Scot Airways (now Suckling Airways) (6 pictures & videos)

9/10

Howard Long

United States (MCW) to United Kingdom (EDI), 31 Dec 1969

Business Class

Breakfast Scottish Breakfast including sausage, bacon, plum tomato, haggis, hash brown, brown sauce (there was a selection of sauces). Banana yoghurt. Roll (selection), marmalade and butter. Hard mints.

Apple juice, Tea.

Food tasted good, especially the hot breakfast, although it might not look that appetising. Roll was fresh. Impressive for such a tiny plane. I very nearly successfully controlled the Yoghurt from exploding on me, but I was left with a small mark on my shirt. Service was excellent too: one of the FA's knew every one of the thrity passengers name without a cheat sheet. As she welcomed each person aboard and glanced their boarding cards, she must have registered something about them which allowed her to remember their name. It's a skill I'm envious of! Flight was full on this occasion. On a half-empty flight, don't try moving seats, though. They allocate seats on the plane from the back, and push you all down to the far end of the plane no matter how empty it's going to be. Something to do with the aircraft trim apparently. If you try moving seats with or without permission and you will wish you never did.... FA's get particularly outraged about this. I've seen many passengers patronised by a ScotAir FA like a pre-school child for even thinking about asking to move. I've been at the sharp end myself - it doesn't make your day.

Date added: 2009-11-18   //   Flight: 1:20   //   Aircraft: Dornier 328.