One of those things I never expected...
Paris/Tel Aviv, Israel
We were NOT suppose to fly Air France: We were on board a TAP A310, flying to Paris Orly to connect to El Al. For over 2 hours we had to wait while mechanics were hamering and hamering ou our right side engine, and changing the oil, for 2 times! I knew the TAP A310 were old and tired, but not this bad... In fact, I would fly them again later, and they were fixed...
Anyway, when we landed in ORL, we could see our B-767 taxiing to take off...
Well, I thought Paris would have other easy options, no! We had to change Airports and wait for 8 hours, for the night flight.
My previous intercontinental experience with AF to Cairo was excellent, but NO: this was the NEW AF: Horrendous! Service was non-existent! No hot food was served at all! We had nothing to eat all day and were promised food on board! Cabin Crew horrible, inefficient and not interested at all! Worst, because we were a group of 10-15, we were all put together on the tail of the A320, legroom was pathetic, I'm 1,80m and I could not put me feet on the ground, and worst still, it was horribly hot, and the 'monsters' refused to ask the cockpit to lower the temperature! Rude as you cannot imagine! If I wasn't so tired, I'd start a row!
So, AF, never again!
Yet....