Mine is on US crapways
I’m flying from Boston (BOS) to Turks and Caicos Islands (PLS) about a year ago (i was coming home today a year ago) going thru Charlotte (CLT) both ways
I’m not even on the plane yet and here comes chaos. I’m in Boston, sitting between two gates looking out the window. People start screaming "OMG someone stop that!" and "It’s going to hit the plane!" I didnt know what was going on, then I realized that a tug was inches away from pushing a plane, which was boarding people to PHL. 3 US crapways ground peeps walked over and just carelessly pushed the tug out of the way. Then 10 mins later i got on the plane to CLT, and it was FREEZING COLD. literally. i could see my own breath inside the plane. the head f/a came on the intercom and said "we are sorry about the plane being cold…there is a door open at the back of the plane still loading food carts." I was just pissed…and the f/a cranked the heat. there was no movie on the flight, and it was a 2 and 1/2 hour flight…
on my second flight to the warm sunny carribean, the gate agents were just a*sholes and wouldn’t board the plane until like 15 mins before the plane was supposed to leave. we left 1/2 hour late, and we got there 1 and 1/4 hours late. again, there was no movie during the flight, just 2 or 3 TV shows. and when i got off the plane (it was a staircase airport) the engine was still running (A319) and everything was so f**king windy i almost fell off the staircase. us airways knew they were behind schedule and risking passenger’s safety can’t get them back on schedule.
after a nice week’s vacation, i have to go home. flying thru CLT again, i get on my first flight. i get on the plane and the first officer comes on the intercom and says, in a gay tone "ladies and gentelmen this is yur first officer speaking…our pilot today is a trainee for us airways…we will be pushing back in a minute…have a nice flight" and i was just thinking ‘you gotta be kidding me’…why the hell would they have a trainee pilot fly a full 757 on a 3 hours+ flight which is over water 75% of the flight…and the weird thing was that the fasten seatbelt sign was on for the ENTIRE flight…and i was behind the second set of doors on this plane, and theres 1 bathroom with the f/a sitting there. 15 people were waiting to use it, and they were making a lot of noise. the f/a just looks at the people for 5 seconds, then goes back daydreaming. then actually i was surprised when they showed a movie during the flight. really that flight was the worst flight i’ve ever been on. we arrive 30 mins late, nearly missing my connection.
i arrive in CLT, go thru customs, and go thru security again, and get at the gate 5 mins before boarding, when i had only 1 hour to go thru customs and security and get to the gate. i got on the plane, and sadly i had the no recline seats…and i realized the fasten seatbelt sign was not lit…the first officer came onto the intercom and said "ladies and gentelmen our captain is currently on his way here fron concourse c…we do apologize for this. we’ll be on our way shortly." and that was like 10 mins before departure…he was 5 mins late and we left 10 mins late. then they had issues with pushing the plane back with the tug, and they had to pull the plane all the way to the line for takeoff. the pilot came on the intercom and said "it looks like we are 20th in line for takeoff." i was just frustrated by that point…and 30 minutes later we took off…and i fell asleep, idk how with no recline, and next thing i knew the landing gear was down and we landed…and i got home at 12:30 am, which is a hour and a half later later than i should’ve.
getting to my question, what is you absolute worst airline experience?
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