Oct 22, 2007 04:36 AM
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(Updated Sep 19, 2008 04:09 AM)
I've flown go air 10+ times this year and have found that they do indeed have the lowest fares available always, atleast for immediate or next-day tickets. Now I'll be damned if I'm going to give kingfisher airlines twice/thrice/four times the price of a go air ticket so that I may enjoy a little more leg room, free airline food, and be able to voyeuristically gaze at the superior(superior to go air) looking air hostess(who apparently according to the kingfisher airlines website have each been "recruited" by Mr. Mallya himself), which is why I cho(o)se to fly go air.
On with the inflight experience. The flight attendants are terrible. They can't speak English properly. The statutory safety instructions before take-off, and all other announcements made over the intercom were all said with a heavy nasal fake wanna-be accent. Atleast one air hostess lacked the vaguest clue as to how to form a sentence, or use tenses.
"you wanting sugar with your coffee?"
Coffee which is sold for Rs.10 or 20 by the way. Pathetic. The coffee, and the act of selling substandard comestibles during a flight.
The thighs and legs of the air hostesses are indeed an ugly sight. They seem to have been polished to disguise and hide their ugliness as opposed to making them seem attractive.
Not only are the flight attendants unpresentable and lacking in their ability to speak the English language, they are also ageist and rude. Just 2-3 weeks ago, I was on a trip to kashmir(mumbai to jammu) with my friend, who is 12 years old. I am 17. I was apalled and did give the particular air hostess a talking to, when she spoke condescendingly to my friend and ordered him to put his hand backage into the overhead box while pointing her finger at him. The flight attendants employed by go air, almost all of them, are under-trained and unfit to be flight attendants, a profession which requires those involved in it to be courteous and hospitable.
Moving on, the interior & exterior of the aircraft are poorly maintained. I have always found the exterior of go air aircraft to be dusty prior to take off. And on several flights I have noticed stains on the retractable tables on the backs of seats, and torn seat covers.
On my most recent flight(Srinagar-Jammu-Mumbai), the overhead button used to summon flight attendants was not functional.
I can imagine that some of you reading this now have a smug look on your faces, and are thinking about the sarcastic comment you intend to post remarking that this is more of a review of the flight attendants than that of go air as an airline. Perhaps it is. Granted, the airline business is cut throat with a low profit margin & roi, and that companies like go air should stay the f*ck out of it. But, it still is a service industry. Go air isn't selling aircraft, it's selling the service of transporting people between locations. And the least the flight attendants can do is to ensure that the service is presented courteously(I'm not asking for a blow job here, just basic common courtesy!) and that they be able to communicate in the english language fairly well.
Overall, third rate service & the best prices by go air. I will continue to fly go air for quite some time, as I won't pay kingfisher's fares. If you don't mind paying kingfisher's fares, travel kingfisher. Life is too short not to spoil yourself, even for a 2 hour flight.
Some unsolicited advice you will thank me for: Get intoxicated(stoned, not high. alcohol or marijuana are perfect) before flying go air. I have made it a point to every time I fly go air, it makes the experience less painful. I am not joking.
PS: As I'm selecting "Class flown most frequently" in the mouthshut review form's product details area, I laugh cynically. There is no goddamn class in go air. No first class, no second class. The whole airline is third class. Really.
