Gazza58 Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Went to east midlands airport today to pick up my dad who was due back at 12.30 from jersey,he phoned as they were boarding the plane to say we are leaving on time so you might aswell set off now. This i did and got to east mids for about 12.45 to find out there was a delay of SEVEN hours,still dont know why. The passengers were told on the plane there would be a slight delay,which went from 15 mins to 30 mins to 7 pigging hours. Totally wazzed off. we wouldent expect a train ,bus service to run like this but it seems the norm for airlines. RANT OVER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 If the plane develops a technical fault would you rather wait or fly on an "iffy" machine? If a train or bus breaks down it wouldn't normally fall from the sky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza58 Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 If the plane develops a technical fault would you rather wait or fly on an "iffy" machine? If a train or bus breaks down it wouldn't normally fall from the sky... Yeah fully apreciate what you saying,but surely another plane could be sent its only an hours flight after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 which flight would you like them to pull this 'other plane' off? oo, oo, maybe they pulled your plane off it's scheduled flight to bring another bunch of people home from somewhere else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Yeah fully apreciate what you saying,but surely another plane could be sent its only an hours flight after all. It all depends where the other planes are and what they're doing...with how much they cost I don't suppose the companies will have a spare just lying around somewhere.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza58 Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 which flight would you like them to pull this 'other plane' off? oo, oo, maybe they pulled your plane off it's scheduled flight to bring another bunch of people home from somewhere else! So a seven hour delay for a one hours flight is acceptable then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 So a seven hour delay for a one hours flight is acceptable then.if that's the safest option - yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I will never forget when we flew to Turkey in May, 2 minutes after landing, ALL the electrics failed - dread to think what would have happened if it had done it 5 minutes earlier... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 So a seven hour delay for a one hours flight is acceptable then. If a fiery death is the alternative then yes... I'm interested in knowing why you think the airline wouldn't be doing all it could to minimise the delay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosxuk Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 So a seven hour delay for a one hours flight is acceptable then. It's better than a 40 minute flight followed by a close up examination of a hillside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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