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It may be cheaper to travel with some airlines but IT MAY NOT BE SAFER.. One can understand when it comes to services offered by such Airlines but can we really compromise safety? Sometimes, we have no other choices than to travel with such cheaper airlines �380 e.g. I had to be in Goa on 6th but all other airlines were fully booked until 9th june. My journey started from london LHR on 5th June 2004, o/b Aeroflot a strange type of Russian? aircraft Illysion? (as in Airbus/Boeng etc). Everything seems to be in Russian language even the leaflets/magazines in the seat pocket. When arrived in moscow,A/c stopped at its stand, all passengers left their seats with their handbags quequed up to disembark but the aircraft suddenly started moving backward and halted at a faraway distance from where all passengers were transported by coach. No anouncement was made to say 'all passengers should go back to their seats' . >From Moscow to Bombay, another different type of Aircraft named POCCNAR?. Up to 95% passengers were Indians. No Audio-video (No headsets) on all sectors. 4+7hrs No Safety demonstrations at all. Over the tannoy, they did read the instructions but didnt understand a word except the usual one '..pl refer safety cards located in the seat pockets infront of you' but there were none in whole of the aircraft. Every seat pocket had just one duty free sales magazine. When the flight was few second away from landing, we saw a kid around 9 years old standing in the aisle and trying to open the overhead locker but no crew members bothered to stop him (except us) they were so careless that it appeared as if they were rebelling or protesting againt something or some one. One could also see their different/rude atittude towards asians pax/sector. When it comes to inflight services, one could also see two levels of services offered. One (good) on European sector e.g. LHR-Moscow and the other (poor) on Indian sector. Red/White Wine & Beer served on European sector and just Wine on Indian Sector. Strictly one glass of wine or soft drink served that too about 3 qtr full. Disposable meals packs were with many items missing like salad bowl/deset/bread or butter. Seen many lights on (bell for attendant) but no body bothers to come to you (same treatment received from Alitalia too) and when some one asked why nobody comes, the answer was 'don't ring bell just for water, get up, go there and help your self' Their English/accent is very poor, when up to 95 pax are Indian, one asian crew member recommended on such sectors as in Lufthansa. I travelled with VS/BA/AI/QR/EK/GF/LH/AZ/SR/KW/AF/AMM/CKT/MON/MYT etc + Indian Domestic IA/9W but will never travel with SU again. thanks/joe ===== http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
