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Plane Ride Horror Stories

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 14:56:48 No.1043132 View Reply Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043171 >>1043174 >>1043318 >>1043378 >>1043449 >>1043470 >>1043995 >>1044374 >>1044427 >>1044459 >>1044529 >>1046116

Let's hear 'em.

What was your worst experience on a plane ride?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 15:03:05 No.1043136 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043688 >>1045849

> Be me
> Be 7 years old
> Be in turbulent plane
> No sickness bag
> Attendant tries to handle me a garbage bag.
> Puke on her feet

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 16:06:17 No.1043149 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043572

>come back from traveling in NoCal with family
>get aisle seat next to somebody I didn't know
>tired as fuck, nod off pretty much non-stop
>really don't want to be a bother so make my best effort not to fall asleep
>end up getting massive chills every time I nod not unlike the ones you get when you have a panic attack
>this goes on for like 3 hours
>been having huge chills every time I fall asleep when not in a bed since

Not cool.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 16:25:47 No.1043156 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043158 >>1043224 >>1043764 >>1046468

>have to fly to some island in the Mediterranean sea for work
>only option to there is some shitty tourist charter
>I am the only guy in a suit in the whole plane
>in fact, I am the only guy that even is remotely wearing anything that could be considered "dressed"
>shit foot
>hello sir, have nice holidays!
>good evening, we hope you will have a nice holiday!
>we wish you happy hollidays!
>one_more_happy_hollidays_and_ill_snap.jpg
>plane lands
>everyone is clapping
>Happy hollidays!
pic related

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 16:37:49 No.1043158 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043492

>>1043156
But my really worst experience on a plane had nothing to do with the plane or passengers itself. It was only me.

>fly to Svalbard
>Eat some leftovers the day before
>get to airport, total winter chaos, flights cancelled left and right
>My first flight is also cancelled
>go to counter
>WHAT? you want to go the WHERE? where the hell is that?
>I have a 12 hour stopover in Oslo anyways, so no problem
>get rerouted with two more stops and 500km in the wrong direction
>whatever, I have the time
>waiting for first flight
>Damn, whats those noises coming from my bowel?
>Something needs to get out
>go to toilet
>diarrhea with the force of a thousand suns
>OK, thats it
>board plane, takeoff
>Uh, oh, not again
>OK, plane lavatory (on a Dash-8)
>sit down, ass exploding
>shit, I also gotta puke
>hold it in till my ass finally stops shooting
>turn around, puke into somthing which looks like a warzone
>ass time again
>clench asscheeks till puke stops
>repeat the whole ordeal a few times till landing with massive stomach cramps in between
>finally solid ground
>get bussed to terminal
>trying to leave the bus, but cramped so hard that I cant let go of the railing in the bus
>have to ask other passengers if they can please pry open my fingers, so that I can leave the bus
>but my ass stays kinda silent
>next flight
>I look so shitty by now, that they almost refuse to let me on the plane, because they are afraid that they will have to do an emergency landing because of me
>I convince them that I am already better now
>purser has mercy with me
>puts me in empty business class, next to lavatory
>gives me two large bottles of water to rehydrate
>Make it through the flight
>12 hours in Oslo airport and now hotel
>lie on the floor in fetal position and wait for morning to come

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 16:53:53 No.1043163 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043164 >>1043179 >>1043989

>seat is right before the left wing
>take off
>middle of the runway really loud BANG comes from the engine next to me
>plane proceeds to take off
>me and the people around all press the assistance button
>engine next to me is so loud i can barely hear anything
>the window and the panels next to me vibrate real bad, too
>steward comes by "yeah, i can also hear the noise, must be the air conditioning"
>sure, try that excuse on someone who hasn't flown before
>"k, it's the air conditioning i think, no need to worry, but i'll check with the captain"
>kthanks i'll get my earplugs
>earplugs in, headphones on, still my head is about to explode
>steward comes back and says that the captain hasn't found anything out of the ordinary, but is going through the checklist again
>captain says something, but we can't hear it
>steward shouts it so that we can hear it
>apparently the captain said that the engine IS louder than usual, but thinks it's going to be fine when we reach the cruising altitude (or whatever the highest altitude is called)
>he says they've asked for advice from the ground engineers
>we're up already, and it's really a bit more quiet
>almost halfway, they're serving drinks already
>engine next to me shuts down, we're heading towards the ground in a turn
>sandwiches are being served
>one steward shows something on a paper to another, looks a bit worried
>gives me a sandwich anyway
>stewards try to act normal in a worried way
>finally one of the pilots checks in and says we're heading back to where we took off from, cause the ground engineers are interested in the engine
>really quiet flight now, we're just floating with the problematic engine off
>i can't hear with one ear, couldn't hear well for a few days after
>they turn on the engine for a bit at the very last stage of landing
>smooth landing
>as it turned out a flight later, i drop my wallet including my id and all bank cards on the first plane
>just happy to get out

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 16:56:39 No.1043164 Report Delete

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>>1043163
>we switch to another plane
>same pilot checks in "the engineers said that by the distinct smell they could tell it was a birdstrike"
>i spend the next days trying to get an id

apparently the airline can't ship that after you with a different flight. oh well, i was glad the pilot took us back. i would be either deaf or dead by now if that engine kept on vibrating the rest of the (short) flight.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 17:20:51 No.1043171 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043176

>>1043132
30+ years ago.
Pan Am.
First class, flew standby (read FREE). Got to sit across the aisle from Larry King of all people. No one did first class like Pan Am. Cept for maybe some airlines before it, ie Braniff, National, and anyway deregulation killed it, but that's a different story altogether.
A little bumpy, no biggie. Then....
Clear air turbulence. Lost a total of 3k feet (pilot told my parent later).
All the nice thin crystal glassware, complete with wine, cocktails, whatever you had on your tray, hit the ceilings above each seat and broke. Mess everywhere. Broken leg on the flight. Screaming.
Landed to clean up and get the injured person medical care.

Moral of the story: Keep your seat belt on. Limit your walking around.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 17:27:12 No.1043174 Report Delete

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>>1043132
Age 23, headed to Israel with several friends, a 14hr flight for me. First flight over 11hrs, so thinking, ehh, no biggie, just a wee bit longer.

Enjoyed my El Al passenger general question interrogation team/gate agents, who question you twice pre and post security, which was quite interesting who they asked you about your plans and remembered your answers from before. Admired the security, I mean.

Comfortable seats, great food, but about 3 hours into the flight, a friend traveling with me starts to have a combative middle seat neighbor, who was spitting and talking obscenities and foaming at the mouth with random crazy talk. Turns out someone forgot their meds! Not a single empty seat on the flight but that person was moved to an aisle bulkhead with limited contact with others around them, and the middle seat from that row sat in a jumpseat for most of the flight. I don't recall if the person was restrained, it was in front of me and my bathroom was behind me. The whole rest of the flight, though, you could hear screaming and carrying on, no matter where in the plane you were located. Unnerving I'm sure if you didn't have great headphones to drown it out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 17:28:22 No.1043176 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043183

>>1043171

So Larry King was on the flight when that happened? What was he doing during the ordeal?

