How were you treated by the Cabin Crew on a Plane?

[James Martin]

But they managed to lose my suitcase with about £1.5K < of stuff in it

Now really, whose fault is that? You should know better than to check valuables, Mr Martin.

Aye but I'd bought tons of new clothes at Christmas, couple of pairs of shoes, case itself not cheap, loads of designer gear in there.

I wasn't happy!

It's not difficult to agree even with me on MyTravel though... they were shocking as Airtours and still are under the new badge.

[Anonymous]

[Si-Co]

I'm planning to embark on my first ever long-haul flight this year to South Africa. If I fly direct from Heathrow it's a toss-up between Vigin, BA, or SAA (South African). Or I can 'Fly Emerites' and change at Dubai, or travel with KLM or Air France changing in Europe.

I've heard a lot of good reports about Virgin, but what are other people's recommendations?

I have friends who fly with KLM from Humberside Airport, and the advantages are that their customs department is basically a telephone kiosk and you pick the phone up and declare your items that way. Sounds tempting...

[Andrew Muir]

I think Virgin are among the best, but there all much of a muchness. Have flow AA once and I didn’t think the leg room was very good - although according to one post is actually better than Virgin. I was 'in the tail' as it were on the virgin flight, meaning no-one was behind me leg room was good because there are only 2 seats as the plane narrows towards the back meaning there is a space were a 3rd seat would have gone. Good movies to!

On the subject of movies. The WORST, and i mean WORST flight for movies was flying Iceland Air to Boston - via Iceland of course (it was cheap!). They subjected to us to a BBC drama shown about 4 years ago, documentaries on Iceland and to top it off a Charlie Chaplin movie, silent black and white job, i couldn’t believe it. To top it off they had adverts play after each programme, and they were the same ones each time. Iceland tourist board, Porsche Cayenne, Seiko watch. I had learnt all the words by the end of the flight and then had to endure it all on the way back as well!!! I suppose it all comes at a price.

As far as plane food goes, i think the cabin pressurisation has a lot to do with it. I find that all the food tastes the same and leaves a horribly stale aftertaste. Probably to do with the cabin pressure and all the recycled air.

The funniest pilot i have had was on the AA flight, he said something along the lines of "please feel free to get up an have a wonder when the seatbelt lights are off, try not to go out onto the wing as it mighty cold out there". This was just after the worries about DVT started to arise!

The best airline I have flown with was Air New Zealand. I flew economy to Christchurch, NZ and the leg room was really excellent. The food was also very good and movies also compared well with Virgin. But then it needed to be with a 36 hour journey time door to door! They had even installed larger toilets in the 747-400 so one could move around in relative comfort. Unlike the Virgin 747s! Those New Zealanders know how to do it right.

[Anonymous]

This is virgin atlantic \/


Economy^^



First Class^^(Upper Class)

Premium Economy ^^(Virgin also provides Baby Food for Passengers travelling with babies)



^^^ Aeroplanes(Boeing 747-400) and Airbus A340


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Cabin Crew^^

and you get a massage and nail treatment if you fly upper class.

[Si-Co]

Why People Fly Virgin Airlines

A mother and her son were flying Virgin Airlines from Heathrow to JFK.

The son (who had been looking out the window) turned to his mother and asked, "If big dogs have baby dogs and big cats have baby cats, why don't big planes have baby planes?"

The mother (who couldn't think of an answer) told her son to ask the stewardess.

So the boy asked the stewardess, "If big dogs have baby dogs and big cats have baby cats, why don't big planes have baby planes?"

The stewardess responded, "Did your mother tell you to ask me?"

The boy said, "Yes she did."

"Well, then, tell your mother that there are no baby planes because Virgin always pulls out on time. Have your mother explain that to you."