I travel quite a bit with my job and I've missed my fair share of flights but I've never reacted like this woman...
My top 3 list of bad airport/airline experiences:
1. Sao Paulo to New York (American Airlines). Missed my connection due to delays flying from a conference in another Brazilian city. Rushing between gates was not helped by the fact that I was carting a 1m long fiberglass fish that I had bought at a flea market. Was eventually placed on the next flight to New York and was fortunate enough to score two seats...one for me and one for the fish.
2. Singapore to Sydney (Qantas). This was caused by a delay in Finland, resulting in a missed connection. The flight from Helsinki was the scariest flying experience I've ever had....the plane accelerated on the runway then braked suddenly. My immediate thought was that we were going to hit another plane but apparently it was due to a warning light in the cockpit. The plane was fine but we had to wait two hours for the engineers which meant I missed my flight from Singapore to Sydney.
3. LA to Sydney (Qantas). The flight crew were involved in a car accident on the way to the airport. They weren't allowed to fly and so we had to wait for replacement crew.
3 comments:
Two similar experiences for me both involving a plane 'dropping out of the sky'.
(1973) Air France still in ascent on departure from Tel Aviv and bound for Bangkok, suddenly dropped out of the sky for about a minute before shuddering and then ascending again. I have never known such complete silence as we experienced during the fall. The Captain explained some sort of weather condition affected the flight.
(1980) CAAC (then the national airline of the PRC) dropped out of the sky twice during descent into Beijing on a flight from Guangzhou each time for what seemed like minutes before steadying and descending properly. The crew gave no explanation nor apology for whatever happened to the flight.
I've reacted like her even when I have made it to my flight on time. I guess I should keep away from the airport bars.
Victor: I guess I should be grateful that my experiences took place on the ground. Falling from the sky sounds much worse!
Mutant: Airport bars are dangerous. I reckon the woman must have had one too many drinks too.
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