Stinko flight

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"mrtravel" wrote in message news:qox9g.86570

If it bothers you that much, take another flight
If it is bothering others and they complain, the offending person will
be removed. If it only bothers you, then maybe you're the problem


In this case, it was bothering a LOT of us. We were exposed to this group
of stinkers after going through the security checkin in AMS. People moved
away from the 'group', tears came to eyes, etc, but the flight was boarding
and
nobody wanted to make a scene.

See, then you have only yourselves to blame.
What scene are you referring to. You simply go up to gate agent or FA
and tell them, and have the other people do the same.

I remember last year when I flew back from San Francisco to Keflavik Iceland on an Icelandair flight. Some American
young man came to sit next to me with an odour that was more dead than alive.

And the flight was going to last for about 7,5 hours so I thought that I was in for "a real treat" here. But then I
opened up more the air switch on panel above your seat, underneaththe overhead lockers, and to my amazement the smell
soon disappeared and I had no more bother with it. The problem was soon solved well before take-off.

So that could be an option too.



On Sat, 13 May 2006 22:06:15 GMT, wrote:

The global carriers need to enact a rule that people who arrive at a flight
with unacceptable personal hygiene will not be allowed to board unless and
until
they clean up their act.

I understand that people who are on long connecting flights cannot be as
pristine as daisies, but -DAMN- some of these people bring tears to your
eyes,
and I dont believe it is anything but cultural nastiness.

I suspect that you all, who have made long international flights, have been
'offended' by this sort of passenger before.

Cant something be done??

Charles J. van Doornewaard wrote:


And the flight was going to last for about 7,5 hours so I thought that I was in for "a real treat" here. But then I
opened up more the air switch on panel above your seat, underneaththe overhead lockers, and to my amazement the smell
soon disappeared and I had no more bother with it. The problem was soon solved well before take-off.

So that could be an option too.


I boarded a plane once that smelled as though the carpet had been
shampooed with urine. The flight hung around the runway for over an
hour, waiting for clearance to take off, and it was a warm day.
Surprisingly, as soon as they started the engines and turned on the
aircon, the smell pretty much disappeared.

Rupa Bose
www.rupabose.org

Maxx wrote:
wrote:
The global carriers need to enact a rule that people who arrive at a flight
with unacceptable personal hygiene will not be allowed to board unless and
until
they clean up their act.

I understand that people who are on long connecting flights cannot be as
pristine as daisies, but -DAMN- some of these people bring tears to your
eyes,
and I dont believe it is anything but cultural nastiness.

I suspect that you all, who have made long international flights, have been
'offended' by this sort of passenger before.

Cant something be done??

Bring it to the attention of the FA & request to be reseated.
Something should be done. I believe the smelly one will be ejected if
it is brought to the attention of the crew. If nothing is said,
nothing will be done.

Reseating is likely not an option these days. Most of the flights are
full.

"yaofeng" wrote in message
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Maxx wrote:
wrote:
The global carriers need to enact a rule that people who arrive at a
flight
with unacceptable personal hygiene will not be allowed to board unless
and
until
they clean up their act.

I understand that people who are on long connecting flights cannot be
as
pristine as daisies, but -DAMN- some of these people bring tears to
your
eyes,
and I dont believe it is anything but cultural nastiness.

I suspect that you all, who have made long international flights, have
been
'offended' by this sort of passenger before.

Cant something be done??

Bring it to the attention of the FA & request to be reseated.
Something should be done. I believe the smelly one will be ejected if
it is brought to the attention of the crew. If nothing is said,
nothing will be done.

Reseating is likely not an option these days. Most of the flights are
full.

And I do hope that whoever gets ejected is provided with a parachute.

JohnT

yaofeng wrote:
Maxx wrote:
wrote:
The global carriers need to enact a rule that people who arrive at a flight
with unacceptable personal hygiene will not be allowed to board unless and
until
they clean up their act.

I understand that people who are on long connecting flights cannot be as
pristine as daisies, but -DAMN- some of these people bring tears to your
eyes,
and I dont believe it is anything but cultural nastiness.

I suspect that you all, who have made long international flights, have been
'offended' by this sort of passenger before.

Cant something be done??

Bring it to the attention of the FA & request to be reseated.
Something should be done. I believe the smelly one will be ejected if
it is brought to the attention of the crew. If nothing is said,
nothing will be done.

Reseating is likely not an option these days. Most of the flights are
full.

Full flight or not. If a person smells bad enough that I can't stand
it, I'll make enough noise that something will be done. If they choose
to eject me, thats all right too.