It's been years since I've flown Aeroflot, but I remember those flights like they were yesterday....terrifying experiences they were. Maybe they've improved since then, but if not, I'd welcome some one else's attmpt. What the Aeroflot pilot called a "final descent" I called a "final plunge" as I held onto the seat in front of me for dear life...as I remembered being told that all of Aeroflot's pilots were air force pilots in their off time---and I had obviously been stuck on a plane with a "Top Gun" wanna be..
And, having noted the absence of little doors overhead thru which oxygen masks would drop, I remember the Emergency Instructions card with the picture of the FA holding a HUGE tank in one hand and a hose in another, offering oxygen to passengers one at a time. (So, what happens if the FA gets taken out? Just where is that oxygen tank anyways? What do you do while you're waiting for the other 200 people on the plane to get their turn at it?)
Back to the rooster, you gotta' wonder about foreign perceptions when they call a frequent flyer program, clearly targeted at Americans, "Freeloaders." Oh, to be a fly on the wall when that "what do we call this program?" discussion was on the table. And, just when you're starting to ask, "Why the rooster?", whaddya' know...there's a page on the website just for that question. Did anyone enter the drawing for the innagurual flight? Not sure I'm ready to throw my info. out on that website just yet.....