'Cattle' Class

Whenever I fly via a budget airline, I always feel like cattle; being herded from one area to the next.   If you listen very carefully, you can practically here people 'moo-ing' as they push, shove and scramble to get to the front of the queue.  And why? To get a good seat on the plane and to be able to get your carry-on's into the overhead lockers before they get too full.

The priority queue, which you can pay a whole extra £6 for, can help.   But when you are in a foreign country that doesn't have queueing quite down to an art like us Brits, it kind of doesn't make any difference if the staff don't regulate it very well.  You end up finding those odd few who sneak into the wrong queue when the staff aren't looking.

Then you have the chaos which is getting on the bus; if you are unfortunate enough not to be able to walk to your plane.  The bus is segregated via a barrier, to enable priority class to get onto the plane quicker.  But if the driver allows everyone to get off at once, it becomes a free for all instead.

Finding the best seats available causes much amusement.  The plane usually has several rows that they like to keep empty in order to maintain the planes balance during take off and landing.  It's very amusing to watch the number of people that try to get into those seats, even if they are last on the plane.  Surely it is too good to be true to have these seats still remaining when you are last on!

Landing is my favourite part.  The fanfare that you get at the end to say it is on time and the applause is very cheesy.  But when it is not on time, as was the case when I flew back from Poland, there was nothing.  I think they should have a different fanfare, like a wah wah wah to signify the end of the journey.