We were eventually off the ground ten minutes late and I don’t know if there was something imminently incoming or just that the pilot felt the need for speed but we did a real turn and burn for take off. Great views on take off, glad I chose the window seat, although 1C is empty so I have my choice in flight.






Seatbelt sign off after ten minutes and the crew immediately closed the curtain to the galley and much banging and crashing commenced. The trolley emerged through the curtain about 30 minutes into the flight and the meal details can be seen on the menu card. It was OK, definitely nothing to celebrate.




A pretty mean pour of champagne and a cup of coffee were the order of the day although he did top the glass off on the way back to the galley.




Around 70 minutes into the flight the seatbelt signs were switched on and we had a bit of a bumpy ride. Five minutes after the light was on a lady got up to use the toilet and was unceremoniously sent back to her seat. This was followed by a ”the seatbelts are on, stay in your seat” announcement just to further embarrass her



A little later and there was a double-bong from the flight deck prompting another “stay in your seat” announcement and the crew retired to their seats, and we had a decently bumpy ride for a while. I had been feeling quite queasy this morning, not something I usually suffer from, hence the lack of food or drink for me in the Sala lounge. Luckily my stomach had settled by the time we took off because this gave us quite a shaking.



Just before the turbulence I had asked for a cognac and a coffee. The coffee didn’t arrive, no surprise there, as the crew were sent to seats, however it was then subsequently forgotten. The cognac turned out to be the pear liqueur which is nice enough in its own right but not what was asked for.




The curtain to the galley remained drawn the entire flight and any initial hopes for an interactive crew were dashed once we had passed the half way mark. Not a terrible crew, but definitely a low effort one, nothing offered proactively, everything had to be requested.



With fifteen minutes to landing the seatbelt sign was on again for the final time, glasses and debris were collected, and the Galley curtain was open for the first time . the cabin manager had checked my connection info and came up to tell me that we were landing on time but I had over 4 hour connection which I already knew but at least it was something.



Having been warned by the captain during his initial announcement that it could be a bumpy descent into CDG the reality was not too bad at all and we were on the ground roughly on schedule and are now trundling around GDG airfield heading for our gate.

Next up, the joys of getting from one set of gates to another at CDG