I flew from Auckland to Wellington in October. I was seated next to the window, across the aisle from what appeared to be Mum, Dad, and a boy aged about 10.
Before the plane started moving, one of them (I couldn't bear to look) started erupting the most amazing sounding vomit imaginable. We've all heard people spew, right? This was nothing like that - it sounded like it emerged from the pits of hell and I truly expected someone's head to start spinning. If that had happened, I wouldn't have seen, as by that stage I was starting fixedly out the window, trying very hard to pretend I was any where but there.
This scene from the Exorcist continued from before take off to touchdown. The violence and loudness of the spews did not decrease at any stage.
Anyway, I certainly felt sorry for the staff, and for the afflicted person, but I couldn't help wondering whether a) that person should have actually been flying, and b) whether they had something contagious.
When I got home Jetstar sent me a nifty little survey about my 'recent flying experience' which I duly completed and asked questions a and b.
I never got a reply.
Thankfully I never got sick either, possibly because I ran off the plane as fast as I could so I could wash my hands. It took a good few hours before I started feeling like eating anything!!
The Exorcist!
Domestic
New Zealand-Auckland
New Zealand-Wellington
Comments
How is any of this Jetstar's
How is any of this Jetstar's fault exactly? The surveys are not meant to be responded to once you've completed them, least of all if your only complaint was that one of their passengers was caught in the incredibly unfortunate situation of becoming physically ill in the middle of an enclosed space thousands of feet above the ground.
Pretty gross but still not worthy of a complaint to the airline itself. People puke sometimes. Sometimes people puke a great deal. Whether that person should have boarded or not was a matter of their own responsibility!