Yup. I know that all too well. I actually enjoyed the bunkroom as it had all the amenities of home despite being a little cramped, and when the cabin crew ducked in to get a break they usually brought me food and drinks, too.
-D > On Feb 26, 2019, at 10:19 AM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Broken seats are not all that uncommon and they MUST reseat you no matter > how trivial the flaw may seem. > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 6:10 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > I was flying business class to Amsterdam on KLM, a regular gig when we went > to the Middle East or Africa, as KLM and El Al were the only airlines we were > allowed to fly for security reasons. Anyway, I’m on the upper deck of a > 747-400 and my seat back breaks before we take off. We’ve already pushed back > and are taxiing, so I alert the cabin crew to my predicament and they’re all > worked up, trying to figure out where they’re going to seat me in an aircraft > that is full. I told them I wasn’t going to coach (I was hoping for a first > class bump!) They got on the intercom and conferred for a minute, then a crew > member came and got me and took me into the crew’s bunkroom. Since it was a > flight to Europe there was only one crew on board, meaning the crew’s > bunkroom wasn’t being used. > > So I got to fly to Amsterdam in a really nice private, albeit cramped, room. > Nice bed and small reclining chair to sit in. > > -D _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
