Big_Mooney
13th Oct 2002, 23:57
I'm sorry that this thread is about how P*SSED off I am at Flybe, but it needs to be said. Arrived at EDI for the flight down to BHX this morning at 9am, only to find out at 9.30am that ne of the engines of our Dash 8 was knackered. Waited and waited until at 12 noon, (could not wait much longer as reason for going down to BHX was NEC show, finishing at 5pm), was told that the flight would not take off until roughly 1.50pm GREAT EH!! So realistically, not gonna get to the NEC until just after 3pm. No point going down, so just went home. ( Did enquire about refund, and should get it ) The only people I feel sorry for are the passengers who were mostly either on their way to Dubai, or to Jersey, and needed to make the connecting flights, and the Serviceair girl on the desk who did a fab job at keeping most people calm.
So tell me, how come this engine fault is suddenly found just before its first flight. Surely it there must have been some indication on the last flight the night before, that something was amiss? And why oh why don't airlines just own up and tell their pax the truth, instead of leading them on. B.E must have known that if one of their engines was screwed, that its not a wee rush job, its gonna take a couple of hours at least.
Sorry to all the Pilots and Tech staff from B.E, but just annoyed as really wanted to go down to BHX, but just turned out to be a wasted day.:mad:
So tell me, how come this engine fault is suddenly found just before its first flight. Surely it there must have been some indication on the last flight the night before, that something was amiss? And why oh why don't airlines just own up and tell their pax the truth, instead of leading them on. B.E must have known that if one of their engines was screwed, that its not a wee rush job, its gonna take a couple of hours at least.
Sorry to all the Pilots and Tech staff from B.E, but just annoyed as really wanted to go down to BHX, but just turned out to be a wasted day.:mad: