Bestpilot From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 100 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (6 years 11 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 3194 times:
The worst layover depends on a lot of things besides location: the length of the layover, the weather, whether your crew is all slam-clickers or all party animals, etc.
Sometimes a layover means 8 hours in Des Moines during a blizzerd and sometimes it means two sunny days in Rio. That's the spectrum.
Bofredrik From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (6 years 11 months 6 days ago) and read 2980 times:
Quoting Bestpilot (Reply 5): Sometimes a layover means 8 hours in Des Moines during a blizzerd and sometimes it means two sunny days in Rio. That's the spectrum.
OK, but some places must be boring despite the weather etc.
And maybe Des Moines, Helsinki or Tokyo could be one of them...
Monkeyboi From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2004, 457 posts, RR: 3 Reply 9, posted (6 years 11 months 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 2788 times:
5 day Lagos on 767.
I have to admit I was very happy when I read on another thread that BA has had to suspend it's 3 x weekly 767 flight which operates in addition to the daily 747 flight.
No more 5 day Lagos HOORAH! A 24 hour stop is bearable.
Wish the 5 day NBO would follow suit!
I don't wish to cause any offence to anyone from these countries. It's just that spending 5 days somewhere where our movements are restricted (can only leave the hotel in groups etc etc) makes it for a boring trip.
Just did my first 5 day NAS as well which I was really looking forward to. What a disappointment. Left London at the start of it's 'mini heatwave' and arrived in NAS where it was raining or cloudy the whole time I was there.
On the flipside I tend to enjoy some destinations which most would think are not nice. TLV trips are wicked. Love BOM as well. ORD and YYZ also up there.
TwoLz2Rn From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 429 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (6 years 11 months 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2633 times:
at least for the women i would think Saudi Arabia would be the worst...does SQ still fly to JED? what a horrible thing those Singapore girls would have to cover up!
FURUREFA From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 762 posts, RR: 2 Reply 16, posted (6 years 11 months 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 2609 times:
For the Eagle/Executive F/As in SJU, its suppossed to be AXA.
SW733 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 6072 posts, RR: 10 Reply 17, posted (6 years 11 months 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 2581 times:
Quoting Ryanair737 (Reply 11): Never knew Nairobi was that risky anymore?
I've never felt unsafe in NBO, and I've been there several times in several different years. While it's definitely not the safest, most secure city in the world, it's not that bad. It's a fun place.
Aeroflot777 From Russia, joined Mar 2004, 2957 posts, RR: 30 Reply 18, posted (6 years 11 months 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 2551 times:
Aeroflot has a weekly flight to the Maldives. But because of crew time restrictions, the crew cannot fly back the same flight. So Aeroflot just leaves the crew in the Maldives for a week. And after a week, the same crew flies back with the passengers they transported to the Maldives a week earlier. Except now, the crew is also nice and suntanned!
I hear its a really popular flight amongst Aeroflot crew. And its a strong competition to serve that flight. But a FA cannot serve the flight again for a long period of time after returning back to SVO base, in order to give other FAs a much deserved vacation.
Burnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 7411 posts, RR: 9 Reply 19, posted (6 years 11 months 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 2535 times:
Quoting Jobalas (Reply 10): For me it's 30h DTW, LOS and PHC
At least you get to fly into a nice airport, but it sounds like they don't put you downtown or anything.
For NW crews, the top rated worst layover city from what I have heard is Fairbanks, Alaska (FAI)
"Some People Just Know How To Fly"- Best slogan ever, RIP NW 1926-2009
LO231 From Belgium, joined Sep 2004, 2299 posts, RR: 25 Reply 20, posted (6 years 11 months 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 2483 times:
Quoting Aeroflot777 (Reply 18): Aeroflot has a weekly flight to the Maldives. But because of crew time restrictions, the crew cannot fly back the same flight. So Aeroflot just leaves the crew in the Maldives for a week. And after a week, the same crew flies back with the passengers they transported to the Maldives a week earlier. Except now, the crew is also nice and suntanned!
I hear its a really popular flight amongst Aeroflot crew. And its a strong competition to serve that flight. But a FA cannot serve the flight again for a long period of time after returning back to SVO base, in order to give other FAs a much deserved vacation.
I think you misunderstood the question. It was "what's the worst" not what's a dream stopover...
Regards,
LO231
Got both LO 788 frames already, next SN BRU-VCE-BRU
UpperDeck79 From Finland, joined Feb 2005, 1139 posts, RR: 2 Reply 22, posted (6 years 11 months 3 days ago) and read 2362 times:
Quoting Nzrich (Reply 8): Personally i hated NRT stop overs...
Hated being stuck out in the middle of no where ...
It's a 60-minute train ride to the center of Tokyo, how lazy are you...?
Quoting Bofredrik (Reply 6): OK, but some places must be boring despite the weather etc.
And maybe Des Moines, Helsinki or Tokyo could be one of them...
You being a Swede, I can understand some envy ( ) towards HEL, but Tokyo can never be boring IMHO...
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