Not really things going wrong but just hard to imagine in todays world. Its 1973 and after a 9 month stint in Qatar , very very very different to today , I am flying home for Xmas . Back then no Qatar Airways and BA only went to Doha 5 time s a week .
So travel agent says i can get you a much cheaper ticked Doha -Bahrain-Istanbul- Amsterdam London. changing plains in BAH and AMS. I get the gulf air Friendship to Bahrain a nd wait a hour or two before bussed out to a KLM DC8 in Garuda colours but cloggie crew ..
I am the last on board in first class are an Arab lady and an elderly dutch gentleman . In Y there is no one but me .
So with 3 pax off we go and after a nice breakfast two of the economy girls appear at my seat, Hello I am x and I am y in their singsong slightly guttural version of English . Can we sit next to you and chat to approve our English. I have been ina v v strict muslim country for 9 months so I find myself in the middle seat with the two KLM lovelies either side of me all the way to Amsterdam with nice first class snacks and drinks served by some of their friends along with lots of giggles and grins .
So You dont get many flights with just 3 pax these days
You dont do trips like DOH-BAH-IST-AMS-LHR any more
you dont (i imagine) get to spend 6 hours sandwiched between attractive flirty blonde hosties
You might (i suppose) that on hearing you are in AMS for two nights get given one of thems phone number inviting you to her flat mates birthday party the following evening
You do get to fly DOH-LHR direct on a QR A 380 which is a good experience but slightly different