Was supposed to do a 4 sectors Kuala Lumpur which means I'm off to Kuala Lumpur twice a day. After we landed in KLIA, we did our cleaning as usual, well for our airline, Kuala Lumpur is the only station we dont have any cleaners with and we gotta do our own cleaning. Yes, it sucks, but not that hard of a job since KL is just a short trip and not much of a mess that passengers can do, well except for the part where newspapers are everywhere especially if it's a full flight.
So we're done with all the cabin stuffs and we're ready to rock the sky. Passengers are all on board and blablabla, Captain said something's wrong with the aircraft which will only lead to few stuffs. Delay, complaints and... more complaints. One of the main reason why we'll get tonnes of complaints, cause we are carrying business people that's why! And as expected, complaints. "I have a meeting to catch up with", "I have a transit flight", etc.
One even pressed the call bell, I attended it and asked, "Anything Sir?", Him: "What are we waiting for? How long more will this take?", and I replied "There's some technical problem with the aircraft sir, Captain is trying to figure it out with the engineer, I believe it'll take around 15-20 minutes :)"
Announcement was made loud and clear by the captain earlier. I wonder where they kept their ears? :)
Sorry Dear Mister and Misses. We never wanted any delay as well cause we miss our beds. Blame fate for your bad luck. Not us.
So half an hour passed, few passengers were moved to another flight one by one, two by two, and soon, the whole aircraft is empty and left only crew behind. Sighs of relieves. And here we go again with the cleaning =.=
So what actually happened was, 2 of our wheels need to be changed, because one had 0 pressure and the other one was affected by it. I didnt really understand, and dont even know whether I got it right, but the point is, we gotta change 2 wheels, and there's only 1 spare wheel in KL. Guess what, the other wheel has to be sent over from Singapore. One wheel takes half an hour to be removed and all. 2 wheels = 1 hour = more delay.
Sooo we landed in KLIA at 5.25pm, another aircraft of ours landed around 9.25, taking some of our angry passengers back to where they're supposed to be and took off without us while we looked out of the window at em. All those waiting really wasted our time, our day, our allowances. Longest KL flight ever. All of us landed in Singapore at 12.30am, and I myself have to wake up in the afternoon and off to Cambodia.
That was so far, my longest delay in aviation world. Not looking forward to a longer one.
Isnt it sweet when your husband tells you "I love you" during labour? - Taken from one of the scene in "Fringe"
