Does PKU exist?

08 March 2017 // Wednesday

Short and sweet Pekanbaru (PKU) today! More importantly flying with my favourite cic after so long!

Its my first PKU since I started flying about more than a year ago and all of us seriously have no idea about the actual service sequence. My cic said her last PKU was 6 years ago the first inaugural flight!

So I was the second senior and cic let us choose our positions, she requested either the most senior or me work with her in jcl. The most senior chose to work behind so I took S1. More than happy to work with my cic!

When S2 reported her meals, she told us that it was muffins for both ways. Going up was oatmeal chocolate chip muffin, but guess the coming back menu?

Mushroom onion muffins. What a weird combination!

So the last time I flew with this cic was right before her wedding and we were discussing about her wedding plans throughout the whole overnight flight. Same goes for this flight, now that her big day is over, she shared with me her experience since mine is upcoming as well!

Such a pleasant surprise to find out we touched down an hour before schedule! Since I was so early, Hubby was kinda late on picking me so he was still on the way when I exited into Arrival Hall, whereas my cic's hubby was already there to pick her!

PKU was generally a very short flight, almost as short as KL. We had three air marshals onboard and for the firsts sector an additional staff, and on the way back, two individual passengers.

When we were doing boarding at PKU, both my jcl passengers were late in checking in and hence late in boarding. When he stepped in to the aircraft he started yelling and questioning why were the ground staff blaming him for arriving late when he's early for the flight? Well the flight departs 6.30pm but gate closes at 6.15pm so arrving at 6.12pm on the aircraft isn't exactly very early. Of course I didn't argue with him but instead went on to offer him drinks, newspapers, and magazines. He rejected me and headed to the toilet while muttering how annoyed he was and not forgetting to yell at me in between sentences.

When he exited the toilet and went back to his seat, I politely asked him if he would like to have sandwiches after take off but got hollered at again. He was extremely annoyed that he was rushed at the airport and refused to calm down. He wasn't satisfied with the sandwich choice, but grumpily settled for the egg mayo croissant.

As my cic was about to offer towels to him I warned her of him seated at 1C. As I peeked from behid the galley curtains to see if everything went well, I was surprised to see this passenger annoyingly staring at my cic as she gave the towels but choosing to keep quiet and just taking the towels. He looked as if he was about to criticize again, but I guess he took back his words upon seeing that the crew serving him wasn't me but in fact, a RED crew.

CICs all wear red while we wear blue and honestly, many passengers are "colour-blinded". I can say the same thing a thousand times yet passengers won't listen, but as long as the cic appears and tell them the exact same thing they get consoled right away. I don't get this?

Anyway, its just another nasty passenger. What's new today?