Comments on: What I hate most about flying http://priscimon.com/blog/2008/02/09/what-i-hate-most-about-flying/ Blogs killed the e-mail star. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:43:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Patrick Ng http://priscimon.com/blog/2008/02/09/what-i-hate-most-about-flying/comment-page-1/#comment-166053 Patrick Ng Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:33:30 +0000 http://priscimon.com/blog/2008/02/09/what-i-hate-most-about-flying/#comment-166053 Eddy: At least you were not stuck in Mauritius. I was, and it was such a pain in the butt because I had to constantly call the airline company (Air Mauritius in my case) to know when I would be leaving. I was scheduled to leave at 21:00 initially. Then it was changed to 01:00 the next day. However, I did not leave until 06:00. There was some (maybe a lot) lack of good planning at the airport. Because of the cyclone, I had to take two more vacation days :-( On one side, I got to spend more time with my family, but on the other hand the level of stress was not what I wanted. I have some similar shots of London, though not too many. I like landing so much that I actually shot a short clip of "Le Flamboyant" landing at Heathrow where you can also see the reverse thrust on the engines :-) Eddy: At least you were not stuck in Mauritius. I was, and it was such a pain in the butt because I had to constantly call the airline company (Air Mauritius in my case) to know when I would be leaving. I was scheduled to leave at 21:00 initially. Then it was changed to 01:00 the next day. However, I did not leave until 06:00. There was some (maybe a lot) lack of good planning at the airport. Because of the cyclone, I had to take two more vacation days :-( On one side, I got to spend more time with my family, but on the other hand the level of stress was not what I wanted.

I have some similar shots of London, though not too many. I like landing so much that I actually shot a short clip of “Le Flamboyant” landing at Heathrow where you can also see the reverse thrust on the engines :-)

]]> By: Eddy http://priscimon.com/blog/2008/02/09/what-i-hate-most-about-flying/comment-page-1/#comment-165912 Eddy Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:26:55 +0000 http://priscimon.com/blog/2008/02/09/what-i-hate-most-about-flying/#comment-165912 Patrick-- Cyclone Gula was threatening when I was there. The way the cyclone bulletins were issued caused a controversy. At 0800 on Thursday 31 Jan, a Class 3 cyclone warning was issued and the public told to expect a Class 4 warning in the afternoon. Then, at 0830, all warnings were removed. This was a major inconvenience that many attributed to a lack of professionalism. Stephane-- Unfortunately, I didn't have the camera and missed some nice shots of the Alps and London by night. Patrick– Cyclone Gula was threatening when I was there. The way the cyclone bulletins were issued caused a controversy. At 0800 on Thursday 31 Jan, a Class 3 cyclone warning was issued and the public told to expect a Class 4 warning in the afternoon. Then, at 0830, all warnings were removed. This was a major inconvenience that many attributed to a lack of professionalism.

Stephane– Unfortunately, I didn’t have the camera and missed some nice shots of the Alps and London by night.

]]> By: S http://priscimon.com/blog/2008/02/09/what-i-hate-most-about-flying/comment-page-1/#comment-165846 S Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:47:27 +0000 http://priscimon.com/blog/2008/02/09/what-i-hate-most-about-flying/#comment-165846 You could have taken this shot when landing in Heathrow :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/morisien/1050679531/ You could have taken this shot when landing in Heathrow :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/morisien/1050679531/

]]> By: Patrick Ng http://priscimon.com/blog/2008/02/09/what-i-hate-most-about-flying/comment-page-1/#comment-165837 Patrick Ng Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:07:41 +0000 http://priscimon.com/blog/2008/02/09/what-i-hate-most-about-flying/#comment-165837 Landing (not in bad weather) is my favourite part of flying. I don't know if your experience was as bad as Sheron's first London-Toronto trip. Someone was farting on a regular basis. It was so bad, that we had to find some other seats :-) I'm glad you got to do what you wanted to do. And if I have been to Mauritius for Chinese New Year a few times since moving to Canada, I never managed to do some scuba diving until last year. I even got to experience a cyclone :-) Landing (not in bad weather) is my favourite part of flying. I don’t know if your experience was as bad as Sheron’s first London-Toronto trip. Someone was farting on a regular basis. It was so bad, that we had to find some other seats :-)

I’m glad you got to do what you wanted to do. And if I have been to Mauritius for Chinese New Year a few times since moving to Canada, I never managed to do some scuba diving until last year.

I even got to experience a cyclone :-)

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