When flying Cebu Pacific Air, stay the hell away from seat numbers 10 and 11. Why? These are the exit seats. They will give you a hard time for sitting there. They won't allow you to keep your handbag on your lap or the bottom of the seat. They force you to read the instructions on the cards on how to open the exit doors. Okay, "force" is too harsh a word but I kinda felt like I was being forced to do it.
Also, when I came on board, I was immediately asked to put my bag in the compartment. I asked the flight attendant why. I was told that I would be sitting on the exit seats. Period. She didn't explain. If I were a dumber person, I'd ask, "So?!!!" Well, she was lucky. I understood fast.
So before I put my bag in, I took out my laptop. I went and slumped into the window seat with my seatbelt on and all. I took my macbook out of the sleeve. I didn't turn it on because I'm pretty sure they'll ask me to turn it off during takeoff. A little while before takeoff, another flight attendant came to me and told me to put my laptop in the overhead compartment and said I could get it back once we were airborne.
Okay. That's fucking fine with me. I understand regulations and all that shit. Why wasn't I told that when I took the damn laptop out of the bag? It would have saved some effort there. Are these people sure that they know what the hell they're doing? Okay whatever.
Now I'm airborne and took my laptop out of the bag to write this. No problem so far. A comment though. I know we're supposed to turn off all electronic devices during takeoff. Then why does my phone, along with a million others, have an airplane mode? What the hell is that for? I thought the reason they didn't want phones turned on is because it gives off some electronic signals that'll fuck up their equipment. Hasn't technology gone a long way since those days?
These days, it's just damn bureaucracy at work here. So in conclusion, Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola, and all those mobile phone companies are just wasting their money on Airplane Mode. To anyone from these companies, keep these features off of the phones you sell in the Philippines. These are completely useless to us.
The next flight I took was a totally different experience. When I approached the check in counter, I told the teller to put me in an aisle seat and to put me as far away from the exit seats as possible. I wasn't asked to put my bag in the overhead counter. My laptop was on my lap the whole time. I watched a movie in peace. We landed, I took a cab and I'm now in the comfort of our office. I hope I never have to fly again. But I'm sure I'll have to again soon. Tsk.
2 comments:
Why are you complaining about moving baggage in an airplane? That's like complaining about getting fucked up the ass when you go to a gay party.
People who take economy class instead of business or first class usually want to sit on the exit seats. More legroom. Then again, I don't know how it's set up in Pinoy airlines, but exit seats are usually preferred in economy. People will even pay extra to be placed on exit seats.
Airplane mode turns off any transmit that comes from your device, so it works as it's supposed to. I think you are just confused at what it's supposed to.
That rule for turning off devices is really just an old rule that people just keep around to piss people like me off. There are flights now that allow you to turn such devices on and some even offer WiFi in select routes. I seriously hope they do keep the no cellphone use policy in airplanes though. There is nothing worse than loud ass fuckers talking the whole flight. Coming home from Vegas there was this one dude yammering about how successful he was to this other guy that was clearly not interested but just being nice. I wanted to smack him. Don't be that guy Tim!
Vern,
I am not one of those guys. When I'm on a plane with someone I know or meet, the conversation's like this:
Me: Hi. How are you?
Friend: I'm okay. How 'bout you?
Me: I'm watching a movie. Let's talk when this thing lands.
That's it. I don't like talking on planes because I understand some people want to fly in peace. And I also expect the same from them.
As far as cellphone usage goes, I just want to listen to my MP3s. Airplane Mode. I don't plan to have a conversation on a plane full of strangers.
The reason I'm bitching here is because I wasn't able to bitch anywhere else. You see, during the flight, I was like, "Uhhh okay" with no attitude whatsoever. That because I understand that it's their job and they're just being good soldiers. I also understand that there's no reason to bitch because my bitching will only fall on deaf ears.
Had you been on that plane with me, you wouldn't know I was pissed at all. I kept everything bottled up through the entire flight. I wasn't about to make a fool of myself.
There's more leg room in the exit seats, yes. But flights here are only like an hour or less. So you won't really get to appreciate the leg room. Nor would anyone pay more to be seated there.
I believe it's just better not to be in the exit seats because you can't even keep your handbag with you during takeoff. Call me a lazy bastard, but I just don't want to have to stand up after takeoff to watch my movies.
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