Originally Posted by
cxfan1960
I have only been on one flight with mechanical problems, and that was x-HKG - lucky me!
We already boarded. I already had a glass of wine. Then came the announcement. Fortunately it was a 744 and we were in HKG. It took CX a short time to prepare another 744 for us to get on. There was only a 2-hour delay!! I can imagine what happens for another aircraft in an outpost.
Say AMS which is far enough to even think of relocating a plane and they only have 1 service a day- Wait for the flight comin in the next day! and you might make the service of the next day delay for 1 whole day. Although, it's better than getting stuck on a non-daily service...