| Shanghai to Beijing August 11 on an MU flight with ETD 1400 hours. When I arrived at the gate, sign said delay until 1415 hours. No big deal, right? At about 1345 the gate area began to fill up. BIG crowd. Plane arrived shortly and watched passengers depart. 1420 no announcement. 1430 nothing. Soon a MU employee announced in Chinese that further delay because the cockpit crew was not here. Say WHAT????
1445 another announcement in Chinese (I don't speak, just got a translation from a Chinese passenger). The other flight which was to depart at 1500 was cancelled and they will merge the two flights. All passengers on the 1400 flight will be issued new boarding passes. Flight crew arrives and a passenger makes some remark to them in Chinese. The captain takes exception to the remark and others had to restrain him from going after the man who made what was obviously a despariging remark. Flight finally departed at 1530 and arrived in BJ 1715. I am 189 cm tall (6' 3") and always book an aisle seat but of course my new boarding pass was a middle seat. My opinion is that China Eastern sux. Really poorly handled deal. |
Traveled to Beijing with China Eastern Airlines