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Old 13th Mar 2012, 13:36
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Saudi

Flew LHR-RUH-CGK and KUL-JED-LHR with them the other week and it was an experience to say the least
  • About 30 seconds from touchdown, woman gets up and goes to the toilet to change her babies nappy without a word from the cabin crew
  • Flight deck and cabin crew smoking in the rear galley of their shiny new 773
  • Seatbelt sign remained on for about 70% of one of the flights, not that it meant much to passengers or cabin crew. Did the pilots forget to turn it off after T/C?
  • And more things I've probably forgotten, it just seemed 'normal' in the end after 4 flights with them.

Both Riyadh and Jeddah airport were terrible with little to no facilities. Jeddah didn't even have a currency exchange or ATM machine for us to draw money out and buy ourselves a bottle of water. We ended up 'paying' (or bribing, no idea if the money went to Saudi or into the blokes back pocket) in USD for lounge access.
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