NEVER,NEVER TRAVEL BY AIR-INDIA

Posted by: DR.S.SRINIVASAN. On 02 Jun 2010

I HAD BOOKED MY FLIGHT FROM CHENNAI-BOMBAY-CHICAGO.THE CHENNAI LEG WAS TO CONNECT BOMBAY-CHICAGO FLT AT 7AM.CHENNAI-BOMBAY FLT WAS DELAYED DUE TO DELAY IN INCOMING FLT.AS A SENIOR CITIZEN I WAS MADE TO LITERALLY RUN FROM ONE TERMINAL TO ANOTHER,OTHERWISE I WAS TOLD TO TAKE NEXT DAY'S FLIGHT.ANYWAY I MANAGED TO CONNECT THE INTERNATIONAL FLT AND HERE I MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE INT'L FLT.WAS DELAYED BY HALF-AN-HOUR.HOWEVER THE INTERESTING PART WAS WHILE RETURNING AFTER SPENDING SOME GOOD TIMES IN THE U.S.THE FLT FROM CHICAGO WHICH HAD JUST COME IN FROM INDIA HAD TO GET READY FOR THE RETURN IN ABT COUPLE OF HOURS,SO,NATURALLY I CAN UNDERSTAND THE COMMOTION.HAVING HAD A GOOD IN FLIGHT HOSPITALITY,HAVING REACHED THE UNEARTHLY HOUR AT 2AM I MISSED THE CONNECTING FLIGHT TO CHENNAI AND THERE WAS NO ONE AT THE AIRPORT COUNTER TO ADVISE ME ABT THE NEXT CONNECTION.I HAD TO RUN FROM PILLAR TO POST TO GET ANY ASSISTANCE,ALL IN VAIN.AT LAST AFTER A TEDIOUS WAIT OF 8HOURS WITH MY GRAND CHILD OF 1YR AT THE BOMBAY AIRPORT WE GOT IN TO A JET FLIGHT AND SOMEHOW REACHED CHENNAI.WHAT AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE IT WAS!!!!!!ALL BECAUSE THE CARRIER HAS TO MANAGE WITH LIMITED NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT.