I take it all back. - a photo on Flickriver

Channeled the upgrade gods for the KLM flight back to Toronto. The flight was completely full, it turns out, and the gate agent just laughed at me when I told him I'd been bumped to business on the way over. The flight was so full, in fact, that they actually sat the standby passengers in crew jump seats at the emergency exits (is that safe??). KLM 747 service, AMS-YYZ. Garbage food. The girl came along with the cart, and told us they'd run out of the second meal choice. I'd watched the hostess further up the aisle, and noticed that she'd not asked anyone for a choice, and just handed them trays. Awful chicken curry, some dried noodle thing, and a stale roll. There were not even personal televisions. KLM has to do a lot more work to modernise. The irony is that they've merged with Delta and Air France, so they're not exactly broke. Awfully boring flight, with no entertainment, no magazine, and a howling child kicking my seat for about three hours.

Economy class fail.
See www.flickr.com/photos/peter-grevstad/4603552742/

Taken on: May 24, 2010

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KLM

Royal Dutch Airlines

747

channeling the 80s on the lack of amenities

Jumbo jet

wide-bodied aircraft

get with the 21st Century!

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Camera: Nikon D40, f/5.6, 1/40 sec, 18mm (=27mm), ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

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Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	Low
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