Aviation Talking Point

Worst: Delta flight I think, but it was a small regional flight. The attendant was mean-nice if that makes sense lol. Like when I asked if I had to pay for soda/snacks and treated me like I was dumb for asking :cold_sweat:, and kept helping me, but also kept looking at me wierd.
Best #1: Omni Air International. More of a charter flight, but could sit anywhere/however we wanted on the B763, it was only like 1/2 full, so lots of lying down. Also they kept us stuffed on meals like they were fattening us up for slaughter :joy:
Best #2: United Airlines to Hawaii. I was also lucky to have a row to myself on the long boi B764. I was traveling alone and stressed and the flight attendant talked a lot with me and when meals came around, I got one. Then when everyone was paying, I went to hand her my card and she winked and waved it away :smiling_face:

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Hereā€™s my best and worst flight I took.

Best: Emirates 777 from DXB to DUB (overnight flight) but still enjoyable in Economy, good food, very nice crew, comfortable seats and an on time arrival just the best flight I took!

Worst: Has to be the Aer Lingus flight from BCN to DUB, such a nightmare, from people (students couse it was a school trip) standing up and some people getting cut from the seats to defective aircraft and on arrival the back stairs was ready to deboard and crew downright refused to open back door which only made the tired passengers angry. Itā€™s too long to rant about it but when I went to sleep I actually cried believe it or not and decided to send a complaint. I donā€™t know why that aircraft is STILL in Service a year later which in my opinion this sould be grounded to fix all of the issues include the seats giving people cuts.

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Best long haul flight:
Ba 747-400 LHR-DFW Club world (Business Class)
Really good LHR staff for once (separate to BA staff btw) quick check in and fast track security as well! Bording from the B gates was good. Didnā€™t go in the lounge though so cant rate that. The flight was great. Really smooth and nice views of southern Greenland! Great service, had some type of lamb (it was quite nice) then snacks and drinks were available until around 25-30 minutes to landing. A smooth touchdown and a nice view of a Lufthansa A340-300 later i was off the queen of the skies!
Best short haul flight:
Ba A320NEO LHR-PFO Club Europe (business) -UPGRADED-
This summer i went on a month old A320NEO in business!
So after a 20min wait for check in we got through. Then a decently fast security we went to our gate at T5A. Were a month old A320NEO was waiting for me. After some planespotting at the gate it was time to hop on the month old craft. Was originally in economy but we got upgraded. I was now in a window seat! Seat 7A to be exact. And just like that we were in the air. A really good crew that served me drinks and snacks. Didnā€™t get a meal as when i got upgraded it was too late to order :cry: the food looked alright though.
After nice views of greek islands and a pass over Paphos later we were on final. After the best landing iā€™ve ever had on an airbus narrow body i got to go in the cockpit and then i got off on stairs. (I live boarding and disembarking aircraft with stairs)
As for least favourite flightsā€¦ i dont have any. Any flight no matter how bad the crew is a good. As an avgeek i just like being in a ā€˜big metal tubeā€™ :joy:
But thats just my opinion.
Wow 15mins of typingā€¦

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The worst: Ryanair B737-800 to PMI this year.
The best: Enter air B737-800 from AYT to WAW.

Not sure about the worst as Iā€™ve rarely had any issues with flights, mostly a certain airport in the Channel Islands Iā€™ve had a major problem with and that was a one off it seems. Did have an overnight delay when flying back from TFS with Thomas Cook, the 767 went tech after arriving and we were messed around for a good while being told about different gates and times before they eventually put us into a hotel. The following day when we finally flew home was also my first time using a bus gate if I remember correctly.

In terms of best, Iā€™d say itā€™s down to 2 flights currently. Jet2 from MAN to TFS back in February, a couple hours delay departing due to weather and ATC slot restrictions but finally got to visit the flight deck of a 757, and it also turned out to be my last 757 flight with Jet2. Other one would be Condor from DUS to PMI, despite being a really early morning departure back in April, the flight was really nice. The meal I ordered was really nice (and cheap for an airline meal!) and flew on a special livery 757-300. Also gave me a bit of a throw back to when I use to fly on Thomas Cook 767s to Tenerife and back as the aircraft still had its Thomas Cook cabin.

If all goes to plan, those wonā€™t be the last of my 757 travels as Iā€™ve got a flight booked on one next year (hopefully it doesnā€™t get swapped), but should still be an interesting trip either way.

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Edinburgh to EWR on united?
Just a guess.

Just cause their stairs at the back doesnā€™t mean they are there for the passengers.

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Nope, not heading to the States.

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Alright how about this:
If you had to work for 1 of the big 3 US airlines which would you chose?

  • Delta
  • United
  • American
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Hmmm. Interesting to see.
I expected united to get more then American!

Alaska. But after that united cause I love SF so much

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Seems like Santa left XMS, better get prepared.

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Yep.
Made a YouTube video that took quite literally 1:34 seconds to mkeā€¦

I also cach it

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Have any of you got aviation books?
I have 3 and I swear the only time I pick up a book is when i read those :joy:


The Heathrow one was Ā£25 :sob: then the low cost one was my dads so Iā€™m not sure. Then the aircraft book was a gift from my grandpa (former pilot)

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I have some, but most of them are outdated without informations after 2010 or sometimes I think I have better aviation knowledge than author lol

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I have like 10 aviation books from when I was a kid, I would send pics but Iā€™ll have to find all of them which will take a while. I also have a bunch of remote control aircraft as flying them is one of my hobbies

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Iā€™ve got a fair number. Do we include textbooks from flight school lol

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Only 1500kts? Seems a little slow for Santa haha. 60KFT is above where it starts to warm again, but even then itā€™s still probably around -40C/F and with those speeds, I wonder what the wind chill would beā€¦

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