CruzinAltitude From United States of America, joined May 2004, 415 posts, RR: 1 Posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 3666 times:
This Thread . . .Wow. Don't Think I Would Fly On This , made me think about the couple of times I have walked into the gate area, walked straight to the window to check out the aircraft (as I always do before I sit down), and thought, "D@mn, that thing looks like crap! I hope the maintenance is better than the paint!"
I know eveyone on here has had this happen at least once in their travels. Lets get some pics on here of aircraft that would make you think the same thing.
Here are some examples of what I'm thinking of. . .
BAViscount From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2004, 2338 posts, RR: 4 Reply 1, posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 3571 times:
Not sure if this is what you were looking for, but here goes anyway.
I don't have the reg, so I can't post a pic, but I shall never forget arriving at the gate at LHR back in 1989 or so and seeing the Air India B742 that would be flying me, my mother and my cousin to JFK on the transatlantic leg of a trip to visit family in North Carolina. The thing was a mess - paint peeling all over the place, and what looked like numerous patches on the wings. It didn't help that it was parked next to an immaculate Qantas 747 that looked like it was making its first ever flight that day. This also happened to be the first time that the cousin I was travelling with had ever flown, so I was keen to keep her away from the window so that she didn't see what she was getting herself into!
Had I been travelling alone, I may well have considered turning round and going home, but I didn't, and we boarded the plane only to find that the inside wasn't too confidence-inspiring either! Granted, our flight was a continuation of a flight from India (Delhi I think), but it looked like it hadn't been cleaned for a week. Anyway, we made it into the air (with my cousin close to tears and shaking like a leaf and my mum wondering how I had managed to persuade her to fly AI..."It was cheap" I kept saying!) and they started the IFE. However, we then found that the audio channels on our bank of seats weren't working, so no sound for us. Later on came a trip to the 'little boys room' - well, I like to paddle, but in the sea, not in other people's bodily fluids, although some may argue that it's the same thing!! I was so glad when we "touched the ground at JFK" (and it wasn't even a "cold and wet December day")!!
I don't mean to bash AI in any way, I've read some good things about them lately (and I did experience them in 1989), but this was the only time in all the years I've flown that I've seriously considered not boarding an aircraft because of how it looked.
[Edited 2005-10-11 22:16:05]
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Lobster From Germany, joined Oct 2008, 49 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 3433 times:
Any NW DC-10. Been there, done that, found better a/c to fly on. I happen to think on an 8 hour flight, IFE means something. Not just one big screen that you can barely see. The last time I flew NW, the audio kept cutting in and out. The F/O came back and tried to figure something out. Didn't work. Never again, modern a/c or nothing.
Bcngro From Andorra, joined Oct 2004, 584 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 3415 times:
Quoting BAViscount (Reply 1): with my cousin close to tears and shaking like a leaf and my mum wondering how I had managed to persuade her to fly AI..."It was cheap" I kept saying!
Lol! Was the flight back to LHR on AI too?
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CruzinAltitude From United States of America, joined May 2004, 415 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 3393 times:
Quoting BAViscount (Reply 1): Not sure if this is what you were looking for, but here goes anyway.
That was exactly what I was looking for. Chances are nothing was wrong with the aircrafts ability to fly, but when an aircraft looks like crap it makes you wonder!
TUNisia From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 1834 posts, RR: 5 Reply 11, posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 3362 times:
There really isn't a passenger aircraft that i would not fly on, unless it was obviously run by a cheap and cost-cutting carrier who puts profits over safety. Thankfully there aren't too many airlines like that.
I wish there were still 727s and L1011s flying
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Nonfirm From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 434 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 3346 times:
57AZ From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 2550 posts, RR: 2 Reply 15, posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 3234 times:
Comet I-metal fatigue and design did it in
Any aircraft flown by small airlines based in CIS, Asia or Africa
A380-with any new aircraft, the learning curve will be steep the first few years. Better to wait and let others experiance or pay for the learning experiances.
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BAViscount From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2004, 2338 posts, RR: 4 Reply 17, posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 3183 times:
Quoting Bcngro (Reply 8): Quoting BAViscount (Reply 1):
with my cousin close to tears and shaking like a leaf and my mum wondering how I had managed to persuade her to fly AI..."It was cheap" I kept saying!
Lol! Was the flight back to LHR on AI too?
Indeed it was, but luckily it was a night flight and dark outside when we got to the gate at JFK, so we couldn't see what kind of state the aircraft was in! But, of course, it did get us home safely otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here typing this!
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CruzinAltitude From United States of America, joined May 2004, 415 posts, RR: 1 Reply 21, posted (7 years 7 months 18 hours ago) and read 2979 times:
Quoting Diesel1 (Reply 19): Here's a couple that don't look too good from the outside...
Those are PERFECT examples of what I'm talking about. If I was a passenger walking across the tarmac and realized that one of those was the aircraft I was going to get in, I would be very, VERY uncomfortable.
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