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Old Oct 14, 2014 | 7:16 pm
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Originally Posted by eastwest101
A few things to note from the pictures.

Legroom - better than most western airlines
Food - looks fine and again, better quality than most western airlines
Crew - better dressed and probably at least as competent as western airlines
IFE - provided free of charge! and available (unlike some western airlines)
Safety - not hearing about Il-18s/Tu-204s dropping out of the sky every day
Toilets - massive in Il-18 but similarly cramped in Tu-204
Luggage - free checked luggage and no fight for overhead bin space!
Departure times - note "on time performance" compared to western airlines
Arrivals Customs/Immigration - compare queues to arrivals at say LAX!

Looks like fun to me.
Uhh... yeah... the food was gross. Good thing I had brought bakkwa on the plane. Arrivals was a zoo that we bypassed because we bribed the officer w/ Johnnie Black. Departures was super-quick because the DPRK wanted everyone out fast. It's possible that we indirectly contributed to comrade Generalissimo Kim Jung-un's gout. Also, we were on the same flight as Merrill Newman. You may know him as the guy that decided to tell his hosts that he served in Korea. Smh.
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