And how did the other guy break his leg exactly?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 17:32:03 No.1043179 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043531

>>1043163
Ehh, planes fly all the time into birds, especially on takeoff. It's strange a pilot didn't know it all along. It's pretty serious actually, the damage they cause is catastrophic, and they smack windshields and nose cones as well as engines, but...flying without one engine is fine if you have 3 or more, they often shut one off when something isn't right, and then use for balance at landing. The real issue is if it's just that where there is one bird, there usually more than one, you see. Not good to risk it at all, if you only have two engines.

You won't catch me on a single engine plane EVER again, needless to say.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 17:45:25 No.1043183 Report Delete

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>>1043176
Passengers out of their seat during turbulence fall, and sometimes when the loss of lift happens, people hit the ceiling and hurt their necks and backs (usually flight attendants in a galley). On the flight I was on, it was someone standing in an aisle talking to a seated passenger. They fell against that 747 center console area that had dessert and cordials laid out.

Larry King was just starting the CNN gig at this time. He was a local news radio host of only local fame mostly. I was pretty young. But before meal service, my father had introduced me to him and had a little chat, and then we left him alone. How did he behave after we all almost died? Overall, there was this calm quiet and tense kind of desire to just land from everyone. Flight attendants had cloth napkins and those wet towels, but they stayed in their seats for a long time before that happened. People were kind of picking at the glass on their clothes and hair.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 20:17:27 No.1043224 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043306

>>1043156
Haha where the fuck was it? Malta? Cyprus? Some Greek or Spanish island full of Brits?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 21:21:25 No.1043238 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043260 >>1043276

>During drink service
>2nd flight ever
>Tiny plane
>Turbulent flight
>Shaking everywhere
>Seat belt on
>Feel my ass lifting from the seat.
>See air hostess hit the ceiling of the cabin and fall on another passenger.
>Shaking for another 5 minutes.

I was fucking scared.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 22:42:08 No.1043260 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043276

>>1043238
Big turbulence is fucking terrifying.
Yes, I know it's usually not dangerous, fuck off nerds.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 23:32:48 No.1043276 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1045699

>>1043260
Actually it can be pretty dangerous. 25% of all crashes are related to turbulence.

But, the kind of anxiety >>1043238
is talking about is silly. If you relinquish control, you simply get right with god, and it's all out of your hands.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 03:10:01 No.1043306 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043764 >>1046253

>>1043224
>Cyprus?
Bingo. But with Germans instead of Brits.
I dont really mind people going somewhere for fun (we all do that), but I absolutely hate it, when they are trying as hard as they can to fulfill every "tourist" cliche they can.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 04:01:14 No.1043318 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043385 >>1043568

>>1043132
>flying to teneriffa
>island with not so long landing strip
>we land
>brakes dont work
>lift off immediatly
>fly to military airport with longer landing strip so the pilot can brake with the engine
>brakes work
>waited for a hour while they looked whats wrong, found nothing
>pilot decides to fly back to the normal airport
>we are landing
>brakes arent working again
>fly back to military airport
>brakes work again
>wait several hours for bus to pick us up

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 04:48:13 No.1043323 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044417

>It was pretty cold on an Emirates flight one time.
>Some old lady got out of her seat 20 secs before touchdown to turn of the fan above her seat causing the staff to yell.
That's basically it. Though I was very shaky and hungover on a flight from Thailand to Indonesia one time, sitting right across the stewardess who kept staring at me for some reason. Was half expecting to be picked up by customs to be checked for drugs or something after landing, but nothing happened.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 05:52:18 No.1043334 Report Delete

Quoted By:

I once got on a flight and had to sit in business class instead of first

felt like crying the whole time, there was only 1 shower between 5 of us

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 10:13:26 No.1043378 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1043132
Nothing on the tier of these stories but had one flight very much like that pic. Flew back to London from Turkey and we flew through a fucking fuck off lightning storm over the Balkans. The plane was having a fit and it was like the bloody apocalypse outside. Honestly thought I was going to die.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 10:27:56 No.1043385 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043390

>>1043318

Kek, did you get refunded?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 10:42:13 No.1043390 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043575

>>1043385
nope

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 12:18:43 No.1043415 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043625

A pretty ordinary one.

>8 hour flight over the Atlantic
>window seat
>in the middle seat is a fat guy
>so fat that I'm squeezed against the window
>the fat fuck also snores loudly and has smelly farts

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 13:27:09 No.1043449 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1043132
Nothing all that bad. Have twice had flights turn around and return to departure airports because of mechanical problems, once resulting in a very rough landing surrounded by emergency vehicles a few km from the terminal in Hanoi; once resulting in driving all night with two exhausted toddlers on Christmas Eve. Oh, and:
>Land in Detroit after 20+ hours transit from Asia
>Have gastroenteritis
>Vomit all over customs hall
>(On the plus side, I'm rushed right through the line)
>Use barf bag for the first time ever, while still on runway for my connection.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 13:32:13 No.1043452 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043455 >>1043487 >>1043531

Only the usual crying toddlers everywhere. Can't comprehend why so many people would go on plane trips with fucking one year olds. Like you selfish bastards can't do without an international vacation for a year or two.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 13:42:19 No.1043455 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043487 >>1043567 >>1043863

>>1043452
>long haul flight in business class
>ahhh... comfy
>a wild mom with toddler hellspawn appears!
>areyoufuckingkiddingme.jpg

Seriously, kids shouldn't be allowed in business class. They should always be put in the farthest seats back.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 14:46:35 No.1043470 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1043132
>be me
>go home from Cuba
>They are selling "sleeping pills"
>it's valium so I buy a shit load of course
>plane is practically empty for some reason
>drink two beers eat some valiums
>watch goofy Indian movie
>pass out across 3 seats
>wake up right before the landing

That was actually an awesome experience

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 15:36:34 No.1043487 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043491 >>1043494 >>1043507

>>1043452
Well, an example that springs to mind would be "We are moving to Destination Country from Origin Country,." Or "Family lives in Destination Country, we want out kids to know their family" or even "Fuck you you sanctimonious little whiner I an take my children with me to travel if I want to."

>>1043455
I would see no issue with saying "business class is for people over the age of XX," that seems reasonable, though I wonder if it would pass legal muster everywhere. Sticking them all in the back seems problematic, though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 15:47:12 No.1043491 Report Delete

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>>1043487
>legal muster
I doubt that would be an issue. Airlines are free to set their own rules about that. The bigger issue would be that some soccer moms would be complaining out loud about it about muh discrimination.

