Thansk folks, that pretty much confirms what I thought.
I can confirm that many of my fellow PAX would be grumpy even if the a/c shifted them to destination as fast as a Trek matter transporter
As to the observation, "In the book Bravo Two Zero, Andy McNab writes that the transport they were on did a role [sic]." The story that Mr McNab wrote has been exposed as wildly over the top exaggeration, so am not inclined to believe him in this one either!