Wednesday 26 November 2008

Bangkok

This was a trip i picked up after being on standby , we flew out to Bangkok and had 48 hours there and then flew to Sydney for 36 hours then, supposedly, back to Bangkok, however, two hours before landing into Bangkok we were informed we were diverting to Singapore as there had been riots in, and around the airport which deemed it completely unsafe for us and our passengers.
After landing in Singapore the Qantas flight to London had been held back and our First and Business class passengers were immediately transferred to that flight, the World Traveller ( economy) and World Traveller Plus ( just a little better than economy) were de-planed and taxied to a range of hotels in Singapore.
We went to our normal hotel, our flight crew had 12 hours rest and flew the 747 home empty, we have to have 2 nights as our industrial agreement states,then we are positioning as passengers back home to London.
We usually get Business class when we are on duty travel but as these are extreme circumstances it think things may not pan out that way and i could be chewing my kneecaps for 13 hours.
I will post the outcome of this flight once i get back to good old blighty!!

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