Has anybody ever flown out of Southend airport?

[Maravilloso Marvo]

I took a flight from there to Malaga recently and it scared the bejesus out of me.


After we took off, the plane went really slowly and I mean the slowest I have ever seen a plane go. The engine power went down a level audibly a couple of times. We turned the corner once, still just floating above houses and not gaining any more height. Then did the same again. I was convinced there was a problem and the pilot was trying to get us back to the airport. But nobody else seemed worried at all. It was very very surreal. After about 3-4 minutes, which is a very long time in that situation, we finally accelerated again and then gained some height and away we went.

The reaction of the other passengers made me think it must have been down to a weird flight line you have to take from Southend because of all the local residents, but I wish I had known about it in advance.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Just trust me. No. No. No. No. None of the above. Just... no.

[Mack]

[Maravilloso Marvo]

[Pat Vegas]

Normally on take off you get pinned back in your seat a bit.
the plane makes a big racket.

for this one it seemed dead slow. very quiet. and very strange.

And there was a large storm whilst we took off I thought there is no way we will climb it's all too gentle.

[Berni]

[Pat Vegas]

Some of the older wons who refuse to admit their looks have gone reassure met that they've been at it a long time.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Sitting in economy.

[Pat Vegas]

Is this a signal for something?

I kept the can I have it on my shelf in the Kitchen.

[Snin]

way ..they cant climb hard until 1500 meters or turn then have to follow route out the way or somesuch retrictions

[Snin]

shakes about or whatever..dives..anything..just stay ice calm me :-)

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

It means you have been chosen to lunge wildly at the pope.

[Berni]

C*nts. All of them. And as for expecting me to clap some fat f*ckers who've got on just because they're wearing army fatigues, well they can f*cking blow me.

[Pokster]

for the 1991 Cup winners cup final, Man U v Barcelona...... to be honest the plane never seemed to get above a few 100 feet, the pilot made us spread the weight around to aid his flight...... when we came back custome checked the pilots bag and asked him if he;d had a nice time in the red light district.... we never did know what he had in there

[Pat Vegas]

flight I had from LAX to LHR with United was the best won so far.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

RWY06 – Maintain runway heading until at least 1500ft and 1 DME (I-SO or I-ND) is passed, before turning on track.

RWY24 – Maintain runway heading until at least 1500ft and 2.5 DME (I-ND or I-SO) is passed, before turning on track.

[Snin]

so best they keep it down as much as possible if they want to keep the jobs going imo

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

That's not really how it works, s.

In a light aeroplane you might come back on the prop a bit, but the power settings on an airliner are determined by the weight, temperature, pressure and runway length, not what the pilot fancies.

[Snin]

:hehe: you may have guessed im flying on more of a bull****eling limb than the pilot now..just tell MM yes instead of no, or its a conspiracy...he loves ITK inside knowlsedge and no one likes a smart arse :-)

[Snin]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Classic Jorge]

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[Maravilloso Marvo]

I am on one of them there budget planes and somebody next to me is petrified.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Eventually.

[Maravilloso Marvo]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

They work their pilots really hard :cry:

[PSRB]

supermarket and stock up on cured meats and beers, job done :thumbup:

[Bergkamp's Brain]

[Maravilloso Marvo]

Whether they direct employees of mine or indirect.

I work hard to earn an honest crust, I only want to pass it onto people working equally as hard.

[Maravilloso Marvo]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

They are Sky Gods, and should be treated as such.

[Maravilloso Marvo]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

What are your flight details mm?

[PSRB]

[Maravilloso Marvo]

I am in Business Class as I need the extra wide seats.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Let's see if we can't make your lunch a little more... tasty.