[/QUOTE]Boarding time came and went and we were informed that there would be a delay due to "security" issues, just as the cleaners got on and they emptied the toilet, yeah right, security.[/QUOTE]
Maybe the cleaners had to wait before the security issue was sorted out?
Finally got on twenty minutes after scheduled departure time and on the taxi to the runway we had to park up, as the captain informed us "the ground crew disconnected the generator so the aircraft had been sat so long that it's batteries had lost almost all charge".
Which A/c was it, Q400? If so they have there own power unit. I cant remember or have seen the Dash 300 do a CDG flight.
Even so, once the engines are running, they then supply the power anyway to the a/c not the apu. So the above comment seems a bit strange.
Coming back on an EMB145 (far better than the dash in my opinion) we were again delayed, this time as the captain informed us, "due to things that you wouldn't believe at Manchester, it's really ridiculous there at the moment".
The 145's are going to be phased out by the Q400's, so if you flyBE you are going to see alot more of them.....
As for the Capt's comment of "to things that you wouldn't believe at Manchester, it's really ridiculous there at the moment," seems a bit unprofestional to say something like that over the tanoy.
TBH if you now hate flybe because of this one trip, try Air France or Jet2.
