Flight VS 601 from London Heathrow to Johannesburg did not crash today. But it may just as well have.

This was not my first flight as the headline may suggest. I am not a Virgin flyer, but wow it felt like my first time: Clumsy, delayed, quick to bite me in the ass and a little bit painful to say the least!!!

My flight back to South Africa today was possibly the worst flying experience of my entire life. I think i will go so far as to say that not even Olympic Airways was this bad.

To List a few issues nice and quickly so that no one is bored by yet another painful airline rant.

• The Plane was delayed by an hour due to a staff member being late.
• The meal (dinner) was served at close to 23:30. not all at once, but the left side of the plane followed by the right and occasionally some passengers in between (i love watching other people eat).
• The in-flight entertainment system worked for me, but not for others. They then shut it down for about 2 hours. Mine then didnt work and everyone elses did. Nice.
• I asked the flight attendants three times for a pen, i didnt get one.
• The flight was BOILING, the first flight of my life i planned for aircon (thick jacket etc) and there was none.
• they overbooked the flight. EVERY SEAT WAS TAKEN!!!

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