J. Pedersen

Oversat fra engelsk:

Fløj med tre børn. Ved skranken i IST ville de ikke placere os voksne sammen med børnene, der var 4 og 6 år gamle. I stedet eskorterede de os til gaten, hvor jeg høfligt bad dem om at placere os henholdsvis 3 og 2 sammen. Til sidst forlangte jeg det og blev eskorteret væk. Efter boarding kunne vi endda se, at der var frie sæder tilgængelige.

Istanbul Lufthavn er ikke organiseret tilstrækkeligt, stol ikke på gates, de ændrer afgange hele tiden. Alt for mange mennesker.

Vi fløj direkte ind i 2½ times mellemtung turbulens. Ikke et ord fra cockpittet. En simpel undskyldning og et estimat af, hvor lang tid turbulencen varer er normalt. Åbenbart kræver det nogle engelskkundskaber at forklare, hvilket i hvert fald stewardesserne ikke besad. I stedet serverede stewardesserne mad og drikke med "fasten seatbelts" skiltene tændt og turbulens, hvilket resulterede i drikkevarer over det hele.

Reglen om et stykke håndbagage per person håndhæves ikke. Normen er 2-3 stykker per person, hvilket betyder overfyldte overskabe og bagage over hele gulvet. Endelig fik kvinden foran mig lov til at læne sit sæde tilbage gennem hele flyveturen, endda da flyet lettede og landede. Jeg forsøgte at fortælle det til cabin crew, men uden resultat.

Næste gang bliver det Lufthansa, Ethiopean eller KLM, som vi har benyttet før til samme destination og faktisk til samme pris. Uheldigvis havde de ikke plads den pågældende dag, men jeg venter gerne tre år for at undgå at flyve med Turkish igen.

Original bedømmelse:

Flew with three children. Transfer desk at IST wouldn't seat us adults with the kids that were 4 and 6 yrs. old. Instead they escorted us to the gate, when i started out nicely requesting them to seat us at least 3 and 2 together. At the end I demanded it, and was escorted away. Eventhough we experienced after boarding that free seats were available.

Istanbul airport is not organized, don't trust the gates on the schedules they change all the time. Way too crowded, simply too many peaople.

We took off directly in to 2½ hours of semi heavy turbulence. Not a word from the cockpit. A simple excuse and an estimation of how long turbulence would be, is normal. But apparently it requires some english skills to inform, which at least the cabin crew lacked . Instead the cabin crew served dinner and beverages, with the fasten seat belt signs on, and semi turbulence. Resulting in liquids all over the place.

The rule off one cabin luggage per person is not enforced. The norm is two or three per person, resulting in overfilled overhaed compartments and luggage all oveer the floor. Finally the lady in front of me was allowed to lean her seat back all through the flight even during take off anf landing. I tried to tell the cabincrew without any result.

Next time, it's lufthansa, Ethiopian or KLM which we used previously on the same destination, and actually at the sane cost. Unfortunately they had not enough seats for that specific day, but I will gladly wait three years to avoid travelling Turkish again.