Ian said:

Michael V said:

Ian said:

:)

I’ve flown Garuda once. I nearly died.

How did that happen?

Flight from Denpasar to Jakarta.

First, extended delay watching ground crew load the plane… rusty old cargo bay door stuck.. fix by bashing with forklift.

Eventually got airborne straight into huge thunderstorm.. only got wilder as the plane seemed to be struggling to gain altitude. Then quick descent into Jakarta.. plane bounced around all the landing gear a few times. Plane pulls up and all the passengers applaud.

Not a great experience.

I had a dodgy flight from Armidale to Sydney via Tamworth. As we were coming in to land at Tamworth, the landing gear was dropped. I observed a big spurt of hydraulic fluid.

After landing, I had a conversation with the stewardess to report it. She told me there was nothing at all wrong with the aeroplane, and I should go back to my seat. I informed her that I would be terminating my flight at Tamworth if she didn’t arrange for someone to inspect the landing gear. Eventually a repair crew came out and replaced the split hydraulic hose, and the flight continued uneventfully but late to Sydney.

I was livid that she really didn’t want to kick my report upstairs and that I had to insist and insist again to get someone to check my observation.