Please Remain Seated while the plane is taxiing?
First time flyer, first time poster!
(You would have never thought how to spell taxiing until you try to write it!)
Anyway, I was in Singapore scheduled to return to Hong Kong on Thurs via SQ 870 which is the last flight for SIN - HKG at 19:00. I had to hop up to KL for a meeting and I booked my itin. on SQ inside my exisitng SIN itin. I booked KUL - SIN SQ 5605 operated by MH 16:30 - 17:25. It was delayed by an hour and I would not make my connection. I tried to get SIN to rebook me on MH 74 KUL - HKG at 18:45 directly. They gave me a hard time because I was on a discount economy fare. I explained that this was easier and cheaper for everyone than rebooking me on CX 636 SIN - HKG at 20:05 after I had missed my flgiht in addition to the extra cost of have to deliver my bag when in it did not make the connection. I started giving them a hard time and they felt pretty sure I could still make the connection. I just laughed and said OK. I might not post much here but my dad worked for CO for 11 years, I flew 100k plus domestic the last 5 years and 200k plus in APAC last year.
So now that I have bored you with the background... I was seated in 28E on SQ 5605 (operated by MH as 605) 738, completely full. As we were making our approach 2 members of the flight crew approached me and said that I would be the first person off the aircraft per special instructions via SQ and should have my things ready. I looked ahead and back at the the crew and thought to myself unless moses parts the red sea, there is no way I am going to be the first person off this plane being in a middle seat of the second to last row. Then as soon as we landed the crew came to me and told me please follow them. I looked at them very puzzled? We had not even left the runway yet! I been on a lot of flights and never seen such a thing happen. But sure enough I was escorted to the front of the plane and instructed to stand in the galley while the plane taxied! I am pretty sure that this is blatantly forbidden by the FDA, but hey, I felt special. They had a cart and staff ready outside the aircraft as soon as the door opened and carted me around, but guess what.... I still missed the flight, was rebooked on CX 636 and had my baggage delivered the yesterday....