Tuesday, July 24, 2007
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM), feel my wrath. My girlfriend was stuck on one of their planes last week for over 5 hours as they were looking into some technical difficulty prior to take-off. This was prior to an intercontinental flight, bringing the total time spent in the plane close to 20 hours. Today, my original KLM flight was delayed for almost 3 hours, causing me to miss my connecting Tokyo flight. In the end, I will be more than 10 hours delayed upon arrival to Tokyo, and to support me during this period, KLM offered me a voucher of 10 Euros, a phone card of 5 minutes, and 50 Euro off my next KLM ticket if I purchase a published fare (which you almost have to be an idiot to buy). No upgrades or apologies, just crap from their staff. Instead of having to fly Air France, with all the dirty French that have no idea what the soap in the bathroom is for, not to mention their stinky cheese - I begged on my knees to have them put me on Korean Air through Seoul. Unfortunately, the Seoul flight is full, and I will need to fly Air France with its dirty toilets, obnoxious air hosts, and depressing French movies.
I can still recall the first time I flew Air France, and James Bond was shown on the main screen. It was subtitled in English, and the sound was in Japanese and French. Ridiculous. However, since France traditionally has been one of Eurabia's strongest supporters of terrorist and corrupt states around the world, at least my flight should be safe from that perspective.
I have recently been reading Anthony Beevor's book "Stalingrad", and it is shocking to read about the 2 million lives lost in the battle between the two madmen Hitler and Stalin. Since it is a rather depressing tale, from a relative point of view, I guess I should feel satisfied about my own situation. However, Air France symbolises the epithomy of bad service among European Airlines, though they likely can not compete with their torturous and fat colleagues working for most American airlines. I am fairly certain it would have a very beneficial environmental impact if the airlines would fire all their overweight air hosts and hostesses. By only allowing thin and normal size individuals to work on airplanes, the fuel consumption would go down, and we would all be better off. Hey, perhaps this could even allow KLM to offer their passengers more than 10 lousy Euros when their flights are delayed by 10+ hours AND they have to suffer the misery that the French will inflict on any unfortunate passenger boarding an Air France flight.
I can still recall the first time I flew Air France, and James Bond was shown on the main screen. It was subtitled in English, and the sound was in Japanese and French. Ridiculous. However, since France traditionally has been one of Eurabia's strongest supporters of terrorist and corrupt states around the world, at least my flight should be safe from that perspective.
I have recently been reading Anthony Beevor's book "Stalingrad", and it is shocking to read about the 2 million lives lost in the battle between the two madmen Hitler and Stalin. Since it is a rather depressing tale, from a relative point of view, I guess I should feel satisfied about my own situation. However, Air France symbolises the epithomy of bad service among European Airlines, though they likely can not compete with their torturous and fat colleagues working for most American airlines. I am fairly certain it would have a very beneficial environmental impact if the airlines would fire all their overweight air hosts and hostesses. By only allowing thin and normal size individuals to work on airplanes, the fuel consumption would go down, and we would all be better off. Hey, perhaps this could even allow KLM to offer their passengers more than 10 lousy Euros when their flights are delayed by 10+ hours AND they have to suffer the misery that the French will inflict on any unfortunate passenger boarding an Air France flight.
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