Then again, I've flown in business class tens of times and rarely see kids. Pretty expensive to fly the entire family in business after all. Only once a toddler, and maybe 3 times a kid of ~10y, who didn't create problems. I say make the rule that if it doesn't have its own seat, into the back it goes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 15:51:18 No.1043492 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043495 >>1043623

>>1043158
All you need to do to get an upgraded seat is have food poisoning? I'll be sure to try it next time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 15:55:47 No.1043494 Report Delete

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>>1043487

How about wait a couple years until your toddler isnt such a whinging little snot ball or shut the kid the fuck up for the sake of everyone else. EVERY. SINGLE. FLIGHT. And im from australia so basically all the times ive flown its been 22hrs to europe and theres some cunt who cant shut up their little brat.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 15:56:49 No.1043495 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044419

>>1043492
You can also get one if you are walking down the hallway and faint without warning and wake up several minutes later tended to by staff giving you first aid. Speaking from experience.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 16:23:46 No.1043505 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043577

Probably told this story before, but...
>At AMM airport coming out of toilets
>man bumps into me... ouch
>get to the lounge and someone points out I'm bleeding
>look at my arm and there's a prick mark in it and some blood, nothing too bad
>report it at the airport, get on my flight
>on the flight very quickly start burning up
>tell the stewardess what happened
>basically becomes my nurse for the rest of the flight
>embassy informed
>police and ambulance when I arrive
>big diplomatic incident, police at the hospital
>6 figure travel insurance bill
>turned out I had a chest infection, whatever happened at the airport was an unfortunate coincidence
>oops

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 16:33:12 No.1043507 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043531

>>1043487
How about long travels are extremely stressful for infants. This isn't even about the comfort of others, it's about the comfort of your own child.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 17:34:11 No.1043520 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1045725

Family friend just flew from Germany to Toronto. She wanted an isle seat and was given one in the middle row. She gets on and there's a family sitting in all 4 of the seats. She looks at her ticket and says this is my seat to where the family start denying saying her seat must be further back. Without arguing she goes to a flight attendant who tells the family to go sit in their own seats as this one is taken. Flight is full and it turned out the family of 4 had 2 middle seats in this row and 2 more middle like 5 rows down. My friend was saying she'd move back if the other seat was an isle seat but all 4 of their seats were right in the middle.

Anyways, everyone settles in and my friend is sitting next to one of the kids (about 8) and the father. Person in front of the kid lowers their seat to have a nap and the kid starts throwing a tantrum. The father tells the person in front that they have to put their chair up cause the kid doesn't like it. This escalates to an attendant being called again and pretty much telling the father to fuck off. Kid continues kicking the seat in front for the entirety of the time he's sitting there.

Kid gets up to go talk to the mother. Tells my friend to get up so he can go. Comes back after 5 minutes, sits for 5, then asks to go back to his mother. 3rd time this happens my friend says, "how many times are you going to keep getting up?", to which the father replies "you wanted the isle seat so you deserve this now."

Like an hour into the flight the two people who were sitting in the isle seats next to the mother and the other kid switched seats with the father and kid sitting next to my friend because the other kid was throwing a tantrum in the back and they couldn't sleep.

I won't go into what race they were but some people fucking think the world revolves around them...

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 18:05:22 No.1043531 Report Delete

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>>1043179
it was 5 birds, they later said. probably quite small, though. maybe the pilots noticed just didn't tell or something. the bird patrol car arrived to our original plane real quick together with the engineers.
we had two engines, so it was okay.

>>1043452
toddlers can be quiet, too. i actually flew with just as many quiet babies as loud ones. i was told that the key is that the baby should be hungry during take off and landing, cause when they eat, they don't feel the pressure change that much. also if the parent is anxious, the baby's going to be anxious (loud), too.

>>1043507
true.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 20:58:45 No.1043567 Report Delete

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>>1043455
Who the FUCK brings a child into business class?!
There's a special place in hell for those people.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 21:13:55 No.1043568 Report Delete

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>>1043318
holy fuck that is terrifying. why the fuck am i reading this thread

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 21:36:52 No.1043572 Report Delete

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>>1043149
can associate. it sucks

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 21:49:06 No.1043575 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043673

>>1043390
jerks who were they

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 21:56:12 No.1043577 Report Delete

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>>1043505
who was the guy supposed to be tho

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 22:02:58 No.1043578 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043579

I've done over 250 flights in the last three years. Highlights:

>scariest
I flew from Chicago to New York on a fifty seater Canadair. Windy as fuq on the NY side for arrival, storms too. I've landed at Chicago plenty and this was somehow worse than any Chicago landing I've ever had. We were wobbling like crazy and I got fucking *air time* on the descent, that feeling of weightlessness normally reserved for roller coasters. We basically landed on the back right tire, and I didn't fear for my life on any flight before or after that one (and I have been on planes that have declared emergencies before). We skidded down part of the runway sideways before the pilot recovered.

>aggravating/regretful
I was at a business event in Orlando and fucking tired from a week of schmoozing and talking to people from my company. I was flying us airways back to Philly (an hq for the company). Many of us got discount A fares that were economy prices but first class. We get dropped at MCO at three and get through security and are left... In a satellite terminal with only one place to drink (Ruby Tuesday's). Everyone is drinking here (90% of the terminal is employees of the company, going towards gates or bathroom is no escape).

3pm we arrive. The leg is delayed on the way in from London to Philly so philly to Orlando is late and we are fucked.

We leave at 11pm.

Now shit is okay in the first cabin. It was an A330 with lie flat seats in first. The flight attendant gave me a rum and coke pretakeoff and when I asked for more the FA left me with two cokes and four nips of rum.

Economy was hell. Four chaperones watching 150 high school seniors. Basically, anarchy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 22:08:49 No.1043579 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043583

>>1043578 >continuing
We land in philly after 1am, most of us are fucked up after days of drinking and the delay, plus high school seniors being high school seniors.

We get redirected from baggage belt to baggage belt and forty five minutes later whilst the runaround continues I just stand outside the baggage office.

US AIR baggage handlers saw the A330 and assumed the flight was international. They shipped our luggage to customs. They are not open at 2am.

I am immediately surrounded by a throng of angry business travelers, crying chaperones, and rowdy high school seniors. I am trying to calm down a middle aged mother while telling the quality staff us air employed at 2am how to use SHARES (horrible reservations system) to print a group itinerary.

I get in a cab at 3am (high demand low supply)... And forget my cell phone.

8PM I get my bag. Less than twelve hours later, out the door for my next flight.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 22:13:52 No.1043582 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043752

Leaving Vegas, had a pre-flight discussion with friends re speed necessary to take off. Board plane, window seat above the wing. On runway, notice we are going pretty fast, go back to crossword. Plane slams on brakes and I jolt forward. Plane slams on brakes again and serves left. I look out the window just in time to see wing impact unknown object, sparks flying. Plane finally comes to a halt and pilot cones on PA requesting everyone remain seated w seat belts on. Bullshit homie, I'm ready to run from an explosion!!!

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 22:16:35 No.1043583 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043602

>>1043579
>worst luck
In April of 2013 I was working in Illinois. Far enough from Chicago to connect.

The day before I connected to chicago to return home, American Airlines' reservation computers were down. They could board flights. They gave to rebook everyone on other carriers. Wednesday flights go from half full to completely full.

Enter Wednesday, the day of my travel.

I wake up to a 6am robocall saying my flight was cancelled and my itinerary would be adjusted.

I went through ten itineraries that day.

I immediately rebook to a morning flight... But I cannot avoid the hellish storms pounding the area.

Scheduled departure at 10am. Actual 4:30. We boarded and deplaned three times before boarding a fourth time.

I get to Chicago at 5pm...anarchy. Restaurants have no space. Vendors ran out of bottled water. People are passed out, bodies leaning against any surface. People are getting canceled on Wednesday and getting rebooked for Monday.

Bathrooms are worse than desperate. Nary a power outlet or seat.

I lucked out and got home... On a 6pm scheduled departure that left after midnight and arrived in philly after 3am.

Door to door was over 18 hours for 1,000 miles.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 00:05:31 No.1043602 Report Delete

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>>1043583
>door to door was 1000 miles over 18 hours.

You could have rented a car and made better time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 03:26:57 No.1043623 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043725

>>1043492
Feel free to try it, but it totally was not worth it.
Also, it was one of those short haul flights, where business class simply means
>better food (not that I could eat any)
>you have a curtain dividing you from the plebs in back (but you still hear them, and see them when entering or leaving the plane)
>you have one seat left empty in a three seat row (the whole business class was empty anyways, so it was fairly easy for them to seat me there, without annoying anyone who paid a lot for their ticket)
>you sit close to the lavatories (that fact I really enjoyed on that particular flight)

A better way probably is:
>sit at the gate in a suit, laptop on your lap, and blackberry on your ear, being all busy and stuff
>ding dong, dear passengers, this flight is overbooked
>get approached by qt girl at the gate counter
>sir, we have overbooked this flight, would you mind if we put you in business class?
>other folks in shorts and T-shirt get told to try the next flight
>feelsgoodman.jpg

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 03:39:43 No.1043625 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044041

>>1043415
That is a situations I am really afraid of.
Can I actually demand that either I or the fatty gets put into business class or the cargo hold or whatever? What would be the best tactic for this?
Be friendly but assertive?
Make a huge scene?
Because it certainly is not my fault that someone booked a seat that they are clearly not fitting in.
Why dont airlines impose wheigt and size limits for economy?
>you are over a certain width/weight?
>no problem, just book business class, where our seats are wide enough for you

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 04:03:15 No.1043630 Report Delete

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i was tripping on acid after a rave on a return flight from london to new york city. they were playing mr. bean for about 4 hours straight and the big middle eastern guy next to me was laughing and LAUGHING and LAFFFFFING.....i thought that was very scary!!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 08:11:15 No.1043673 Report Delete

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>>1043575
dont remember, i was a kid back then

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 09:10:05 No.1043686 Report Delete

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>2009
>London-Venice fight
>90% of the plane is occupied by students back from some trip
>they sing loudly all the way
>to this day hearing Lemon Tree makes me fucking angry

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 09:15:53 No.1043688 Report Delete

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>>1043136
That'll teach 'em!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 09:27:21 No.1043691 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043752

>Be me. Long time ago.
Flying from Moscow to Stockholm with Aeroflot.
Without really informing us, they fly to Copenhagen AS WELL (most Aeroflot flights to Stockholm do not do that detour.)
When we start descent, I see nothing but water.
When we are 30 meters over the waves, I start freaking out (Stockholm Airport is quite far from the coastline).
Touchdown
>Tovaritj passengers, we have now landed in Copenhagen.
That was a weird experience.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 12:37:55 No.1043725 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043732 >>1043752 >>1043969

>>1043623
>A better way probably is
Maybe 30 years ago. These days upgrades are done by frequent flyer status. They have a clear pecking order on who gets bumped to business class when economy is overbooked. I have Lufthansa Senator status (StarAlliance gold) and have got bumped up quite a few times. Ever since having this status, I've never seen someone else get bumped, but me not.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 12:59:03 No.1043732 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043969

>>1043725
My status is a lot lower, and I can confirm that getting bumped up drops off dramatically as you slide down the chain. I sometimes get an upgrade on "commuter flights" on them Embraers, but only once have gotten an upgrade on a flight that was long enough that it mattered.

Oh, to be wealthy...

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 14:01:47 No.1043752 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1043582
Did you end up changing planes, or what happened afterwards?

>>1043691
That couldn't be more Russian.

>>1043725
I only have Flying Blue silver for a year, but got a few upgrades on overbooked flights already. It happened when I was either entering the gate right before closing, or when I checked in right before they were about to close check in -- I did see some others who were denied boarding around the same time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 14:29:13 No.1043764 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1043768

>>1043156
>>1043306

So you were mad because you were the only non tourist on a charter full of tourist, heading to one of the most touristic island in the mediterranean, during touristic season. Are you sure you aren't a bit autistic? Also who the heck wear suit and tie on a flight for Cyprus ffs

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 14:42:10 No.1043768 Report Delete

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>>1043764
He was wearing the suit for work

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 20:14:34 No.1043863 Report Delete

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>>1043455
>Seriously, kids shouldn't be allowed in business class. They should always be put in the farthest seats back.
Some airlines ban them from the upper deck, but not aware of any other policies.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 03:46:02 No.1043969 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1043725
>These days upgrades are done by frequent flyer status
Yes, that seems like the most likely option.
However, I was in a
>>1043732
>"commuter flights" on them Embraers,
situation, with a small, second tier airline (Bulgaria Air), and while they do have a frequent flier programme, I doubt that they are big enough and have enough destinations for having a significant amount of hight status customers.

But back to topic (not really horror, just annoying/weird):
>short flight Stuttgart-LHR with Germanwings
>boarding complete
>nothing happens
>after a while, pilot informs us that some control-light in the cockpit does not work and they are waiting for a mechanic
>15 minutes later
>light fixed
>of course there is now a queue of planes before us
>finally on the runway
>why are we accelerating that slow?
>why are we turning left now?
>back to gate
>pilot informs us that there is a slight porblem with the brakes, and safety first and so on…
>we have to change planes
>plane is parked right next to us
>sorry, airport wont allow us to just walk around the plane and all busses are occupied
>finally we get a bus
>dear passengers, the bus can only take you back to the terminal
>WTF?
>Dear passengers, after some hard discussion with the airport, you dont have to get back to terminal! The bus will just have to drive you around the airport for 10 minutes
>double WTF?
>we do indeed the big airport tour, only to end up 10 meters from where we started
>second plane works
>we have to wait a while above LHR to get a slot

kuzukuzu

kuzukuzu Wed 21 Oct 2015 07:30:09 No.1043989 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044097

>>1043163
What kind of rubbish airline was that ?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 07:35:51 No.1043990 Report Delete

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>Be me
>Be flying home from Bali to UK
>Malaysia to Dubai flight
>Behind me is family with crying baby
>To my left is drunk as fuck Scottish man who keeps argueing with trolley dolleys
>In front is obnoxious RealTraveler, hippy trouser, dirty as fuck couple who lean seats right back and spend whole time kissing and laughing loudly

Longest flight ive endured, was made slightly less annoying as when I was getting off someone mistook me for a pro footballer and was shaking my hand, introduced me to his family and they took me for dinner

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 08:18:32 No.1043995 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044014 >>1044049

>>1043132

>Get on plane
>Mainlander Chinese everywhere
>Every single seat

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 08:48:07 No.1043999 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044095

I have no real horror stories from flights beside the usual
>fat people being fat
>crying children
>people taking their goat and chicken on the plane in the Caribbean (see a goat fly by and crash into the cockpit door on landing is fun)
>get to the the airport at 5:30 as my flight departs at 6:30, flight is slightly delayed, we leave at 16:45 after switching jets twice
>business class running out of single malt and had to switch to vodka
>sitting on a defect chair for 2hours coming back from Istanbul
>Frankfurt Airport messing up everything as usual (plane can't get docked, baggage went from terminal A to C, oh sorry but we have to disembark the 747-8 on the backfield because we lost our pushback car, we might find a stair in about 1-2 hours and maybe a bus, one is enough for a fully booked interconti flight right, Baggage of a full flight lost) every single fucking time.
>making the mistake to book a TAM flight on a medium/long haul flight.

