Comments on: Stranded in snowing Schiphol http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200503/stranded-in-snowing-schiphol/ Where I torture reality till it confesses the truth Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:12:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Ravikiran http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200503/stranded-in-snowing-schiphol/#comment-1227 Ravikiran Tue, 15 Mar 2005 05:55:11 +0000 http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200503/stranded-in-snowing-schiphol/#comment-1227 Nitin, I was in Amsterdam on Friday, i.e 4th March. So I'm afraid you have only yourself to blame for the storm. I'll take credit for calming the place with my sage presence. Venky, I didn't have a visitor's visa, or I'd have definitely gone around the place. Anand, what I mentioned was just the worst of the experience. The plane was literally falling apart. The cabin lights would go off at random intervals. The doors of the overhead stowage bins would fall out during take-off and landing. They showed only one bad inflight movie during a nine hour trip (I have been spoilt by SA which gives a personal movie viewer even to economy class folks) The stewardesses were falling apart too. Pankaj, that's okay. I can read hindi you know :) Nitin, I was in Amsterdam on Friday, i.e 4th March. So I’m afraid you have only yourself to blame for the storm. I’ll take credit for calming the place with my sage presence.
Venky,
I didn’t have a visitor’s visa, or I’d have definitely gone around the place.

Anand, what I mentioned was just the worst of the experience. The plane was literally falling apart. The cabin lights would go off at random intervals. The doors of the overhead stowage bins would fall out during take-off and landing. They showed only one bad inflight movie during a nine hour trip (I have been spoilt by SA which gives a personal movie viewer even to economy class folks)
The stewardesses were falling apart too.

Pankaj, that’s okay. I can read hindi you know :)

]]> By: Pankaj Narula http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200503/stranded-in-snowing-schiphol/#comment-1212 Pankaj Narula Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200503/stranded-in-snowing-schiphol/#comment-1212 Ravi, You are not the only one. Here is my sordid tale with China Easter Airlines http://hindi.pnarula.com/haanbhai/archives/2004/07/07/china-eastern-airlines/ Pankaj PS:Afraid it is in Hindi :D Ravi,

You are not the only one. Here is my sordid tale with China Easter Airlines

http://hindi.pnarula.com/haanbhai/archives/2004/07/07/china-eastern-airlines/

Pankaj
PS:Afraid it is in Hindi :D

]]> By: Nitin http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200503/stranded-in-snowing-schiphol/#comment-1213 Nitin Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200503/stranded-in-snowing-schiphol/#comment-1213 Ravikiran, When was this? I spent 2 hrs in the departure lounge and 5 hours in a plane in Schiphol last week (Wed). I'd like to think that the weather conditions came about because our paths crossed :-) Ravikiran,

When was this? I spent 2 hrs in the departure lounge and 5 hours in a plane in Schiphol last week (Wed).

I’d like to think that the weather conditions came about because our paths crossed :-)

]]> By: Sandeep http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200503/stranded-in-snowing-schiphol/#comment-1214 Sandeep Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200503/stranded-in-snowing-schiphol/#comment-1214 And I thought you had disappeared for good. Welcome back :) And I thought you had disappeared for good. Welcome back :)

]]> By: S Anand http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200503/stranded-in-snowing-schiphol/#comment-1215 S Anand Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200503/stranded-in-snowing-schiphol/#comment-1215 Interesting. I had a similar experience in 1997. KLM, flying to Boston via Schipol. Too much fog, so the flight landed at Cologne instead, and left us behind. We were stranded for 8 hours (no food), huddled into a bus (open, freezing), and thrust into Schipol. No flight for a day. Had to find a place to stay ourselves. Quite a nightmare. Guess they haven't improved! Interesting. I had a similar experience in 1997. KLM, flying to Boston via Schipol. Too much fog, so the flight landed at Cologne instead, and left us behind. We were stranded for 8 hours (no food), huddled into a bus (open, freezing), and thrust into Schipol. No flight for a day. Had to find a place to stay ourselves. Quite a nightmare.

Guess they haven’t improved!

]]> By: Venky Krishnamoorthy http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200503/stranded-in-snowing-schiphol/#comment-1216 Venky Krishnamoorthy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200503/stranded-in-snowing-schiphol/#comment-1216 Did you take the visitor's visa and go around Amsterdam? That would have been fun. --- Did you take the visitor’s visa and go around Amsterdam? That would have been fun.

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