Worst Destinations
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Worst Destinations
Dark Skies gave me an idea. Where is the worst place you've every had the misfortune to go to in an -F?
I'll start with Abijan. Nothing works without plenty of dash. Disorganised. Regular delays, 4hrs ground time for a partial 74 offload.
I'm sure you guys have some good ones from the DC8 (never flew one myself).
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I'll start with Abijan. Nothing works without plenty of dash. Disorganised. Regular delays, 4hrs ground time for a partial 74 offload.
I'm sure you guys have some good ones from the DC8 (never flew one myself).
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Cairo for me, flying on behalf of Air Memphis.These guys let you wait 8 hours on the a/c without a gpu, nothing.They always seem to manage to get the aircraft going just before we're running out of duty time.Never had any problem further down south.Exept for Luanda....same crap over there.
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Just remembered. Barcelona & Malaga. Absolute pits.
Did a charter out of BCN to VCP a few years ago. 26 hours delay. Iberia simply said they had no time to palletize the freight.
Malaga: 8 hours to load. First of all they fixed their highloader with a big hammer, we got started, they went for lunch/siesta. Pallets built like sh*t, wouldn't move. Had to use a block & tackle to tow one of them in.
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Did a charter out of BCN to VCP a few years ago. 26 hours delay. Iberia simply said they had no time to palletize the freight.
Malaga: 8 hours to load. First of all they fixed their highloader with a big hammer, we got started, they went for lunch/siesta. Pallets built like sh*t, wouldn't move. Had to use a block & tackle to tow one of them in.
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Bamako is high up on the list.
Also agree on India. Flew a wet lease for Air -India Cargo for a while. Gets old fast.
LUX is okay. Good food and beer in that town.
The very worst..?
Hmm, Try La-Romana, held us hortage for a day
awaiting a $300.00 bribe. Armed guards circling the plane.
After we got out of there I prayed to the Maker that a big hurricane would wipe the place out. Sure enough, a week later the big one hit smack on.
There is a God.
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Men, this is no drill...
Also agree on India. Flew a wet lease for Air -India Cargo for a while. Gets old fast.
LUX is okay. Good food and beer in that town.
The very worst..?
Hmm, Try La-Romana, held us hortage for a day
awaiting a $300.00 bribe. Armed guards circling the plane.
After we got out of there I prayed to the Maker that a big hurricane would wipe the place out. Sure enough, a week later the big one hit smack on.
There is a God.
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Men, this is no drill...
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Tanger, Casablanca - constant delays.
N'Djamena - actually nobody interested in your aircraft.
Barcelona, Vigo, Vittoria - can not believe that it is european country
Sheremetyevo (Moscow) - we want this, that and other... Go (2 km walk each way, not by apron transport) and sign these papers. 16 hrs delay in January, -24C.
Southhampton (UK) - oh **** , we have no forklift with long forks!!! Hmmm, we have confirmed such forklift avail by SITA? 12 hrs delay.
Shannon with Servisair - we have no enough manpower. Wait for half an hour. Ooops. Wait again. And again. And again. 6 hrs delay.
Vagar (Faroe Islands) - final approach... Oh, **** .. The car parking behind my house is much bigger than this runway (4100ft)!!!
N'Djamena - actually nobody interested in your aircraft.
Barcelona, Vigo, Vittoria - can not believe that it is european country
Sheremetyevo (Moscow) - we want this, that and other... Go (2 km walk each way, not by apron transport) and sign these papers. 16 hrs delay in January, -24C.
Southhampton (UK) - oh **** , we have no forklift with long forks!!! Hmmm, we have confirmed such forklift avail by SITA? 12 hrs delay.
Shannon with Servisair - we have no enough manpower. Wait for half an hour. Ooops. Wait again. And again. And again. 6 hrs delay.
Vagar (Faroe Islands) - final approach... Oh, **** .. The car parking behind my house is much bigger than this runway (4100ft)!!!
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VIT - typical Spanish problem: handling is not interested in your aircraft. They are state-owned, they not agree to work outside working hours (even 1-1,5 hrs after end of their working time). Also they have "siesta" half a day. Actually they not worse than other Spanish airports.
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Who handles you C1? IB or DHL. Can only base on my experiences there (maybe 10 times); just offloading we're usually in & out in 75mins or so using IB. I always thought it was the only place in Spain that DID work!
Oh well, as long as I never have to go to BCN again!
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Oh well, as long as I never have to go to BCN again!
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