Jetstar hitch - couple miss wedding

[samiam]

Jetstar hitch: couple miss wedding

"Melbourne couple miss their Bali wedding after a series of mishaps on their Jetstar flight."

Had to be JQ35 of course -

Q: I wonder if there were any AFF FLoungers who contributed to the delayed proceedings???

A: There weren't (if you read the article), but the thought of Taittinger tasting holding up proceedings was tantalising, all the same

 

[VHOEJ]

Another case of bad luck - why do people travel to weddings and other events like that on the day or the day before? You need to get there earlier than that - anything can happen to delay a flight.

 

[samh004]

I’d have to say there are two obvious issues in that article. Firstly, what pilot checks his passport in with his luggage instead of keeping it on his person. Seems very strange to read. The other thing is that Jetstar clearly knew the flight was cancelled when the federal police officers joined them at the gate. I’m not sure if waiting for the to arrive is good practice or to, but they clearly felt their clientele wouldn’t treat them fairly without protection…

 

[richie9x]

The article is a bit weird. Without any comment from the actual bride or groom. It all seems to to be what was overheard by another passenger. Also it does happen that some times people make up stories like that (wedding, funeral, illness) in the hope of getting better treatment by the airline.

The bride, who wished to remain anonymous, was even wearing a white swimsuit in anticipation of the balmy weather

I know Jetstar passengers can be a bit different but this is just strange. Was that all she was wearing? Or was she wearing it under something else? Doesn't seem very comfortable for such a long flight. And seeing as the flight lands at 10:40pm local time not much chance to go swimming.

 

[Mal]

The article is a bit weird. Without any comment from the actual bride or groom. It all seems to to be what was overheard by another passenger.

A pretty dodgy article. Seems very poorly written, and relying on third parties like that makes for an out-of-context story.

And as indicated above, if a 15 hour delay on a flight means you miss your wedding .... You really haven't planned things well.

 

[mannej]

I am glad I am not the only one thinking things were a bit too crammed in to plan for any contingencies.

 

[dajop]

The other thing is that Jetstar clearly knew the flight was cancelled when the federal police officers joined them at the gate. I’m not sure if waiting for the to arrive is good practice or to, but they clearly felt their clientele wouldn’t treat them fairly without protection…

But were they federal police or where they immigration officers? Were they there to protect JQ staff, or deal with the fact that a plane load of passengers who had left Australia now had to re-enter the country? What is the practice when international flight gets cancelled?

 

[Stephen65]

The bit about the replacement pilot putting his passport into his checked luggage for a domestic flight he is taking to come and replace a sick colleague is pretty strange.

Otherwise I agree they should have allowed at least a couple of days before the wedding for contingencies like this.

 

[djfuzz]

Logic behind destination weddings aside, haven't the worst-case scenarios been done to death enough for people to take the most basic precautions of not leaving the day before and flying with a sufficiently reputable carrier so that there are backup options?

I have an innate dislike of Jetstar as much as any other red-blooded QFF, but they really do go to trouble to manufacture content for the Sunday papers. No offence, Failfacts.

 

[Timba-Jet]

Like others have posted, flying int 24 hours before your wedding, that's rolling the dice.

The 100km policy for providing accom is interesting.

 

[JohnK]

Wedding aside there are too many anomalies in the story to be believable.

Pilot is sick, replacement pilot has passport in checked luggage (surely this is a joke right?), twlling people a boarding time and no JQ staff at gate, tarmac works on runway?

And still some people choose to treat JQ seriously....

 

[hummel]

Interesting article. I actually had a quick chat to a lady/passenger at the chemist in MEL at 6:30am and she told me that the pilot lost his passport etc

Didn't believe it at the time but there you go!

 

[meloz]

A1034/11 NOTAMN
Q) WAAF/QMRCM/IV/NBO/A/000/999/0844S11510E005
A) WADD
B) 1108061830 C) 1108310030
D) 1830-0030 DLY
E) RWY 27 DISPLACED 500M TO THE WEST DUE TO OVERLAY
DECLARED DISTANCE AS FOLLOWS :

The runway was shortened due to works at DPS, so there is some truth to the story.

Meloz

 

[Simo]

A few things just to hard to understand.

1. Why would the bride leave only app 12 hour between getting to the country and getting married.

2. Pilots luggage and passport.. What the!!!!!

Sounds like something that would happen on a comical TV show.

 

[Justchecking]

A few things just to hard to understand.

1. Why would the bride leave only app 12 hour between getting to the country and getting married.

2. Pilots luggage and passport.. What the!!!!!

Sounds like something that would happen on a comical TV show.

Probably the same reason why people give themselves 1hr between their connecting domestic flight and their international departure. Because they don't think things through and are silly, maybe?

 

[medhead]

Probably the same reason why people give themselves 1hr between their connecting domestic flight and their international departure. Because they don't think things through and are silly, maybe?

Or that is the option that qantas offer them in the case of a 1 hour connection.

 

[rechoboam]

The bride was very very emotional and very very quiet. She was wearing her swimsuit in anticipation of her midnight arrival. The couple interviewed have no connection to the bridal couple (but seem to know everything about them).
Weird.

 

[Justchecking]

The bride was very very emotional and very very quiet. She was wearing her swimsuit in anticipation of her midnight arrival. The couple interviewed have no connection to the bridal couple (but seem to know everything about them).
Weird.

Or....just made up.:shock:

 

[hummel]

Did anyone else picture the bride sitting in her white swimsuit... and only her white swimsuit? :shock:

 

[harvyk]

Did anyone else picture the bride sitting in her white swimsuit... and only her white swimsuit? :shock:

Yes...

As for flying to a destination at the last minute, I wouldn't be comfortable with such a thing but then I don't like leaving things to chance (I hate any connections which are on different PNR's despite being "safe connections")

That said this article is a JQ (and thus by extention a QF) bashing exercise. Planes get delayed all the time, nothing new here. In years of old this would have been less likely to have happened as a TA would have advised them of the risk of the plane going tech. These days people jump online, book flights without taking into account contingencies and then wonder why things have all gone pear shaped.