Ugh, economy… just terrible. The video below was from a Lufthansa flight and back in ‘98 I actually took Lufthansa to Frankfurt and it was actually one of the worst rides ever. The reason why I say that is due to the whole cabin filled with cigarette smoke and it felt like my nose was burning! Everyone in Germany smokes so it’s no surprise they allowed people to smoke on the flight. Then again I departed from Bangkok and smoking wouldn’t have been permitted if this were coming from or going to a US city. I’ll also admit that my trip to LA from Frankfurt on Lufthansa was a lot better… but that was due to the hot guy sitting next to me. >.< (I'm so shallow)
Actually wait... I take that back. The hot guy sitting next to me was during a flight from Hong Kong to SFO. Since I was only 15 and still new to the whole gay thing, and that it was a trip to SFO I immediately assumed the guy next to me was gay. So stupid!!! But hey the dude was also wearing this tight black shirt, so maybe he's gay. lol. As for the Lufthansa flight, I remember the guy wasn't next to me, but across the aisle from me. It was 1998 so I was only 16 and I was already trying to hit on the guy who was probably about 25+... he had was reading Wired and I asked if I could borrow it. Then I even followed when he got up to walk around the cabin. When we landed I asked if I could get his email address and he actually gave it. It turns out he's a web designer and was currently working in Denmark. He was straight.. oh well.
Ok I swear it's like I had bigger cojones back then. And now my life is completely devoid of anything gay related. What happened to me? Sheiße
BTW anyone still remember being asked if you wanted to be seated in the smoking or non-smoking section??
Oh and lastly, I was reading an article on Travel + Leisure today which talked about how the water they serve on planes isn’t that safe. Well the water they serve early in the flight is better since it’s bottled… but pretty soon they start taking water from the tanks which has been known to have some pretty dangerous bacteria. So insist on bottled water, and if that’s not available then request juice or cola the next time you fly!