and that's about it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 10:03:35 No.1044014 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044056

>>1043995
Hell is real

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 12:21:34 No.1044041 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1043625
>in the cargo hold

ebin :DDD

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 13:08:54 No.1044049 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044056

>>1043995
I felt a spike in my blood pressure reading this.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 14:26:36 No.1044056 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044057

>>1044014
>>1044049

Someone explain whats wrong with them, serious i dont get the meme

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 14:28:26 No.1044057 Report Delete

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>>1044056
You'll know when you'll be around some of them.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 15:47:35 No.1044078 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044083 >>1044084 >>1044101

>Get on plane from Abu Dhabi to the UK
>Plane is basically empty
>Seems like a great thing
>People smiling and laughing, staff seem relaxed, they even hand out one glass of free champagne to each customer
>Feel good
>Some people get up and switch seats
>Decide that I should do the same
>Get up and look for a window seat
>Find one and seat down
>Few minutes later
>Indian man walks over and touches me on the shoulder
>''excuse me mate you are in my seat''
>try to explain that everyone is moving and he doesn't have a seat
>he keeps insisting it is his seat
>eventually have to move
>aisle next to him is completely free
>get pretty mad due to Jet lag fucking with me
>go and sit in the aisle next to him
>start watching the 'indian cinema' section of the movie selection and loudly laughing and occasionally looking over
>trying to make him think ''whats so funny'' and come over so I can leap into his seat
>he doesn't
>when we get out in flight meals I try and tell the hostess that she switched our meals by mistake so she should make us switch seats
>asks him and he says she didn't
>i say I was joking
>when we get off the plane he bumps into me and I fall back over the aisle

fuck indians, worse than chinks

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 16:00:09 No.1044083 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1044078
You were being kind of a prick though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 16:01:57 No.1044084 Report Delete

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>>1044078
so this was a story about how you made somebody else's flight horrible right?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 16:49:34 No.1044095 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044098 >>1044099

>>1043999
>>Frankfurt Airport messing up everything as usual (plane can't get docked, baggage went from terminal A to C, oh sorry but we have to disembark the 747-8 on the backfield because we lost our pushback car, we might find a stair in about 1-2 hours and maybe a bus, one is enough for a fully booked interconti flight right, Baggage of a full flight lost) every single fucking time.
I always hear bad things about FRA, but I always went through smooth, when I was working in Frankfurt and flying a lot. But if you dont know the airport, it probably is really confusing.
Also, I really "like" the "beds" they have placed everywhere in the non-schengen area. They really do stick to their 23:00 deadline for the last flight. I was actually living close to the airport, and until 23:00, you always had this background noise, like a thunderstorm in the distance, but to the minute at 11, it stopped.

>pic related
>plane approaching FRA, taken while laying at the nude beach at the Raunheimer Waldsee

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 17:03:35 No.1044097 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1043989
klm

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 17:12:35 No.1044098 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1044095
For me Frankfurt is often a connecting airport from Zurich to the Interconti LH flights to South America or Asia. I usually book my flights so I have the time to meet up with a friend from Uni, eat dinner drink a beer and get on my flight. It's a great place to depart. Like you said the small beds everywhere are just great in the Int. departure terminal.

If you have connecting flights or arrival it's where Frankfurt shows it's ugly face. I have yet to pass once without trouble. Last flight from GRU included a 1hour wait at the cargo terminal and a free 30min Airport Tour including a missed flight to Zurich (had almost 120min connecting time, no chance to get it.)

Nice, I actually lived for a year in Sachsenhausen Nord and always waited for the 23:00 silence.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 17:14:38 No.1044099 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044100 >>1044102

>>1044095
Frankfurt is awful when you have to transfer planes.

>Lufthansa flight inside Europe, connection in Frankfurt
>all inside Schengen, same LH ticket, okay this should be easy
>plane arrival gate is at the very end of one of those uberlong corridors
>connecting plane is at the other end of another uberlong corridor
>takes 20 minutes to get to my gate with brisk walk/trot pace

In/out of Schengen can be even worse with huge passport control lines.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 17:20:29 No.1044100 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1044099
>Lufthansa flight inside Europe, connection in Frankfurt
>all inside Schengen, same LH ticket, okay this should be easy
Oh, yes, had this happen to me too a few months ago.
It was also completely Lufthansa, and a quite short time, but I figured its inner-european, and its all in lufthansas fancy new terminal (which is indeed quite fancy), so I figured it should be no problem.
And I managed with no problem, but I am a very fast walker…
That fucking new Terminal is a giant V. I landed at the upper left tip, and had to depart from the upper right tip.
So I had to walk through two überlong corridors.
Some nice evening sport at the airport.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 17:23:21 No.1044101 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1045843 >>1045847 >>1046081

>>1044078
Slightly off topic, but
> Get on bus in middle of nowhere in Morocco.
> Bus is half empty
>On first row is a qt 3.14 on her own who looks at me and smiles
>Seat next to her isn't mine but I sit next to her anyway
>Start talking with her, nice flirting
>Akward Spanish guys comes up to me and says "Thats my seat"
> I look at him with the "don't cockblock me" look and said "are you sure?"
>He then said to me "yes its definetly mine" then showed me his ticket
> I then asked him if he could sit somewhere else and he said no
>I go sit on my allocated seat which was near the end of the bus
>Guy doesnt even talk to her on the bus journey
>Spoke to him at a pitstop, quite a cool guy but honestly he was like 30, I dont know how he could still be that autistic to not realise what I wanted

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 17:23:29 No.1044102 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044298

>>1044099
Oh hey bro, how're you doing?
Up for a beer this or the next weekend?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 12:54:08 No.1044298 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1044102
Heya bro. Friday (tomorrow) I'm taking the train to Milan right from work. Going to the Expo for the weekend. Could do it the Friday next week though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 16:43:41 No.1044355 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044431

>experience 1
>fog over LHR
>they have to space out the landings so we circle the airport for 1 hour and a half

>experience 2
>arrive at gate at gate in LHR
>flight delayed for six hours
>turns out the plane hit some ducks on its takeoff from the destination airport, had to turn back

>experience 3
>LHR
>boarding complete
>ready to taxi
>due to insane build up of aircraft queuing to takeoff, we wait 1:30 hours in the plane for our turn to takeoff

>LHR

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 17:29:21 No.1044374 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1043132

>19
>on a trip to Parris Island
>sitting next to turbine on first plane flight
I think I still have fucking hearing damage.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 17:31:09 No.1044376 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>December
>Atlanta to LaGuardia
>MD-88
The entire flight there you could feel the pilot throttling up and then throttling right back down. And not like a general sensation of accelerating and decelerating, but like being pushed back and forth in the seat. This went on for two hours right through approach and landing. It was a rough landing too, dude came in fast.

