Pregnant woman moans about no lounge access when not entitled to it.

[andye]

Shouldn't she have just gone home if she were local?

 

[Princess Fiona]

Shouldn't she have just gone home if she were local?

She isn't from BNE

 

[Princess Fiona]

that's
what i was going to say.
i wonder if she was from Sydney and returning or a Brisbane local?

The article states "Sydney woman"

 

[Princess Fiona]

As it's no news the article is predictably sensational.
Looking at it on face value I can see why the average 36 week pregnant passenger left stranded overnight at an airport might think that the airline would help them out.
Note I'm not agreeing with the passenger at all , but putting myself in her shoes and maybe never having faced a cancellation and being extremely pissed off and full of hormones I think I'd probably have a rant to someone. Not the daily terror mind you, more likely the male that landed me in that position in the first place

 

[JohnK]

Sure but presumably you won't also go whinging to the newspapers about it.

True. The article is a silly article with extremely high expectations/demands.

 

[ComeFlyWithMe]

As it's no news the article is predictably sensational.
Looking at it on face value I can see why the average 36 week pregnant passenger left stranded overnight at an airport might think that the airline would help them out.
Note I'm not agreeing with the passenger at all , but putting myself in her shoes and maybe never having faced a cancellation and being extremely pissed off and full of hormones I think I'd probably have a rant to someone. Not the daily terror mind you, more likely the male that landed me in that position in the first place

I'd say with this approach, she may have dispensed of the offending male much earlier.

 

[Deleted member]

The article states "Sydney woman"

I wasn't wearing my reading glasses. ......... That's my story, and I'm sticking to it

 

[JohnM]

I'd say with this approach, she may have dispensed of the offending male much earlier.

Ahem..., I'd say that he's probably already dispensed of her.

But - as mentioned upthread - it's always the child one must feel deeply sorry for with people like this...

 

[esseeeayeenn]

Pregnancy is a normal part of life.
It is unreasonable to expect women to stop living while they are pregnant.
However, sleeping in the terminal was her choice.
It is a separate issue from her pregnancy.
I would have found a room nearby and claimed it on travel insurance.
Of course she is entitled to make her own choice.
But I don't have much sympathy for her criticism of Virgin.
The storm was beyond their control. It is precisely the sort of event for which insurance - not the airline - should pick up the tab.

 

[milehighclub]

Didnt think you could fly at 36 weeks? Thats pushing it.

For a single pregnancy on flights over four hours both QF and VA don't allow travel after 36 weeks. For flights under four hours QF allow travel up to 40 weeks but VA 38 weeks. Both require a medical clearance though after 28 weeks.

 

[Pushka]

For a single pregnancy on flights over four hours both QF and VA don't allow travel after 36 weeks. For flights under four hours QF allow travel up to 40 weeks but VA 38 weeks. Both require a medical clearance though after 28 weeks.

Its a curious distinction. If she was having Braxton Hicks I wonder if medical clearance would have been given. And how long before flying does a medical clearance last? A whole lot can go wrong in 4 hours.

 

[SeatBackForward]

EK flight from SYD to DXB was diverted to PER this morning after a woman went into labour on board. She was 39wks upon boarding !!! AND having mild contractions at the airport.

Needed to use Google translate as she couldn't speak English and no Russian speakers onboard.

 

[Pushka]

EK flight from SYD to DXB was diverted to PER this morning after a woman went into labour on board. She was 39wks upon boarding !!! AND having mild contractions at the airport.

Needed to use Google translate as she couldn't speak English and no Russian speakers onboard.

I would be rather annoyed at the airline for allowing that. Risks to all involved.

 

[flying_duck]

It's like passengers need a reminder there isn't a world class hospital on board the big metal tin can.

 

[andye]

My guess is the airline didnt know

 

[Jousams]

Here is what actually happened. Typical "I paid $59 for this flight so I expect first class service" type of complaint.

I wish the 'media' (the use of the term media is a stretch, do these Brit tabloids even employ journalists in Australia?) would stop giving people like this an outlet because they got a few likes on Facebook...

 

[Fly Boy Jerry]

I will not pay last minute rates to sleep in a hotel for a few hours if airline does not pay for hotel accommodation and transfers to/from hotel and I don't have a good chance of claiming money back from travel insurance.

We all value money differently and what we spend it on.

Yeah but when you are heavily pregnant i dont think you should save the money and blame the airline, someone also posted on virgin facebook said they were offered hotel but Meghan-Rachel Cochrane demand virgin to fly her home that night

 

[Isochronous]

Yeah but when you are heavily pregnant i dont think you should save the money and blame the airline, someone also posted on virgin facebook said they were offered hotel but Meghan-Rachel Cochrane demand virgin to fly her home that night

Exactly. If this woman was too cheap and nasty to spend some of her own money on a hotel room to look after herself and her baby, why should Virgin pick up the tab?

Disgusting Australian entitlement mentality on display in this story. I bet she'll be a career queuer at Centrelink.

 

[RAM]

I recall at Cleveland, OH airport about 10 years ago being amazed to see multiple stretcher beds with mattresses being stacked up close to a gate. It's the only place I've ever seen them. Does anyone know of other airports that have lots of portable beds that could be rolled out quickly?

I feel bad for the lady, however agree she should not be flying so late in her pregnancy. BNE is a pain to find late accom at - it's still a $30 cab ride to the nearest and then she'd be up for $130 probably. Others may sneer at such costs but they matter to a lot of people, and there is no shortage of DYKWIAs here who would be expecting to be looked after for free anyway. Ordinary journalism in the Daily Mail adding a VS pic in there, that's a different airline clowns.

A couple of years back over the Xmas/New Year break in Europe when they had the big snow storms that shut many airports we saw thousands upon thousands of army issue camp beds.

In Munich they were stacked 6 high in 3 rows along the corridors/connecting ways thoughout the airport. At Heathrow and Gatwick they also had them but not in the huge volume of Munich - they could have slept over 10,000 from the number we counted as we walked around before our flight. No sheets etc (though if stranded I would not care and would use winter jacket as a pillow).

 

[JohnK]

Yeah but when you are heavily pregnant i dont think you should save the money and blame the airline, someone also posted on virgin facebook said they were offered hotel but Meghan-Rachel Cochrane demand virgin to fly her home that night

Understood. She could have gone to hotel with taxi and Virgin would have paid.

My answer was to the question of why people whose flight is cancelled or delayed overnight don't get a hotel room. Some people don't want to throw away money.