RE: worst ever flight

4 years ago, possibly my worst flight occured going coast-to-coast here in Australia from Sydney to Perth on a B767. For those unfamiliar with Oz, this is roughly the same as Chicago to LA, or Moscow to Paris, say. Usually about 4hrs. 15mins., this horror was in winter on a bad head-wind day, so flt. time this day was a whopping 4hrs. 57min (according to my log book).

The horror took the form of moderate to heavy turbulence for pretty much all of that 4h57min.! It was like riding a dirt road in a clapped-out tractor. Cabin service was suspended pretty early on after 1) the ceiling (!) received a washing with Coke and 2) the crew strapped themselves in for the duration. For whatever reason – either traffic or futility, the skipper was unable to climb or descend out of it.

All on board – pax & crew were either sick, or a terrific shade of green by the end of it. Landing at 12:00 midday, it cost me the rest of the day’s work as all I was able to do was go to sleep in the hotel till late-afternoon.