Whether
it's sought or unexpectedly occurred, there are always new experiences
to discover. I took a quick trip to the UK recently to attend to some
personal matters, and since it's not exactly a pleasure trip and
involving a time factor, also a lady friend was going to UK the same
day I planned, I thought I would try the much heard about low cost
fares regularly offered by Ryan Air which she was taking, then I would
benefit with some company on the way. I can tell you now, it was indeed
an unique experience but, for me anyway, never to be repeated, not
ever, not if I had a choice.
First
thing you need to learn before you take one of these low cost flights
is to practice beforehand for a few days how to breathe or, more
precisely, how to hold your breath; then ... Better let me tell you
from the beginning:
I
discovered first of all, that the flight was so over-full that
passengers could only take turns to breathe, as they were tightly
packed into tiny seats similar to baby chairs that you had to
synchronize your exhaling breath. If all 3 of you in the same row of
seats exhaled at the same time, the row will explode.
I
might just as well flying all the way to UK by myself as, my lady
friend, after she went to the toilet not long after taking off, was
stuck behind a sales trolley jammed in the middle of the aisle on her
way back, when the flight attendant were busying selling all sorts of
products, there was no room at all for her to pass the trolley to
return to her seat, and the trolley, or rather the 'saleslady' would
not retreat the long path to let my friend pass and no amount of her
pleading made any difference. She never did return to her seat but
standing all the way behind the trolley until the plane was easing off
speed to land after an hour and a half!!
The plane, or the seating arrangement,
is designed for very small people with elasticised knees and a rubber
back. It's near impossible to come out of the trip; likely safe, but
definitely not sound.
If
you are considering flying with one of these low cost flights, be sure
you should always have the emergency phone number of a osteopath, or a
blacksmith.
