On a recent flight, Darren got a bit bored and wrote the following blog:
'Sitting on the way to Rio, killing time, I started to look back at the different airlines I had flown with and started to think, what makes a good airline. Is it the seat pitch, the food, the cabin crew, the in-flight entertainment? Personally a bit of all of these!
Take the airline I am flying with at the time of writing this blog, on paper the seat pitch isn't great, only 31”, the food was OK, and the movies Ok, though a little dated and no movie on demand, which I am beginning to realise is a big plus! No the flight is pleasant largely due to the cabin crew. The jolly Scot who seems only to happy to constantly give me drinks and the smiley steward who seems to be happy to be in the job. So in a nutshell, BA seems pretty OK!
So is it just the cabin crew that make for a good flight? Umh, not always, take a Malaysian flight I was on, for example the seat pitch great, movies on demand, food good, cabin crew efficient and friendly so why didn't I enjoy the flight, yep the person next to me who refused to sleep on the night flight and spent the whole 12 hours jumping up and down and generally fidgeting.
So it's either the cabin crew or passengers that can make or break a flights.....well no! Take a Sri Lankan flight I was on. Cabin crew pleasant enough, food OK (notice food is never great on any of them...) and the customers seem ok, but boy how NAF was the in-flight entertainment. After 3 separate pairs of headphones that didn't work, then the screen had to be reset, twice, I was left with a couple of old films to choose from on the long flights.... not good, also the cabin was so hot and they couldn’t seem to do anything about it. But this is no reflection on Sri Lankan, one of the most relaxed enjoyable flights I had was with them a year or so earlier, so was only to pleased to travel with them again!
So I have come to the conclusion that I don't have a preferred airline as there are some many variable factors to take into account you just can't guarantee that just because you had a good flight with that airline before that you will next time..... personally I won't pay extra to fly with a specific one. Besides it's it all part of the travel experience!'
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'Sitting on the way to Rio, killing time, I started to look back at the different airlines I had flown with and started to think, what makes a good airline. Is it the seat pitch, the food, the cabin crew, the in-flight entertainment? Personally a bit of all of these!
Take the airline I am flying with at the time of writing this blog, on paper the seat pitch isn't great, only 31”, the food was OK, and the movies Ok, though a little dated and no movie on demand, which I am beginning to realise is a big plus! No the flight is pleasant largely due to the cabin crew. The jolly Scot who seems only to happy to constantly give me drinks and the smiley steward who seems to be happy to be in the job. So in a nutshell, BA seems pretty OK!
So is it just the cabin crew that make for a good flight? Umh, not always, take a Malaysian flight I was on, for example the seat pitch great, movies on demand, food good, cabin crew efficient and friendly so why didn't I enjoy the flight, yep the person next to me who refused to sleep on the night flight and spent the whole 12 hours jumping up and down and generally fidgeting.
So it's either the cabin crew or passengers that can make or break a flights.....well no! Take a Sri Lankan flight I was on. Cabin crew pleasant enough, food OK (notice food is never great on any of them...) and the customers seem ok, but boy how NAF was the in-flight entertainment. After 3 separate pairs of headphones that didn't work, then the screen had to be reset, twice, I was left with a couple of old films to choose from on the long flights.... not good, also the cabin was so hot and they couldn’t seem to do anything about it. But this is no reflection on Sri Lankan, one of the most relaxed enjoyable flights I had was with them a year or so earlier, so was only to pleased to travel with them again!
So I have come to the conclusion that I don't have a preferred airline as there are some many variable factors to take into account you just can't guarantee that just because you had a good flight with that airline before that you will next time..... personally I won't pay extra to fly with a specific one. Besides it's it all part of the travel experience!'
Escape Worldwide - We've Been, We Know, Just Call!
http://www.escapeworldwide.co.uk
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