May 2001, Tristar to Brisbane.
So you were upset by something 6 YEARS ago - nothing more recent?
3 Hours at Muscat, stood in the sand at the edge of an unlit parling bay at 3am.
Did the crew make you do this or was it a result of policy as enforced by somebody else?
Night stop in Singapore, different hotel to the crew, no explanation of transport for the following day, no arrangements for meals, nil.
Now I do know that is policy - again not decided by the crew, but I believe by DTMA, and correctly enforced by movement staff.
Tristar then has a tire blow at Sydney (GE openly admits it could have made it back) followed by 6 day wait whilst 150 pax sit in a barracks.
Did the GE
offer an opinion that the tyre might have been ok? Or did he explain the engineering reference detailing the tolerance of blown tyres, and associated braking systems and clearly show how the a/c was safe to operate? And... would you rather a jet that would "make it back", or one that is fully serviceable.
But you know you're an Ascoteer when you've learned to live with whingers like that.
And you have a piece of string as long as your attic door is wide.