VS077 MAN-BGI 3 DEC 12 (Economy)

This is a Trip Report from the Economy cabin

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Pretty standard flight on G-VLIP with some light turbulence halfway through the journey. I'd ordered a special meal, which was delivered early as expected, but really wasn't very good. We sat in 26 A,B & C. It has two windows to view the outside world through and is far enough forward of the wing root to allow for a good downward view. It was quite near the galley, but there wasn't really too much disruption. The main issue I found was when leaving the plane. Whilst you're right by the main exit you can only get off once the people in UC & PE have left, including all the people in the bubble. The people on the starboard side of the plane from rows 25 back will also leave before you as they progress forward through PE to the frontmost exit.

The crew were friendly and efficient. The IFE worked well, the only issue being jabbing in the seat from the person behind. You really don't need to make much contact for the touch screen to register. Despite this people think they need to push hard. Based on the fact there's someone jabbing the back of their head too they might figure out how much force is actually needed, but to no avail.

Funnily enough we had nervous flyers on both inbound and outbound flights. On the way out there was woman behind who was rather loud, until she took what I think was a sleeping pill and ended up sounding very drunk when she drifted into consciousness occasionally. There were no immigration slips on the plane so there was a mad dash for the few pens and slips at the airport, followed by frantic filling in and rushing for the passport queue.

Of course this was followed by jostling for position on the luggage pickup and then waiting 20 mins for the luggage to show.