The flight attendant was there but not really there. There was no greeting and they were busy preparing the galley. There were four flight attendants, but only one of them was busy helping with bags. There was no announcement to ask passengers to step in the aisle first. Of course, the classic interior with a small overhead bin is a bit problematic.


Not to mention that lots of the overhead bins in parts of the aircraft are reserved for crew and emergency equipment, as there was no closet and you can see it from the pictures. The boarding was a bit slow despite a load of 96 passengers. Vision Airlines also concentrates the bunk of passengers in the aft and front part of the plane. The fun part was the lack of space when the passengers in Row 1 to 10 boarded. Honestly, passengers on today’s flight were not the “carry on” heavy bags and no one was trying to carry their kitchen sink on the plane. There were obviously some seasoned passengers who took advantage of the $15 prepaid bag fee and checked in the bags, and the baggage delivery time at VPS was also quick.

The crowd finally settled down at 1:30pm and we pushed back at 1:35pm. Flying time was an hour and ten minutes with a cruising attitude of 34,000feet, and climbed to 36,000feet for ten minutes. We took off from R/W13 at 1:45pm.

View shortly after takeoff



Cabin Service:
There is a full beverage and snack service. Shortly after the F/As were released from the seat, two F/As passed around a basket filled with Famous Amos’ chocolate chip cookies and Rold Gold pretzels – pretty good-sized bags. Then there was the typical beverage trolley – complimentary water/tea/coffee/assorted juices/sodas and beers, wines and liqueurs were sold for $5 – only credit cards were accepted.




There was no in-flight entertainment and full sized inflight magazines.

Here is the generic safety card:


And then here are some coupons for use at Fort Walton Beach:



Descent:



Descent soon began at 2:21pm and seat belt sign was turned on at 2:39pm. We landed on R/W19 at 1:55pm and VPS was in central time. The runway was quite far away from the passenger terminal, as VPS was a joint airport with Elgin Air Force Base. We parked at gate B3 at 2:02pm. The arrival experience was a bit more professional and there were number of Vision Airlines’ uniformed staffs greeting us and answering questions. However the uniform was a bit old school and a more casual attire to give a younger and more energetic appearance.