.. You must been devastated when you arrived and will never fly that airline ever again

 

[ianrauk]

I once had to endure 4 hours on a flight back from Rhodes with out the flight map working on the seat back tv. It was hellish I tells you.

 

[martint235]

I once had to endure 4 hours on a flight back from Rhodes with out the flight map working on the seat back tv. It was hellish I tells you.

Yeah I hate that too. Some flights have apparently stopped showing it altogether now for security reasons. it was the only thing that kept me sane.

 

[Tim Bennet.]

My Mum and Dad flew out to Malaya in the late 40's. Their flying boat made an unscheduled stop at Nice and damaged its wing float by hitting a navigation buoy on landing.

They were delayed for a week while repaired were made.

But that's not the worst of it; as their scheduled stops were only in Alexandria, Aden, Ceylon, my dad only had a white dinner jacket with him.

And here's the killer . . . as it was winter, black dinner jackets were the order of the day in Nice and he had the endure the shame of being in the wrong rig all week.

He still bears the scars.

So, perhaps we should take more care before making light of these travelling disasters.

 

[Crackle]

I had some friends who were on the flight to Kenya a few yeas ago when a passenger got in to the cockpit and tried to dive the plane and the pilot and co-pilot fought him off by effectively blinding him. They thought they were going to die, now that's absolutely awful.

 

[bof]

I stopped flying KLM to Holland as for £270 tickets (company paid) I got a Twix on the way out and a Twix on the way back as food.

 

[magnatom]

To counter all this negativity, I had a good experience on a plane once. The pilot turned around and offered us all some nice boiled sweets!

OK this was on a single prop 7 or so seater plane taking me and my wife into the heart of the Serengeti (them was the days!). Still I was impressed with the customer services!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I saw the journalist Andrew Marr lose his temper at Edinburgh airport once, he was furious they wouldn't let him take his bag on the plane as carry-on. Brilliant entertainment, so it's not all bad.

 

[bof]

To counter all this negativity, I had a good experience on a plane once. The pilot turned around and offered us all some nice boiled sweets!

OK this was on a single prop 7 or so seater plane taking me and my wife into the heart of the Serengeti (them was the days!). Still I was impressed with the customer services!

I used to fly on the little Banderiantes that Air Anglia flew. By law they only needed to take a pilot as they were 12 seaters, but they used to take on trainees who were building up hours for their commercial licence as co-pilots. About half way through refreshements were announced over the intercom and the copilot would dig out a couple of thermos flasks. They flew IIRC at about 7-8000 ft and it could get pretty rough sometimes.

 

[anyuser]

Too many years ago to admit, I was flying on a local Air Force Skyvan in the Middle East when the flight engineer came out and proceeded to cook up a curry on his petrol stove. He did open the rear door to let any fumes out though. Those were the days.

 

[CopperBrompton]

I was once on a long-haul BA flight where they actually ran out of my first choice of Pinot Noir. 'Awful' doesn't even begin to describe the horror of the experience.

 

[Norm]

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This weeks award for the thread that didn't turn out like the OP intended goes to.....
[/quote]Aye, but it's getting better and better.

 

[cisamcgu]

I was once on a long-haul BA flight where they actually ran out of my first choice of Pinot Noir. 'Awful' doesn't even begin to describe the horror of the experience.

Oh dear God ! It is a wonder that you can even bring yourself to talk about it; I too have suffered various indignities on long haul flights, but this is inexcusable, no wonder BA is going to the dogs !