A month or so later on the news I saw an MD-88 had slid off the runway at LaGuardia. I have a hunch it was the same plane and pilot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 19:57:47 No.1044417 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1043323
>>Some old lady got out of her seat 20 secs before touchdown to turn of the fan above her seat causing the staff to yell.
ROFL. I was a frequent flier before and after 9/11. My local airport was Wash National. It was closed for quite a time, but before and after opening, Dulles or DCA, didn't matter, they had that new rule "no one out of their seat 15 mins before landing" and there was always some noobie who didn't think it was seriously that big a thing, and between jumpy "let's roll" heroic type passengers eyes, and the flight attendants, there was some reprimanded people who were out of their seat. Eventually the staff got wise, and simply stopped serving beverage service wayyy early and made kind of a frequent countdown warnings. Now everyone kind of knows.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 20:00:45 No.1044419 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044422

>>1043495
>You can also get one if you are walking down the hallway and faint without warning and wake up several minutes later tended to by staff giving you first aid. Speaking from experience.
Naw, people can be too ill to travel. Have a fever, even, and they can deny you boarding. Never "appear ill" at an airport. Between SARS and ebola, there's nothing good about having staff catch your bugs, only fines. Also, they gotta pay $$$ when they are forced to land to get you medical attention.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 20:12:38 No.1044422 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1045402

>>1044419
I wasn't too ill to travel. In fact I was perfectly normal. For some inexplicable reason, I just fainted and blacked out completely while walking on the aisle. This was once we were well onto the flight already.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 20:32:03 No.1044427 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1043132
I don't have any bad plane experiences, so I'll share an Amtrak one.

>Be me
>Going home after Freshman year of college
>Go on Amtrak train
>Guy with a cane comes on, complaining, "this place is a pigsty"
>Train starts, gets out of Santa Barbara towards Bakersfield.
>Train has to stop because guy with cane threatened one of the conductors.
>Everyone ordered off train to stand in an empty field.
>"He has a cane, it must be a gun-cane"- one of the passengers says
>"Enjoy prison, they serve dog food there,"-another passenger says.
>Police come, arrest guy, and search train for bombs.
>Everyone waits in field for around 1 hour before they can re-board the train.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 20:40:12 No.1044428 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044433

>flying 2 days after liquid bomb plot hit the news
>zero carryons allowed, not even a book (just wallet and passport)
>they lose every single piece of luggage from everyone in our group for 5 days of a 2 week trip (cameras, clothes, toiletries, everything)
>wasted tons of time on the phone with lazy spaniards at the airport, then going back and forth to search giant rooms of crap for our stuff
>never reimbursed for clothes we had to buy in the meantime

other lols was a flight from HK to bangkok on ethiopian airlines. the plane looked to be all ethiopians, as though we were the only people they were picking up in HK. i half expected a chicken to run down the aisle.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 20:44:44 No.1044431 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1044355
LHR sucks. We all know. All flights from Europe to LRH have 30-60 minutes of circling time planned right into the schedule.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 20:51:34 No.1044433 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044439 >>1045639

>>1044428
Shit airlines = shit service.
WTF would you thinking to take an Ethiopian run airline?? Do you have self-esteem issues where you don't value your health and safety enough?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 21:04:03 No.1044439 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1044433
i'm talking about 2 different flights. the lost luggage was on british airways. the ethiopian airlines was a couple hour connection that saved a bunch of money. being a young traveler with no money means i have no self esteem? wat

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 22:30:30 No.1044459 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1043132
> Be me
> Be Private Pilot
> Be taking my mom on scenic flight
> Over downtown
> Loss of RPM
> Begin trouble shooting
> Further loss of RPM
> Throttle is full in
> No carburetor ice possibility
> Huston We have problem
> Inform mom
> Mom shits bed
> Declare priority landing at nearest airport
> Land safely

>mfw weeks later I hear our maintenance crew fucked up on the throttle cable assembly. The cable rattled loose in flight, thus full power demand only yielded 50% power.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 22:44:33 No.1044465 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1044463
Yeah yeah, aerospace science major- not English.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Oct 2015 01:17:10 No.1044485 Report Delete

Quoted By:

I once had to fly buisness class on air france from Seattle to Berlin.

I had paid for a first class. But something got screwed up.

They refunded me the difference and gave me a free Business class ticket for use at a later date

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Oct 2015 05:37:58 No.1044529 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1044546

>>1043132
I've only had trouble with disgusting pasangers

>too aft to fit in seat
>just takes a seat wherever
>pushes their seat right back when you're watching a movie
>smelling
>trying to sell you things
>taking your pillows and blankets
>shoving you to get on/off the plane
>LETTING THEIR FUCKING CHILD CRY THE WHOLE FUCKING TRIP
>being rude to the flight attendants

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Oct 2015 06:50:33 No.1044546 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1045153

>>1044529
>I've only had trouble with disgusting pasangers
Smelly passengers outweigh them all, but a restless person can be equally annoying. Someone that is ADHD at home is stir crazy in a seat for that many hours, and might just be a constant peripheral distraction of activity, up and down to a restroom, etc.

People putting their seat back has never bothered me except if it's meal service. At which point a flight attendant button is used to get it put up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 14:29:59 No.1045153 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1045207

>>1044546
>People putting their seat back
Ummm... they're kind of designed for that. What reason do you have to complain about it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 18:29:39 No.1045207 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1045153
New poster, I understand both that they are designed to do that, and, given how tightly they back the seats now, that it can be an issue if you have long legs.

sit behind me if you get a chance, I never recline my seat because of back issues...

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 12:20:13 No.1045326 Report Delete

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So I'm pretty chem resistant because I like drugs quite a lot - have lots of trouble sleeping on planes. I travel between Asia and Europe something like three to four times a year.

One time I took a buspirone and a mirtazapine combo and for the life of me, still couldn't fall asleep. So instead I got super high and tripping balls, everything felt fucking scary and I didn't really understand what's going on.

Tried to go to the toilet, which was occupied. Crashed right there, dropping on the floor in a delirious state. Luckily the flight staff was very professional and probably had some idea what's going on, since they didn't declare it an emergency. Could've been a super expensive flight.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 19:07:21 No.1045402 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1044422

Loss of blood pressure.

Same thing happened to me on a flight to Amsterdam after a heavy night in Zagreb, including the upgrade by the way.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 19:57:19 No.1045411 Report Delete

Quoted By:

I get terrible motion sickness, and I couldn't stop throwing up. This was Air Lingus. I felt terrible for the other people. I feel like if there were a vote and it was possible to throw me out of the plane somehow, they would have not hesitated.

I later threw up at British Border Control. Good times lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 20:09:30 No.1045417 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1045421 >>1045513

>2010
>first trip to Tokyo!
>Flight plan goes from Vegas to LAX to get on flight to Tokyo
>find seat at back of plane
>take off from Vegas
>plane takes off slowly
>plane takes forever to lift
>I've been on lots of planes and know this isn't right
>plane still isn't off the ground
>actually fucking see end of runway just as the rear wheels leave ground
>holy fuck, that's never happened before
>2 minutes into flight
>sudden bank left turn followed by a sudden drop of nearly 50 feet
>Engines begin to roar loudly and we start climbing hard
>Sudden bank turn to the right
>Capitan comes on income
>sound of horror in his cracked parched voice
>"This is your Capitan speaking. Sorry about the rough take off their folks, uh... We ran into a bit of turbulence and uh.... Weren't sure if we were on the right flight path and had to make a quick correction, uh.... Let's play it safe and stay in your seats for the duration of the flight, and uh... We may cancel the drinks and peanuts. Sorry about that folks. We'll land in about 40 minutes."
>Person next to me is praying
>child screaming his ass off. Literally. Shit ended up in his chair
>Mother clinging to the chair in front because she was already afraid of flying before
>Guy next to me is grabbing his chest, he's about 92 btw
>Waitress in front of plane is running to the back with a few barf bags
>Overheard waitress behind me talking about how she is reporting the "new pilot" for more practice
>new pilot

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 20:11:20 No.1045421 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1045511

>>1045417
What, you thought the story was over?

