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| - Two stars, Air Canada. And really - those two stars are reserved for the ONE flight attendant on my return flight from Athens, GR that understood my need for more than one bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon was NOT to get belligerently drunk and start an onboard riot - but merely to help me knock out to better endure the 11 PLUS hours necessary to cross the Atlantic.
I mean, really - you would think for the amount of "fees" and "taxes" associated with a flight there wouldn't be an issue to hand me two bottles of red. After all, this ain't no Cesna, lady. It's a full flight. Onna a Boeing 767, nonetheless, that seats over 200.
Your apt reply "Oh noes, I'm not allowed to do that's..."
The AC attendants on the way to Athens had no issue with it, whatsoever.
Nor did it pose an issue when I flew Air France last year to Paris. (Note to self: do NOT confuse Air France with Air Canada. For shame! Even the French spoken is different!)
I blinked, somewhat stunned trying to understand your desire to police my beverage intake. I wasn't asking for a case, dear madam. I simply want to sleep and one bottle of red ain't gonna do it... neither will spacing out my one drink minimum over the hour and a half it takes for you to serve 100 other people on your side of the plane.
Sigh.
Thank youse abound, though, to the one flight attendant that heard my inner cry. He handed me another bottle of red when the flight police wasn't looking and gave me a wink. There is salvation in the airborne heavens, after all.
Other reasons which lead me to never choose to fly Air Canada again are having to pay for food OF ANY KIND during a 2+ hour flight. My flight from LAX to Montreal was 5+ hours and the only way to even get a snack was to whip out the plastic and pay. Geez. I know times are tough, but gouging me $13 for a crappy sandwich and a thimble of vodka isn't going to make strides for you economically.
Or is it?
Of course once you board in Canada to travel abroad you get a meal.
At least that's what Air Canada calls it. Or more directly - they call it "chicken or beef."
"Would you like chicken or beef? Chicken or beef? Chicken or beef?" resonating down the aisle.
I appreciated hearing that almost as much as - "Headset? . . . Headset?. . . Headset? . . . Headset?. . . Headset? . . . Headset?. . . Headset? . . . Headset?. . . Headset? . . . Headset?. . . Headset? . . . Headset?. . . Headset? . . . Headset?"
Ok, actually the 'headset' thing made me giggle a little. Imagine - a very monotone, discontented voice repetitiously inquiring.
And speaking of headsets!... Air Canada, your EnRoute website for onboard movies and entertainment is a complete lie. Lie. Lie. LIE, Air Canada. For shame!
I was sooo looking forward to watching 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' on my personal Inflight monitor, impressed that you finally took the leap into the new century but syke! There were no personal inflight monitors. Just the crappy old school middle of the aisle, so far away you can't see a thing, not like it matters, omg - are they showing Tom Hanks 'BIG'??? One screen. 200 people. 12 hours?! Sigh.
Another bottle of red, please.
I just might insight a riot.
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