So, I don't think it's just me, but I am never, ever excited to fly Continental airlines on the Boston (BOS) to Newark (EWR) route. There is always perpetual delays, no information given and getting stuck on runways with little to no air conditioning. Admittedly, I haven't ever flown Continental any other routes, but the BOS to EWR seems to always be particularly painful. The flight attendants usually act like you just insulted their kid and kicked them in the stomach, the planes are small and uncomfortable, and this gets worse if you're on one of the turbo prop planes. Ugh...So after I got over (sort of) the situation that I was in, I settled in to some work on the laptop and some reading. I was lucky enough to not have anyone seated next to me, until a crew member they needed to move to EWR. He was sitting across from me in the waiting area, and something about him just felt 'off'. Couldn't pin point it, but there was something about him. Now, none of my feelings were 'founded' at least on this flight, but he still bugged me.
Why you might ask? Because he was all but cuddled into me (think fetal position), mouth wide open snoring, legs crossing the plane of my seat, just relaxing. You'd think that as a crew member, he'd have some more 'etiquette'. Gah. It's worse and more annoying since, well, like the Commuter Rail and T, you can get up and move. On a plane you're STUCK in one seat.
Then, upon final approach, the gentlemen in front of me, decided that it was an appropriate time to talk about 9/11. I'm not a nervous flier, but, it just seems to me like one of those topics that you don't speak about on a plane? I'm open to discussion on this topic, but it just is in bad taste to me - we're flying over NYC after all.
We'll see how the flight home goes.
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