Originally Posted by olympicnut

My flight to DEN however - OY VEY!! It was an old Shuttle 737-300 and I SWEAR it was the oldest 737-300 EVER!! Paint was scratched and peeling all over. The interior had the old nasty mid 80's seats, many of which couldn't even stay in their upright and "locked" position. There was what looked to be a patch of some sort on the plastic panel in between the windows next to me (kinda like duct tape) and next to that it looked like primer. There were a few light fixtures (the plastic covers) kinda just hanging there. I felt like I should have been flying an old Tupelov or something from Kiev to Minsk.

What kind of nasty a/c experiences do you have to share with the class?