Originally Posted by
MarqFlyer
I was on a flight today and got to talking with the lead FA. When I mentioned that I'll be going to SIN soon (3/31), he told me that he'd done that flight a couple of times lately, and that it is "always" very turbulent. He even mentioned that the FAs had to sit for 3 1/2 hours on a recent flight.
For those who have flown that route, is he right that this is "always" (or even usually) a very turbulent flight, or did he maybe just have a bad experience or two? If he's right, I may have to get the SO (and perhaps me as well) some dramamine....
On the bright side, this will be my first flight on an A330! ^
Just flew this route RT last week. I do recall some above average turbulance NRT-SIN (most of which I slept through) but didn't give it much thought, as sometimes you get turbulance. On return 6:00 AM flight SIN_NRT it was very smooth for the most part. Maybe time of day? Don't worry about it and if you do have a propensity for motion problems, DO take some meclizine or similar. You'll want to sleep anyway by then if coming from US.
BTW, the 330-200 series is a very nice experience. Good crew, nice equipment, wonderful AVOD, get exit row if you can in Y, otherwise WBC is very nice, which I was unexpectedly upgraded to.