It wasn't me....
GHANA AIRWAYS SUCKS

 I know you've heard all manner of horror stories re GH, but this one is
just too good not to be told.

I was booked on the GH from Accra to Abidjan Saturday evening at 8. I called
the airport at 6 and was told it had been cancelled, and we would be leaving
at 6 am Sunday, and to report at 4. Turned up at the airport at 5 -  not a
GH uniform in sight. At about 6, we were told  that there was no flight to
ABJ, so they would put us on a flight to Banjul, where there would be
another GH waiting to take us to ABJ. The flight to Banjul could not stop at
ABJ first because it "was a DC 10, enroute to Washington, they had no
landing rights for ABJ, and because it was Sunday morning, didn't know who
to call". The DC 9, which was also leaving Accra for Banjul could not stop
in ABJ either because it had to pick up passengers  in Freetown and Monrovia
and drop them in Banjul to catch the flight to Washington...

So I took a leap of faith (Did I really have a choice -given that I had to
catch a flight out of ABJ that evening?) and got on the DC-10. Left Accra at
10, arrived Banjul @ 12.30, and surprise surprise, the DC 9 was just behind
us!! So we swapped passengers, and that was when the fun began.     A 30
minute stop dragged on for 3 hours, first because they had to arrange for
fuel, and then we had to wait for catering to deliver (none of this had been
arranged)...

So after three hours sitting on the tarmac, (no a/c or anything to drink)
the catering was finally on board, doors closed, and we hear an air hostess
say "Oh my God, I think I'm going to cry".

Turns out the catering truck had broken down, and because it was parked in
front of the wing, we couldn't leave. Banjul Airport has no tow trucks, and
off course there was no telling how long it would take to find a mechanic to
fix the truck. So captain says the only
way we can leave is if all the men get off and PUSH the plane back, so he
can turn. Which is exactly what we did....

So finally arrived in ABJ at 5.30 pm, 12 hours after leaving home for a 45
minute journey. As usual, the crew thanked us for flying GH, and hoped we
had a pleasant trip, and looked forward to seeing us again soon on GH...


David Ashiagbor
Project Officer

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