What is your worst flight experience?

[brtspears2]

All flights on Southwest. Everyone is a bin hog. Everyone pushes and shoves, even in group A boarding when you are assured you will find a good seat.

 

[myusername]

Originally posted by: inhotep
So far, no one have posted any "close calls" like really bumpy flights, scary flights, etc.

Flew AA into RDU at night one time years ago. RDU has some wicked crosswind, and I felt the craft yaw on approach before the pilot gave it more throttle. Very puckery feel. Amusingly, the rest of the passengers, who would have gotten upset about some turbulence along a much safer axis didn't seem to notice. I think the telling thing was that the pilot kept the cockpit door closed during debarkation (and this was well before 9/11).

 

[Malfeas]

Flying to seattle from Oklahoma city: 1st plane late due to mechanical problems. I get transferred to another flight, everyone else on flight gets bumped up to 1st class except me( very small plane originally) I get coach and have to wait 3 hours for that flight to leave. This flight turns out to be overbooked, I get bumped again to the next flight to denver. I wait another two hours, then get on plane to denver.

2nd plane: The next flight from denver to seattle leaves in 45 minutes, which is good. Unfortunately, this plane is also overbooked. Again I get bumped to the next flight, another hour of waiting. Time comes to board the 2nd flight in denver, it is overbooked, I get bumped again, but only have to wait 35 minutes for the next flight. 35 minutes later I board the plane, we taxi out to runway, when a lightning storm stops all flights from denver. I spend the next two hours crammed into my seat in coach(I'm 6'4"), sweating on the runway, there is no AC when the plane isn't flying. Finally the weather clears, we take off and 2 hours later I am in the air over seattle. Then we taxi in the air for 45 minutes waiting our turn to land.

 

[Whitecloak]

any 24 hours flight sucks.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

Logan to McCarren. 4 hours next to a fat slob of a women who overflowed from her seat. she was in the middle, i was in the aisle. plane was a good 80* . i spent the whole flight with my arms and head on the tray table waiting for it to end.

way to go america west! next time i'm going to try jet blue

 

[Stretchman]

Probably Southwest for most flights. But United, gah! They're stewardessess are so old and nasty! They practically throw your in-flight food at you.