Things You Never Knew...

(something I wrote halfway through the holidays, but never got round to publishing. I guess with the whole AdamAir debacle it's not so funny anymore though. Hohum.)

On Tiger Airways, the passenger safety information card says ISSUE 3 right on top. Except the contents are your regular what-to-do-in-case-of-emergency kind of thing. So what was in issue 1 and 2? And did the safety information change, or was it just updated with spelling, grammar, etc?

What on earth do pilots mean when they say "flight attendants cross check?" I hear it on every single flight I take. According to Sandra, it just means check that the doors are closed. Which seems to be an extremely duh thing to ask. You'd think that they'd close all the doors automatically.

The motto of the new Budget Terminal at Changi is "Enjoy the difference". Uh, excuse me for being slow, but what is the difference we are meant to enjoy exactly? hello! [ed - Eileen is bored] I mean, I enjoy the fact that my fares are a fraction of the full price, but what else is there to enjoy? Having to walk to the plane instead of using the jetway? Or sitting in cheap canteen-style plastic chairs instead of plush comfy ones? Maybe the lack of air-conditioning at the gates? I'm lost.

Ok, so your budget air ticket doesn't include food. Fair enough. Nor peanuts. I don't like them very much anyway. But apparently, just because you don't get airplane food, you can't eat any outside food either. If you do try, the stewardess will kindly inform you to put your food away, "for the comfort of other passengers." What comfort? Is it cause the aroma of my mushroom swiss double is too much for the other passengers to take and if I continue to eat I will incite a riot of hungry passengers?

Ok, I took out the more sensitive ones so it's still sorta-kinda funny. Enjoy.