Where is the pilot?
What's the thing with people being in a hurry to board the plane, it's a frequent sight at all airports over the world. Once the 'gate' is opened for boarding, a hoard of people are queuing to hop onto the plane as fast as possible....
First, seats are already allocated (hence the boarding pass), no need to scrum
And secondly, plane won't take off until all the passengers have been accounted for, ..... a plane simply won't take off unless the traveler in question really doesn't show up and hence the luggage handlers have removed the pieces of baggage of that particular traveler (for obvious security reasons).
So while everybody are meekly queuing up, the airport personnel handling the boarding at the gate go around calling up for any stragglers to make their way asap to the plane......
Well, in our case......I told our daughter to stay put and read her book at her own leisure while everyone was boarding, and I,....was puffing away in the transparent smoking cabin which was conveniently located next to the gate.....
Was I in a hurry to board the plane and go back home?
Definitely not.........
Not that I was still in holiday mood and reluctant to go home.....but because the pilot and a steward of our plane were also puffing contently on their cigs :p
You should have seen the face of the airport/gate handler when she was touring around with a placard, notifying travelers to hurry up.........She looked at me, and I cheekily pointed to the pilot and steward......point taken :)
What's the hurry ? :p
