This is always a dream come true for a person who always sees into the sky and think that he too will get a chance to fly high up in the air.Yaa..i am talking of my first experience in flight.As per i had no plans to come by flight,but my cousin had to join infy on 25th.So i decided to leave early from home town and drop her.As she already booked her flight ticket,so i also booked my tickets through some refernce but unluckly in separate airways(Indian Airlines).
My friend Rajiv ,sister and me reached early to delhi domestic airport(palam), as i have to get ticket from some refered person.My flight timing was 4:30 and my cousin flight was at 5:30.
Once i got my ticket from the concerned person, we had our lunch and then took some tips of procedure that need to be gone through before boarding plane from Rajiv.After that i left for final checkout(have already submitted my luggage) and adieu to my frnd.Then while waiting for my flight i got a lot of calls from masiji,mummy and my frnds father.This was a good time pass there for me.After some time a announcement was made that our flight is delayed by 40 mins..so will leave at 5:10PM .I was happy as i will reach bangalore close to my cousin arrival time.
Around five o'clock announcement was made for executive class ppl for our flight, so i waited there to get announcement for economic class(as i already saw that for other flights there were separate doors for economic and executive class ).20 mins passed, i heard no announcement for economic class for our flight.I was bit worried but thought,may be it takes time.Then suddenly i heard a announcement"This is a final call for ppl who want to go to bangalore thru flight number IT403".I was shocked, but no time to regain from it, just left towards the concerned door where the instructor asked abt my flight and after i told..he communicated on his wireless that final passenger has arrived!
I felt like that they were just waiting for me ,though i was sitting from last 30mins waiting for announcement.God knows where things went wrong.I alone went thru bus to plane and as soon i got down one of the attend asked me "where i was?"..but i had no time to give him any explaination.
Then i boarded the plane where the Air hostess welcomed me with a smile, and then found that my seat is already occupied by a old lady who was accompanied by a handicapped son.So could not argue for my window seat.Anyways have to sit in middle place between 2 fat uncles(sounds horrible and unlucky)Anyways was getting a glance of outside and had my novel with me to kill time.
I felt to be in flight just while taking off & landing (few of the times in between when it took turns or jerks around..feeling as if was driving on some uneven road).
After the plane took off...I was feeling that we are sailing in a big ocean of clouds.Got a good view of delhi.As it was cloudy climate ,so later could not see down.Then i spent my 2 hours 20 mins in plane reading novel,had my refreshments and in middle galncing out of window.Finally we reached bangalore (got a good night view of rocking b'lore).After getting down coolly, colleted my luggage and waited for 20 mins for my cousin.Then we happly reached my place and called up everyone of our safely reaching to b'lore.My parents were bit worreid and excited also, as it was my first exp. though, they themselves never got chance.Looking for the day when i will travel with my family:-)
Forgot to mention that i got a good glance of gr8 and down to earth man at bangalore airport..guess who??ofcourse it is IT city ..so u will see big shots of IT firms.It was chief mentor NR Narayana Murthy of infosys.He was looking like a normal man (I mean he had no charisma of big shots)accompanied by a plane clothes guard.No one was giving any concern to him and he hurriedly left from the airport.I was happy to see him like a cine star for kids.
Anyways,waiting for my next experience in flight!
3 comments:
Hey You reminded me of my first flight trip, although it was a bit longer. But you know, I was also excited like you.. to feel myself rise in air, taking off and landing down... I had seen airports in movies, planes in the sky and outskirts of IG airport first when me and Rajiv went to see off his friend Navdeep, second time to see off Rajiv and finally third time I got a chance to get inside it and see what airport and being in plane feels like....
I can very well corelate with your post and I must say you reminded of my trip, and you know what - I'm desperately waiting for the day when I'll have second such experience, when I'll return back to my country. As we are also from middle class, so my mom has also never been in plane. And from my childhood I wanted to get her aboard when I'll start earning. And now I'm calling my parents here for 2 months, although I'm pretty nervous about Visa stuff.
By the way, come on.. you were economy class passanger. In India, you should never feel yourself that much privileged to get a call from Indian airlines. You buy those courtesies with money there..how sad.
I can also corelate this with my exp dear. Now I have the exp of international as well as National carrier.
Even i was thinking of taking my parents to banglore last month via flight but Dad couldn't take leave n my mom was too scared to go in flight.Lets see.
Archik : U would have proved all the instruction useless if u would not have boearded the flight.Mostly there was 5 minutes gap between executive n economy class boarding n somehow u skipped that part.Chal atleast u didnt miss the flight :)
Rupesh : Abhe 2 months jayda nahi hoga. U will be in office so what would Uncle , aunty do at home. They wont be having vehicle also to roam around?
Rupesh:Wish you may able to get your parents to US..it will be really gr8 and fun time for them in there life!
Rajiv..I think I was little distracted by Kingfisher ppl when You were giving me the last important point:-)
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