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Originally Posted by ldl007
I don't work for any airline. I travel a lot in economy class around the world. I have a Ph.D. and a M.B.A. degree. I only felt that others have suffered a lot more during their travel and your complaint, unless backed by a medical/toxicological expert has no merit. What did you suffer as a result of this unidentified material leaking and what did you expect the flight attendants to do during flight?
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Regardless of your Degrees or mine, I am not posting a comment here to claim that I (to quote you) 'have suffered a lot more'. The purpose of this forum incase you have not realised is for members to express their unsatisfactory experiences when travelling with an airline, which is what I have done.
In saying that, the origin of the liquid which had leaked from the overhead compartment, was not identified by the flight staff, and a report is currently being undertaken to identify the source. Incase you are not aware of recent occurances on a Qantas flight, there was a leak on board a flight which resulted in the delay and grounding of an airline. Given today's high stance on security, a leak of this kind could have been just about anything. I endured an 8 hr flight standing up for most of it and drenched in a vinegar type substance. Did I need to be burned or affected by the substance in order for me to claim that in my opinion this is one of the worst flights I have been on? No, I don't think so, but to have to wear clothes which were soaked in the off-scented liquid and to have my hair and skin covered in it, is not enjoyable at all.
Furthermore, ten minutes before the flight landed in Sydney, I was approached by flight crew who informed me that there was a spare seat at the back of the plane if I wanted to move. Apparently there was a woman who was sleeping for the whole flight stretched out across a 3-seater. Now, to answer your question 'what did you expect the flight attendants to do during flight?', well clearly, if they were doing their job, in the given circumstances, they would have asked the passenger to move to their seat, so i could sit in the spare seat, rather than ask me if I cared to relocate 10 minutes before the flight landed at it's destination.
To quote you further 'unless backed by a medical/toxicological expert has no merit' - I find it funny that you require an expert in order for me to post a comment about this occurance, and then decide to write off my comment stating that it has no merit as a result. Are you totally missing the concept behind a forum??
So No, at no point am I claiming to be the forums most affected passenger. I am simply stating a terrible experience that I have personally been through, as do all passengers who post their comment, since these are 'personal' experiences, none of the members who post would expect others that did not go through this to fully understand.