Big gamble asked of passengers on flight

[Bird Brain]

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My bus was a bit late pulling away from the stop yesterday because the driver got the zip stuck on his holdall while trying to fish out his McCoys.
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Disgraceful,I would write to the bus company about that one.

 

[Crackle]

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Did you shoot a man when you got there?
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Bet he did - just to watch him die.

You two have both lost me. Is it a reference I'm not getting?

 

[thomas]

It's worse for us beer drinkers - Carlsberg or Stella Artois. It's the reason I try and avoid flying at all costs. And as for that packet of peanut...

You'd be lucky. Heineken seems to be the beer of choice for EVERY blooming air line. Hate that stuff.

 

[4F]

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Must be. Johnny Cash reference.
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Ribbed or flavoured ?

 

[Theseus]

Ribbed or flavoured ?

Three word game ----------------------->

 

[Mark_Robson]

I remember having to take my shoes off at Teeside Airport to have them scanned. I had to walk two metres in my socks...... It was a terrible, terrible experience and one that I will never ever forget.

 

[ianrauk]

I remember having to take my shoes off at Teeside Airport to have them scanned. I had to walk two metres in my socks...... It was a terrible, terrible experience and one that I will never ever forget.

The horrors..They didn't stoop so low as to ask you to take off your belt too did they

 

[Piemaster]

In the early days of Eastern Airways they had some very small planes. Some with a toilet, some without.
The gamble was just how much beer was it sensible to drink before getting on a flight. Having been on a 'dry' ship for a month I NEED a beer. But then it's only just over an hour flight. Doesn't matter if it there isn't a toilet does it.
Awful situation comes when realising that perhaps I'd had a little bit too much liquid, That last 15 minutes can seem an awful long time.

Only happened once. Used to get the desk to check if it was equipped or not after that before heading to the bar.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Interesting. What kind of shoes were they?

All I said was that these shoes were 'da bomb' and the next thing you know...

 

[Dayvo]

I flew with Ryanair once and landed 30 mins. before schedule. We were greeted with a fanfare of trumpets and it REALLY made me jump! Now that was a really absolutely awful!

And not only that, as we had arrived early, I had an EXTRA half an hour to wait for a connecting bus: another really absolutely awful experience! TWO in a matter of minutes, in fact!

Beat that!

 

[rich p]

I flew with Ryanair once and landed 30 mins. before schedule. We were greeted with a fanfare of trumpets and it REALLY made me jump! Now that was a really absolutely awful!

And not only that, as we had arrived early, I had an EXTRA half an hour to wait for a connecting bus: another really absolutely awful experience! TWO in a matter of minutes, in fact!

Beat that!

That is truly awful Dayvo. My heart goes out to you!

 

[Mark_Robson]

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On the flight from London to Edinburgh on the Monday, I flew up with my boss.

Now she's professional but human. She's kind to rabbits, loves dogs, hates bullies, and considers me to be a friend. Professional but willing to have a few beers after work, and generally socialise on business trips. And she doesn't like tories. I'm rather fond of her.

So imagine how upset I was about the abysmal way - no, inhumane way - no, NAZI way in which the BA cabin crew treated her.

They gave out the flight meal. When she opened hers, and she saw what was in the foil container, the colour drained from her face. After a few seconds of unbelieving shock, she blinked her blonde tinted fair lashes, and unconsciously swept a wet drop from the corner of her left eye. After a few more seconds her mind seemed to regain mental composure and a sense of purpose.

She undid her seat belt and stood up. I was cold with dread, and had that sinking feeling in my stomach. You know the kind of emotion you feel when you watch a wicked Mr. Hyde pick up a puppy by its tail and dash its head against a lamp-post.

What had they done to this Mother Theresa of a Virgin Mary who looks like nothing on earth but the Lady with the Lamp?

Steeling herself she picked up the tray and walked over to the cabin crew member who had placed it in front of her. Having, in that moment, dashing any innocent faith she may have had in the goodness of man, her dreams of leaping lambs replaced by gnarling, salivating wolves, her twinkling blue eyes with the red sore of one who has viewed the seventh seal of hell.

She stood in front of the crew member, feet apart and firmly planted on the aisle floor to give her physical fortitude, her little heart beating under her silk blouse, and in a clear, steely, controlled and assertive tone she said:

"YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A VEGETARIAN SAUSAGE WHEN I WANTED A MEAT SAUSAGE!"

The Bastards!

[/quote]OMFG I can feel her rage!! She would have felt less violated if they had strip searched her. I can't say that I could have handled the situation as well in the circumstances. The Flight Marshal would have earned his money if it had happened to me.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

We sat there, anxious to get away from a very quiet airport for almost an hour sat on the runway in an uncomfortably hot cylinder. Calculations of car-parking charges, awaiting taxis/friends/relatives/train times etc.. when the pilot at last came over and told us one escape chute, opertated by a door opening, didn't indicate it was on. It didn't indicate it was off either. He then told us that the only way the plane could take off in that condition was for 59 passengers to leave the plane! What would you have done?

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"Good evening ladies and gentlemen, my name is Rhythm Thief and I'm your captain for this evening's flight to Manchester. During the flight we'll be cruising at an altitude of 34 000 feet and we should be able to make up a little time on the journey because we'll be flying with the jet stream. The cabin crew will be serving a light breakfast approximately an hour after takeoff; if you require anything else, don't hesitate to ask. We're just awaiting clearance for our taxi to the runway now. Oh, there was something about one of the emergency chute warning lights not working, but I thought "aah, f**k it, it's probably just a bulb", so we're going with it anyway. The fuel light keeps blinking too, but I reckon that's most likely an electrical problem, rather than an actual lack of fuel. Anyway, have a relaxing flight."

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[Fran143]

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"Good evening ladies and gentlemen, my name is Rhythm Thief and I'm your captain for this evening's flight to Manchester. During the flight we'll be cruising at an altitude of 34 000 feet and we should be able to make up a little time on the journey because we'll be flying with the jet stream. The cabin crew will be serving a light breakfast approximately an hour after takeoff; if you require anything else, don't hesitate to ask. We're just awaiting clearance for our taxi to the runway now. Oh, there was something about one of the emergency chute warning lights not working, but I thought "aah, f**k it, it's probably just a bulb", so we're going with it anyway. The fuel light keeps blinking too, but I reckon that's most likely an electrical problem, rather than an actual lack of fuel. Anyway, have a relaxing flight."

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I know where I'd be heading with that statement and it wouldn't be Manchester!