I always knew it was going to be a long trip home from New York when I booked it. I calculated that it would take around 24 hours to fly home. But the trip started fairly badly. There was something wrong with the old Qantas 747 at JFK so we sat on the plane for 4 hours while they tried to fix it. Oddly the pilot never actually said it was fixed. So all up 5 hours was added to the trip, making it a 29 hour trip home. JFK-LAX-SYD-MEL
It must be terrible when things like this go wrong for an airline in a foreign country. But making people wait 4 hours on a plane that is about to make a trip over 20 hours long is pretty terrible. After all that waiting I was hoping we could be let out at New York or LA to get a night’s sleep before continuing on. Waiting at LAX for a re-fuel for another 2 hours at 3am was not fun at all.
Okay, that’s my only gripe about the trip. I like the friendly and generous service that Qantas gives. They actually gave us 2 bottles of champagne and pyjamas on the way over to the US. And we were flying in economy! They are still a step above many of the other airlines in my books. So I’m back at home and suffering from jet lag. So I’m using this waking hours to get caught up on some new updates on the site. It’s nice to be home!