All joking aside, as someone who was once boarded 5 hours late onto a “backup plane”, you really don’t want any of this. They are not nice, and riding in one feels like flying inside a pile of spare parts. Because it probably is.
Actually it was American Airlines. Plus, I contracted covid (despite masking up) for all my trouble. That said, I appreciate that this is a quasi-universal experience. Misery loves company and all that. 0/10 experience, will fly something/somewhere else next time.
My first ever time flying was a trip to Mexico from Knoxville, TN. On the return trip, we got a layover in Detroit, and our flight was grounded due to a mechanical problem. They offered to let us stay overnight in a hotel plus a 200 voucher, or we could take a different flight into Knoxville, with no voucher. My brother was super sick and just wanted to get home, we we took the flight.
This plane was tiny. Like, 30-50 seats? Fucking miniscule. It had ashtrays built into the armrests, and if you needed to use the bathroom you’d have to ask the flight attendant to move, because her jump seat was attached to the bathroom door. It rattled like a smokers chest cough, and I swear I thought it was going to give up the ghost and just drop out of the sky.
But the seats were very comfortable, and I was at the back in a single seat without a neighboring seat, so I got to chat with the flight attendant the whole time haha
All joking aside, as someone who was once boarded 5 hours late onto a “backup plane”, you really don’t want any of this. They are not nice, and riding in one feels like flying inside a pile of spare parts. Because it probably is.
Tell us you haven’t flown Ryanair without using those words. :-p
I’m glad you at least got out on something.
Actually it was American Airlines. Plus, I contracted covid (despite masking up) for all my trouble. That said, I appreciate that this is a quasi-universal experience. Misery loves company and all that. 0/10 experience, will fly something/somewhere else next time.
My first ever time flying was a trip to Mexico from Knoxville, TN. On the return trip, we got a layover in Detroit, and our flight was grounded due to a mechanical problem. They offered to let us stay overnight in a hotel plus a 200 voucher, or we could take a different flight into Knoxville, with no voucher. My brother was super sick and just wanted to get home, we we took the flight.
This plane was tiny. Like, 30-50 seats? Fucking miniscule. It had ashtrays built into the armrests, and if you needed to use the bathroom you’d have to ask the flight attendant to move, because her jump seat was attached to the bathroom door. It rattled like a smokers chest cough, and I swear I thought it was going to give up the ghost and just drop out of the sky.
But the seats were very comfortable, and I was at the back in a single seat without a neighboring seat, so I got to chat with the flight attendant the whole time haha