Up to this point, my six previous flights have been very reasonable. No sitting around at airports, emergency landings or sitting next to nutters (other than Tom and Rob lulz). However, things took a turn for the worst as me, Simon and Matt prepared to fly to Perth. After arriving at 6 am for a 7.50 am flight we were tucking into some breakfast when it was announced that our flight had been delayed around 2 hours. Groans of dissatisfaction echoed around the departure lounge. To combat the boredom of sitting in one of the lamest airports I’ve ever been to, we sat and watched football videos on the laptop. 2 hours isn’t a bad time to be delayed, especially if it means that the plane is getting fixed enough to guarantee that the engines will not fall out mid flight.
However, when an announcement about our flight started again on the tannoy, I already feared the worst. 6 HOUR DELAY. Queue a rush of people to the desk to complain/ask what could possibly cause a 6 hour delay.
Very tired, having gotten up at 5 am, me and the boys trudged up to the desk to collect our 12 dollar food vouchers (compensation for being made to wait, though unfortunately not to be used on alcohol), when we discovered that we were getting the value of our flight in credit to be used on a future Virgin Blue flight. YESSSS Virgin Blue. Not only do you have the best looking air stewardesses, you also compensate properly. So, for sitting in the airport eating and watching videos of Zinedine Zidane I was getting $250 towards my $299 flight to Townsville. BONZA.
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