I was sent to RHO to fix an AOG B757 some years ago. By the time the a/c was 's', the flight was a few hours late. The plan was for me to fly back to LGW on this a/c. A lot of the pax had spent some time in the terminal bar and were rather merry when they boarded. I was sat in the cabin with a lot of drunk scousers singing 'Stand by me' along to the boarding music at the top of their voices whilst taking off from RHO in the middle of the night. Not long after most of them fell asleep, so after an initial bout of noise the remainder of the trip was pleasantly quiet.
When Compass 1 went under, I went down to Oz to retrieve the two A300 that we had down there. We routed through SIN on the return flight and bought a few of the pirate cassettes for sale in SIN. Imagine an A300 cabin with only two double seats in it right at the front of the cabin. A total of five people on the a/c and Tina Turner on the PA system being played rather loud. Rather a nice way to fly.
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