First Charter flight and to Bahrain!!

Avotel Hotel in Bahrain where we stayed for the night

 

 

Had an eventful week I must say!  I found out my roster changed after I got back from Paris on the 16th. I had a Charter flight ordered from the President of the UAE - we had to transport 425 football supporters for a "Cup Final" which was held in Bahrain. Get the treat: The flight was JUST MEN! 

 

Thought I was gonna faint! We were delayed on ground for 3 hours because the aircraft couldn't leave until the very last passenger was on the flight. Some people got so annoyed that they offloaded themselves. We had FOUR incidents where seated passengers smoked secretly in the Lavatories, that after we told them that it's not allowed and that when it happens once more, the police would be called out to the aircraft. We finally locked all the lavatories open so no one could use it before we eventually took off.

 

So we basically had to guard the toilets. How ridiculous... They also didn't follow "the boarding passes" for seat numbers, they literally walked on the plane and decided they will sit where ever they felt like it. We had our hands full from the moment they started to board. Anyways, the flight to Bahrain was so short, not even 55minutes, but we had to bring the same passengers back the next day so we had to spend the night in Bahrain. There were riots going on in the streets because of the losing team and I woke up like 4 times during the night from all the noise. I was so exhausted, may I never experience anything like that in my life again! Imagine, it was my first operational flight and we were 5(first operational) from the total of 17 cabin crew. The Captain was so shocked when he found out he almost offloaded himself haha!

 

Luckily the next day it went easier, most of the passengers were hungover so they slept and didn't even want food or drinks. I was meant to have a "Can Use" day today, however thankfully Emirates turned it into a day off. So now I am only flying again on Wednesday - so have 3 days off now :)

 

My roster changed once again (no surprise) - flying to Bangladesh on the 25th - layover... Yup, I think I will stay safely in my hotel thank you very much!

Can't wait for my layover in Singapore - so far that flight hasn't changed yet, touch wood!

Would fancy a Johannesburg flight next month seriously! I miss my family, my dogs and my fiancé too much :P

 

I must say, it has been an exciting month so far, you never know what to expect!