Another reason why flying sucks

[Flatcap]

Something else to add to the list, along with:

The fat bastard next to you
The screaming kid
The loud american
The diseased sneezer
The slow booze service

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I just wish it was possible to wind down the window..

[rwh]

I just wish it was possible to wind down the window..

I get the feeling the pressure would drop a bit more if you did that

Richard

[Gareth123]

I remember a flight across the cook straight from Wellington to Picton. It was raining, blowing a gale and we were crammed into an 8 seater plane. I was "luckily" right up the front where i could see the dials. I was watching the altimeter with interest so that i could see how high it took and how long it would take. Suddenly we all felt a small drop. What we thouth was a small drop was actually 50 meters in about a seconed! After the flight i had to ride my bike all the way from Picton to Christchurch. That was one hell of a long night and from that day on i vowed never to fly on a plane as small as that in crap weather. NEVER!

[SARGE]

Something else to add to the list, along with:

The fat bastard next to you
The screaming kid
The loud american
The diseased sneezer
The slow booze service

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4118489a34.html


I just wish it was possible to wind down the window..

im the loud American .. the fat bastard next to you AND the reason for the slow booze service .. ( and I'll thank you to CAPITALIZE American please)

[ManDownUnder]

... try sitting next to the innocent looking little old Indian lady (actually looked a lot like Mother Theresa in a way...)... who regularly dropped THE most coma inducing curry laden farts all the way from Singapore to Amsterdam.

1) The suffering was terrible... and
2) Every bastard blamed ME. (Clearly couldn't be her - she looked so innocent).

Long haul travel. Don't knock it till you've tried it LOL!

[Gareth123]

... try sitting next to the innocent looking little old Indian lady (actually looked a lot like Mother Theresa in a way...)... who regularly dropped THE most coma inducing curry laden farts all the way from Singapore to Amsterdam.

1) The suffering was terrible... and
2) Every bastard blamed ME. (Clearly couldn't be her - she looked so innocent).

Long haul travel. Don't knock it till you've tried it LOL!

I feel so sorry for you...Glad it wasn't me!

[Flatcap]

im the loud American .. the fat bastard next to you AND the reason for the slow booze service .. ( and I'll thank you to CAPITALIZE American please)

And I suppose you take your screaming little brats with you when they are full of some lurgy as well...

[SARGE]

And I suppose you take your screaming little brats with you when they are full of some lurgy as well...

well DUH.. only my screaming brats are all over 6 foot tall and about 120 kg.. they all have their iPods cranking out that shit Rap music too

[Swoop]

I remember a flight across the cook straight from Wellington to Picton.

Yee ha!!
Great fun.
Four of us flew from Ak-Nelson in a hired Cessna. Flightplan alloted 6000ftAGL the whole way and there was half an inch forming on the leading edges and wheel spats at one stage!
I had a ball of a time flying IFR the majority of the flight. Real challenging!

[slowpoke]

That explains a bit:
Wellington -> Sydney -> Darwin -> Dili ->Platform and back again every 3 to 6 weeks....I really am sick of my fuggin' job!

"Yes miss, you are completely correct, I am a grumpy fucker...now kindly hurry up with that rum and coke."

[swbarnett]

I get the feeling the pressure would drop a bit more if you did that

Not to mention the temperature!

[swbarnett]

Last time I flew I was on business for AirNZ. Managed to get Business class Auckland to LA then LA to London. Absolute bliss...

On the way back via Singapore they blocked out four economy seats. Best sleep I've ever had on a plane (to the envy of an otherwise chocker plane ).

[janno]

I've flown Virgin Blue once and once only. Was like being on a Kiwi Experience bus without the booze. Yuk, yuk, yuk.

To top it off, the japanese back packer next to me was eating some sort of pickled fish throughout the whole flight (probably whale, the bastard), and farting pickled fish farts.

The one and only time I have ever felt travel sick on a plane