My best flight was the my first trip from Islamabad to Skardu, in the first week of January 2003. It was a Boeing 737, and we were flying between the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges covered with snow. The approach was tricky as Skardu is surrounded by mountains, and after a while it felt like I was in a bus, as were flying inside the canyon, that opened up into the Skardu valley. it was an amazing sight. Then came the landing. The guy didn't have much room to make an approach, and there was not much time between when he leveled the wings and pre-flare. Yet I felt the aircraft Flare, but didn't feel the rear gears touchdown. it was when the nose started to drop that I realized that he had landed. I remember turning around to look at the flight attendant, and she just grinned and said "I get to see that look a lot with this Pilot. He is the best." PIA may not be the world best airline, but they do have some good drivers. BRILLIANT. :tiphat:
Not gonna list the bad ones. too depressing....
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I honestly don't get why security is such a big deal. I've been in and out of TSA security dozens of times, and I've never had an issue, even when I got "randomly selected". In Hartsfield, it usually takes me about 15 minutes to get through security. Almost every officer I met was nice, and patient too.
Good to hear you get along fine with the TSA. I can't complain about them, as I have never been to the US. But during my trips to Ireland and Germany, it got a bit tedious. Not me personally, but my colleague got randomly selected everytime! It was a dark comedy. After he was selected the 4th time in Germany, he stopped talking to me as if it was MY fault. :rofl:
So it depends who you are and what you look like. I know alot of the folks who like to blow themselves up are from our neck of the world. But come on!!!! Not all of us are into that!