(17 Aug 2015, 4:41 pm)8222 I know I'm a day late due to being away - but the new American/US Airways really annoyed me yesterday.
I was flying PVR - PHX with them on US482 before connecting onto BA288. First of all, I was told that the queue clearly labelled 'bag drop' was for first class. Then, I got on and was sat in the second overwing exit on the A320. We were told to expect turbulence. During the usual bumps just after take off, the panel that you have to remove to open the hatch fell off the hatch in front of the one I was sat next to! Heart was in my mouth a little bit but the guy just shoved it back on! Then, I was in need of the loo. It was a 2h45 flight. The pilot said we should have the seatbelt sign switched off, but we would have to fly near some massive clouds. Anyway, for the entire flight, the seatbelt sign was on. People were getting up anyway to use the loo. I was nice enough to ask the crew if I could use the loo and got a rude response, which was basically no. We had very few bumps during the flight and the whole thing really annoyed me!
Flying back on a good old 744 of BA, we had worse bumps and no seatbelt sign on. And when it did come on, the chop was quite impressive at times. I sometimes think pilots are slightly too cautious with the belt up sign... Needless to say, as soon as we landed at PHX, I ran to the loo on the plan despite the fact we were taxiing! I have taken quite a dislike to US Airways...
Three of the reasons I hate flying. Turbulence, over-cautiousness, and people that make 4 or 5 trips to the toilet on a couple of hours flight.
I've once done Bristol to Newcastle on easyjet, and I don't think the seatbelt warning came off for the entire trip. It was around November time, perhaps the worst flight I've had, and funnily enough - the last.
