Now Everyone Can Fly
When I saw that tagline it sent a small chill down my spine and rightfully so too as I discovered.
I have to hand it to Air Asia. Out of nothing, they’ve become extremely stiff competition to Malaysia Airlines that monopolized our local skies for God knows how many years. They used to buy retired planes from MAS and now they’re leading an ad war, literally biting the hand that fed them.
They’ve made flying accessible to almost anyone right now with their ridiculously low rates. Doing so, they’ve made Malaysia so much smaller and brought our two farthest states so much closer. They’ve even successfully become the official (budget) airline of the (used to be) distinguished Manchester United Football Club. What an achievement for such a young airline.
Unfortunately like many things you see in print, services are always better presented on paper. And as all things in life you get what you pay for.
There are some things about Air Asia that just don’t sit right with me…
1) Malaysians need to learn air etiquette:
Because “Now Everyone Can Fly” every Tom, Dick and Harry could be sharing a row with you. A lot of Air Asia’s passengers are first time fliers, thus do not understand how things work when flying. There are certain codes of conduct that one must adhere to in order to ensure a pleasant flying experience for everyone.
a) Use the paper napkin provided to you on your dinner tray!
I was on the plane with some really unruly army men. One of them got some liquid from his food on his hands and just wiped it onto the back of the headrest of the seat in front of him!
b) Mind the Seatbelt Sign!
It appears to most first time fliers that the fasten seatbelt sign must be nothing else but some additional form of in-cabin illumination. Rather than wait for the light to go off, the gentle bump of the plane as it lands seems to have replaced the signal for them to unbuckle their seatbelts.
c) No cellphone use until you get into the terminal!
It’s safe to say that all passengers on the plane between the ages of 12 and 55 years have cellphones. Doesn’t that scare you?
d) Wait your turn before exiting!
We all know the typical mentality of Malaysians in general on busses. It’s the law of the jungle out there with every man for himself. Same goes for getting off a plane. Why cant you just wait your turn?
e) What part of passengers with small children don’t you understand?!
Air Asia has this policy of allowing passengers with young children or the elderly to get on the plane before everyone else. But sadly a lot of passengers take advantage of this privilege to get on the plane ahead of everyone else even though they don’t meet the criteria.
2) Air Asia has to work on some things:
a) FLYing with FLIES!
Yes, I had the unpleasant experience of having flies sharing the cabin with me. I bet no insect has ever been that high up in the air. The LCCT is a nice terminal, but unfortunately it suffers the same problem too. I couldn’t even sit for 20 minutes without having a fly buzzing at my ears.
b) Policy on soldiers:
Sure you honor them by giving them box lunches at no extra charge. But why the heck do you allow them to board ahead of everyone else along with the elderly and passengers with young children? They’re soldiers for heaven’s sake. They can wait in line like everyone else.
c) Clean your toilets!
I had no doubt that I was the first one to use the toilet on my flight from KL to Penang. But to my horror, I had found remnants of somebody’s number 2 hanging on for dear life along the walls of the bowl.
d) For Heaven’s sake, clean your seats too!
It’s humanly impossible to be able to clean all the seats in a 737 at the rate Air Asia works their planes. I found traces of rice on my seat which wasn’t pleasant at all. Also, they don’t have those replaceable headrest covers. So I really cringe at the thought of how many bottoms and backs of heads have shared spots after a long day’s run of flights. I guess that's why leather seats were introduced.
Conclusion:
But at the end of the day, Air Asia, being an Asian Airline knows that we do not need 25 reasons to convince us to choose another carrier. All we care about is that it’s C.H.E.A.P.
I have to hand it to Air Asia. Out of nothing, they’ve become extremely stiff competition to Malaysia Airlines that monopolized our local skies for God knows how many years. They used to buy retired planes from MAS and now they’re leading an ad war, literally biting the hand that fed them.
They’ve made flying accessible to almost anyone right now with their ridiculously low rates. Doing so, they’ve made Malaysia so much smaller and brought our two farthest states so much closer. They’ve even successfully become the official (budget) airline of the (used to be) distinguished Manchester United Football Club. What an achievement for such a young airline.
Unfortunately like many things you see in print, services are always better presented on paper. And as all things in life you get what you pay for.
There are some things about Air Asia that just don’t sit right with me…
1) Malaysians need to learn air etiquette:
Because “Now Everyone Can Fly” every Tom, Dick and Harry could be sharing a row with you. A lot of Air Asia’s passengers are first time fliers, thus do not understand how things work when flying. There are certain codes of conduct that one must adhere to in order to ensure a pleasant flying experience for everyone.
a) Use the paper napkin provided to you on your dinner tray!
I was on the plane with some really unruly army men. One of them got some liquid from his food on his hands and just wiped it onto the back of the headrest of the seat in front of him!
b) Mind the Seatbelt Sign!
It appears to most first time fliers that the fasten seatbelt sign must be nothing else but some additional form of in-cabin illumination. Rather than wait for the light to go off, the gentle bump of the plane as it lands seems to have replaced the signal for them to unbuckle their seatbelts.
c) No cellphone use until you get into the terminal!
It’s safe to say that all passengers on the plane between the ages of 12 and 55 years have cellphones. Doesn’t that scare you?
d) Wait your turn before exiting!
We all know the typical mentality of Malaysians in general on busses. It’s the law of the jungle out there with every man for himself. Same goes for getting off a plane. Why cant you just wait your turn?
e) What part of passengers with small children don’t you understand?!
Air Asia has this policy of allowing passengers with young children or the elderly to get on the plane before everyone else. But sadly a lot of passengers take advantage of this privilege to get on the plane ahead of everyone else even though they don’t meet the criteria.
2) Air Asia has to work on some things:
a) FLYing with FLIES!
Yes, I had the unpleasant experience of having flies sharing the cabin with me. I bet no insect has ever been that high up in the air. The LCCT is a nice terminal, but unfortunately it suffers the same problem too. I couldn’t even sit for 20 minutes without having a fly buzzing at my ears.
b) Policy on soldiers:
Sure you honor them by giving them box lunches at no extra charge. But why the heck do you allow them to board ahead of everyone else along with the elderly and passengers with young children? They’re soldiers for heaven’s sake. They can wait in line like everyone else.
c) Clean your toilets!
I had no doubt that I was the first one to use the toilet on my flight from KL to Penang. But to my horror, I had found remnants of somebody’s number 2 hanging on for dear life along the walls of the bowl.
d) For Heaven’s sake, clean your seats too!
It’s humanly impossible to be able to clean all the seats in a 737 at the rate Air Asia works their planes. I found traces of rice on my seat which wasn’t pleasant at all. Also, they don’t have those replaceable headrest covers. So I really cringe at the thought of how many bottoms and backs of heads have shared spots after a long day’s run of flights. I guess that's why leather seats were introduced.
Conclusion:
But at the end of the day, Air Asia, being an Asian Airline knows that we do not need 25 reasons to convince us to choose another carrier. All we care about is that it’s C.H.E.A.P.
posted by Mike Ng at 11:48 AM
4 Comments:
ahahaha
nice b*tching post by mike
but yeah
as a crafty old insurance guy once told me
"Good things are not cheap, and cheap things are not good"
ps. do note that he didnt say that good things are good either. kek.
Hmmm....but if they're called good things why arent they good?
"A good thing at a bad time is a bad thing."
That sound about right?
mmm...
how about
"A good thing at bad time is a bad thing as it is bad timing and thus cannot be a good thing"
dum de de dum...
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