Originally Posted by
xsnaggle
I flew from doha to Bangkok with Qatar and the plane, a 777, was like a cattle truck. It was going on to Ho Chi Min with a supposedly quick stop in Bangkok.
Unfortunately someone took sick on the plane and there was no qualified person on board to help, so they said when we landed we would have to wait while a Doc came on board to treat her.
The plane on our stand left 20-30 minutes late then we had to wait for the doctor to see this woman then attendants to get a stretcher into the rear passenger cabin and get her out before anyone could disembark.
The plane was totally rammed, a lot of people changing to go on to go to India and Bangladesh. The poor passengers who were going on to Ho Chi Min weren't even earmarked to disembark so they were still sitting on the pane, waiting for the on coming passengers when we eventually got out into reasonably fresh (air-conditioned) air.
We actually got off the plane about 11/2 hour late. In the mean while 2 380s which should have been behind us had disembarked in front of us so there were over 1000 people in the queue for immigration in front of us. I got out to where I was supposed to be meeting someone about 3 hours after we landed.
It wasn't much better coming back.
As for the Dreamliner, I fly on it often to Baku and back with Azal. I agree it's a lovely aircraft. It flies higher and gets me where I want to go faster, and in more comfort. I's choose it every day given the choice.