>Begin landing sequence
>circle airport 4 fucking times
>begin approach
>another sudden 50 foot drop
>bank turn and I shit you not, 90 degree angle, windows see straight fucking down
>corrects flight path
>reach airport
>100 feet
>50 feet
>10 feet
>we are past the half fucking way point
>touch down
>Brakes hit hard
>pilot pulls a jk and full throttles
>We run out of runway for nearly 100 feet
>people freaking out as we just took a plane off road
>steep incline and increase of altitude
>engines sound like they are about to stall
>circle around once for another try
>everyone is screaming and calling their family from the air phones and cells and shit
>lol fuck airliner rules of turning off your electronics
>Manages to lower plane before the half way mark
>Plane begins to slow
>brakes
>not slowing down
>brakes are hot from previous fuck up
>nearing end of run way
>engines roaring to slow down
>brakes clearly not working
>finally slowing down
>end of runway and sudden right
>left wing tip actually dips to asphalt
>dust from previous fuck up visible 20 yards away
>plane finally comes to a stop
>brake smoke begins enveloping around the aircraft
>a brief moment of silence
>people don't even wait for seat belt sign

Never flying to or from Vegas ever again.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 20:13:51 No.1045425 Report Delete

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Flight from phx to las

Drink service starts.

All of a sudden thr wirst turbulence ive ever been in.

Steward is concussed when he hits the cabin roof or baggage bin.

Pasangers vomiting.

Lasts 30minutes

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 04:37:55 No.1045511 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1045606

>>1045421
>Never flying to or from Vegas ever again.
Thanks dude! I am going to fly to Vegas at the beginning of December…

So your whole story boils down to
>new pilot flying "real" for the first time
>fucks up something
>2nd pilot says "lol, whatever, try it again next time"
>pilot fucks up again
>2nd pilot says "lol, whatever, try it again next time"
>"Oh, and dont worry about letting the brakes cool down, that's for pussies!"

Seriously, how can this happen outside of africa?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 04:45:51 No.1045513 Report Delete

Quoted By:

but speaking of
>>1045417
>Mother clinging to the chair in front because she was already afraid of flying before
>Guy next to me is grabbing his chest, he's about 92 btw

Had a fun little "incident" approaching Dubai a few years ago.
>3rd day or something of the new Emirates A380 MUC-DXB service
>huge crowds at munich airport
>press and shit, taking pics of the A380
>All kinds of folks along the taxiway stop their vehicles and take pictures
>police too
>nothing bad, but gives a kinda tense atmosphere
>eventless flight to DXB, the A380 is an impressive beast!
>lady next to me is kinda nervous all the time
>doesnt like flying, and sitting in a plane that seems to impossible to fly does not help
>approach at night, marvelous views on Burj Khalifa
>plane slowing and getting lower
>did I mention that the A380 is really quiet?
>suddenly noise!
>full lift
>Idont mind, but lady next to me starts to panic
>"Dear passengers, there was a plane on our runway, so we had to abort our landing"

Totally harmless, but I guess for the lady next to me, it must have been horror.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:37:03 No.1045606 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1045511
>the United States
>not Africa

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 15:11:06 No.1045639 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1044433
>Ethiopian
Ethiopian is breddy good FYI

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 16:21:31 No.1045651 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1045654

>be me
>be travelling SEA
>find cheap flight from Kuala Lumpur to Paris (via ho chi Minh city )
>the catch is an 18 hour lay over
> can't leave airport because refuse to buy visa since I already done Vietnam a few weeks ago
>eat 3 burger kings that day because there is nothing else
> throw up a lot
> still 6 hours to go
>then 16 flight
>sucks

Not quite flying but still sucked

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 16:39:27 No.1045654 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1045685 >>1045701

>>1045651
>be me
This needs to stop.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 18:51:35 No.1045685 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1045654
it is ancient though.
>fam
on the other hand should lead to permaban

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 19:57:05 No.1045699 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1043276
Yes but some of us are too intelligent to assuage fear of death with false belief. Anxiety is an unfortunate but normal response to fear, which is all you should feel when confronted with suddenly never existing again, blinking out into nothing.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 20:02:32 No.1045701 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1045654
Newfag alarms. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 21:57:38 No.1045725 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1045729

>>1043520
>I won't go into what race they were but some people fucking think the world revolves around them...

Please tell me my mind is reeling because you said this. I assumed white, but now I leaning toward Oriental or Indian, but then I think you must mean black. Please anon spill it!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 22:00:30 No.1045729 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1045725
Don't get baited into a ban. This is not /pol/ or /b.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 22:24:13 No.1045741 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1045767

I took a trip to Florida with my Korean fiancee and her dad. A few highlights:

>arrive in DFW
>I'm a citizen go through citizens line
>Koreans go through foreigner line
>they're taking a long time
>taking over 2hours
>still no sign of them
>finally go ask friendly gov't workers
>they tell me to fuck off
>eventually hear announcement "Korean translator needed"
>eventually, after 3.5 hours, it turns out FIL had the police called on him for having a colorful convo with his wife and didn't indicate this on his customs form
>he gets through

Now, my FIL is a big shot. He was in the Korea special forces, spent a lot of time as an exec at Daewoo, and has ran a succesful company for a while in Korea. People there genuinely fear him.

>finally board plane in DFW
>3 of us sitting together
>D-bag amerifat approaches, doesn't say anything
>he wants us to get out of his seat, but won't bother even trying to speak English, just standing there impatiently
>ask him if he needs help
>tell us we're in his seat
>ask to see his ticket, tell him his seat is in the front of the plane
Cunt.

>going back to Seoul, in Orlando
>FIL is going through TSA
>Passport falls off conveyor
>I try to pick it up
>TSA agent tells me stop
>FIL looks at me sternly for not picking it up
>I try again
>TSA starts again
>FIL picks up, TSA says nothing
>FIL thinks I'm being insubordinate

>Get on plane in DFW
>fucking seat has some bullshit divider so I can't stretch my leg
>take a Korean sleeping pill
>keep having dreams about shouting and slamming things
>the dreams are will
>I spilled shit everywhere
>kept them both awake the entire time
>FIL didn't speak to me for a year afterward

AA: not even once.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 00:02:52 No.1045767 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1045772

>>1045741
Could you at least say what a FIL is?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 00:57:06 No.1045772 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1045767
Not him, but FIL means Father in Law.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 07:45:12 No.1045843 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1046081

>>1044101
Because it was his fucking seat

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 08:23:10 No.1045847 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1046081

>>1044101
It was his fucking seat, Chad Thundercock.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 08:40:05 No.1045849 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1046201

>>1043136
>> Be me
Phew that's handy I thought you were writing on someone else's behalf

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 08:47:33 No.1045852 Report Delete

Quoted By:

A few years back I was on a plane which suddenly dropped, as if the plane stopped moving and fell in an instant, air masks came down. As nobody had their belts on (well into the flight) everyone hit the ceiling or flew from their seats.
After the plane recovered the pilot told us that we crossed another plane's trail and the lack of air caused the plane to drop.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 01:27:33 No.1046081 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1046246

>>1044101
>>1045843
>>1045847
>sit next to qt
>cockblocked because it was his fucking seat

I did this to someone in reverse once, by accident.

>be me (kek)
>in Siam Reap
>meeting friends in Saigon in 48 hours for Christmas Eve
>take night bus to PP
>lie down style sleeper bus, I love these, so comfy
>only backpackers on the bus, no livestock or boxes of stuff in the aisles etc
>get the single bed on the side, some qt Swedish chicks opposite
>maybe I can flirt with them in the trip
>awesome hotty Swedish chick comes up and asks if she can swap beds to sit opposite her friends
>if I say no, then I'm fucked with the friends so why not
>move to double spot back a few rows, other bed is empty
>ok, stretching out, some brit qts behind me
>spanish guy turns up and takes the spare bed
>oh well
>we talk a little, he checks out the brit qts
>I point to the swedish hottie and tell him I swapped seats with her
>trollface.jpg

So that's my story about seat switch cockblocking or something. It goes on though.

>I know I can't sleep on a bus like this, try to chat a bit
>offer spanish guy some whisky and coke
>the spanish guy wants to sleep, not chat...ok, seems reasonable
>the brit girls behind us won't shut up
>talking REALLY loudly
>don't care about them being qt anymore
>spanish guy can't sleep because of their yacking
>they ate a magic pizza before getting on the bus, all buzzed now
>ask them if they want a drink, they do
>make them whisky and coke, light on the coke
>they drink nearly all of it
>after an hour they're knocked out, kind of
>spanish guy drinks with me until then and we chat about Kenny Rogers songs
>everyone falls asleep in the end except me

>get to PP at 2am
>walk around sketchy part of PP for a few hours
>get 5am bus to Saigon

Everything turned out ok I guess.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 04:57:43 No.1046116 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1043132
The worst thing I've had to experience was a really rough landing in Maui. I think we hit some turbulence right before touch down and were forced into the ground. Was pretty rough.

The only other thing of note I can think of was a red eye flight from Kaui to Seattle. Out of the window about halfway through the trip there was a light flying along almost exactly parallel to us a couple miles away. It was there for about 30 minutes and then just disappeared.

My best experience was flying from Amsterdam to Seattle on Delta. I was on a standby ticket but for some reason the gate agents decided to be nice and gave me a business class seat. This was shortly after the plane was shot down over Ukraine (and had left Amsterdam) so security was tight that day.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 11:22:23 No.1046201 Report Delete

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>>1045849
An additional period of lurking might be of use to you.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 11:28:52 No.1046204 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1046343

I have been on the verge of terror one tie on a plane.

>Sitting in center section.
>Taking off, looking out window across aisle to see the city lights drifting past, how purty,
>Lights stop drifting, then start to drift the other fucking way.
>Oh shit oh shit oh shit we have stalled and are sliding tail-first toward the ground.
>Hail Mary, om mani padme hum, there is no God but Allah, now I lay me down to sleep...
>Death seems to be slow in coming.
>WTF?

Turns out it was some odd alignment of the window I was looking out and another window on the opposite side of the plane -- I was seeing a reflection, the movement in the Bad Direction caused as the plane turned.

So it was fucking nothing, but for what was probably about 5 seconds but felt like a lot longer, it was Make Your Peace With Jesus time...

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 14:29:25 No.1046246 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1046255 >>1046269 >>1046342

>>1046081
>Saigon

You mean Ho Chi Minh City?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 15:10:52 No.1046253 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1043306
Yeah this sounds like German tourists. Perhaps only the yanks are worse for ticking the "tourist box" (and Chinese the worst in general).

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 15:13:01 No.1046255 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1046246
Nope. They mean Saigon you fucking communist.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 15:55:10 No.1046269 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1046344

>>1046246
Both terms are used in Vietnam by residents in the area. My understanding is that slightly different areas are covered by the two terms, but that could have been a cab driver messing with me. Still, I heard Saigon WAY more than I heard anybody say HCMC.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 22:40:09 No.1046342 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1046246
>Ho Chi Minh City
Only foreigners and northerners and northern officials appointed to Saigon actually call it HCMC.

The downtown is actually officially named Saigon btw, the city itself is HCMC but lots of locals just call it Saigon.

No one makes a big deal about it except for faggots like you. Not even communist officials or locals care which you call it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 22:41:23 No.1046343 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1046204
>Hail Mary, om mani padme hum, there is no God but Allah, now I lay me down to sleep...

>it was Make Your Peace With Jesus time

And with everyone else by the sounds of it, I admire the coverage of your prayer. You just need some pasta in there too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 22:49:27 No.1046344 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1046269
>My understanding is that slightly different areas are covered by the two terms
The central downtown area is the suburb of Saigon and the city as a whole is HCMC. Of course it used to be all Saigon. Locals tend to use Saigon, especially as a cab driver might well be a Vietminh vet who's blacklisted from real jobs though I guess they've probably aged out of stuff like that.

It used to be that all the cyclo drivers were vets who couldn't get other work and that everyone in Saigon who worked with tourists had learnt English from GIs and so obviously they all still called it Saigon because they were on the losing side that fought against the guy that it was renamed after. Tourism was one of the few jobs that those people could get because they were barred from anything official or government and trouble getting permits for just about anything so they were often just selling trinkets or be guides or hookers or drive cyclos. But tourism operators would hire them under-the-table because they spoke English (or what passed for it back then).

These days it's changed a lot but locals still tend to call it Saigon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 08:05:27 No.1046468 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>1043156
i cannot see your problem there

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 11:33:55 No.1046503 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1046551 >>1046560

Why the fuck do people clap after landing? Is it an American thing? They did it in the movies too. I thought anons were joking and being hyperbolic when I heard until I experienced it myself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 15:31:04 No.1046551 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1046560

>>1046503
Because post-9/11

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:04:29 No.1046560 Report Delete

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>>1046503
>>1046551
Nah, when I was a kid - before 9/11 - they were clapping too. And not always from the US.
Boomers love that shit.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:51:10 No.1046569 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1046573 >>1046590

>be me
>take taxi to airport, get stuck in massive traffic
>driver asks for a 20% tip
>flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing
>get on board
>flight attendants told us there will be no food or drinks served (6 hour flight!)
>seats are uncomfortable as sht
>bunch of weird chinese & malaysians around
>cold as hell, this was in March mind you
>an hour into the flight they tell us there'll be a "detour"
>land on some shitty island in the middle of the ocean
>military guys take our passports, tell us we can never leave
>nothing to do + internet here maxes out at 56kbps

worst flight ever

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:02:52 No.1046573 Report Delete

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>>1046569
>military guys take our passports, tell us we can never leave

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:35:34 No.1046590 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1046595

>>1046569
WTF?
How does this happen?

Airlines cant simply do a detour, and hand you over tto the military!

Oh…

clever!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:44:27 No.1046595 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>1046620

>>1046590
You didn't know 4chan is connected to the afterlife?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 18:47:45 No.1046620 Report Delete

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>>1046595
YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE

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