Is this the World's WORST Airline Seat?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ค. 2021
- I took a ride on an MD83 in Kyrgyzstan with Tez Jet, and found out it has the world's worst airline seat.
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I can almost picture the engine falling off and Noel saying “finally I can see and the noise is gone”
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I heard this comment and it shows
Being an ex allegiant md-80 he had a 50/50 chance
I've had worse seats than that mate. Once, returning from Caribbean, I was put on the very back row of the plane, no window & legroom & ceiling that sloped inwards (I am 6'3''), right in front of the toilet and several people had diarrhoea. It was made worse by sitting me next to the worlds fattest man , and as we got to cruising altitude, a baby started crying, and did so the whole way home.
What airline?
I can’t remember, I think it was first choice, might even have been Thomas cook. It was in 2003 punta Cana to Manchester
Got a better one…American Trans Air (ATA) 757..late winter, 2001…all coach…very dense capacity ..somewhere near door 3, no window. I think the center cabin lav was supposed to be there on a “normal” carrier……AC was questionable…..bunch of drunks returning from Vegas….and oh, yeah..my wife started morning sickness with our first child on the flight. Flight from hell….and the fabric on the seats looked like something out of a city bus.
Lol Jesus christ dude I'm also 6'3" and just reading your description gave me claustrophobia. Idk how u did it I would have freaked out or something
@@DeepFriedHugs it was either that or jump out and swim home. its surpirising what you can tolerate when youre 30,000 feet up
i absolutely loved this episode! I mean the irony! The double window fail. Then the taxi ride! Pure entertainment! You edited and shot this installment to perfection. So lets just say, you properly suffered for the art! bravo!
Still something different! Better than business class reviews of every other channel
45 minutes? That’s nothing! Try almost 4 hours in that seat on an American MD82 from NY to Dallas, Texas. By the time I got there I thought I lost my hearing.
-Wants to fly the MD80
-Complains about the noise
If no view ya that's good enough reason to complain!!
And asked for a windows seat at the very back,another positive is a fan blade letting go would be a quick end in that seat.
@@gazfish but if He did not know the Situation beforehand, as he did not fly the MD until then, he has right to complain
The MD-80 is fairly quiet if you're flying in the front though.
If I did a mad dog I'd want to be as close to those engines as possible - although I will agree the view is a bit restrictive...
One of your best videos Noel! So much better than the usual business/first class reviews, that almost all of us will never be able to take. Such a relatable video!
5:08 the way she stared at the camera 💀💀
And then she's out like a light. Wonder if there's something Noel didn't share with us ?
I always had that awful seat on the MD-80s too. I’ve become convinced that they only sell tickets for that one seat. Everyone else on the plane is actually an airline employee and their only job is to make you sit in the world’s worst airline seat.
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"Reserved for international social media operators". How to keep them from reporting about one's airline.
Noel, your videos are now the most interesting flight videos on TH-cam. Watched you progress over the last year(s) and you're certainly on the right road.
Keep safe!
I do worry about you sometimes.
Glad you like them!
I've never heard an avgeek complain about the noise (music) of the MD80... 😂
It is quite bothersome, if we’re being honest. I never liked the MD-80/90, glad they’re mostly gone.
Agreed! That noise is amazing
@@blimeyboris8856 don't watch the videos then
I got to try a 717 a couple days ago and was surprised how much I liked it.
@@kbos_aeronautics agree. Most people with fond memories probably had enough status with the airline to sit up front where it was actually a pretty nice ride
I just realized it's not Bald and Bankrupt videos 😂, nice video by the way Noel
If you haven’t already you should do a “What’s on my phone for travel” video with tips on useful apps and other interesting apps that you find useful and can help when travelling or at home planning a trip.
Agree!
Love how the coffee guy showed you multiple options and you just pointed, so easy and fast without trying to speak each other’s language 👍🏻👌🏻
bald and bankrupt would approve this city :D Which app do you use for offline flight route inflight?
We should try to get Bald and Noel a Mini with a Union Jack painting!
Hello Noel, just wanted to say that as an aviation fan, I also love your experiences in-country with food and culture. Very entertaining channel for those of us stuck in a cubicle/office; Never thought I would get to see central Asia/
Noel, you literally asked to sit at the back. :-D
Love your videos. So different from all other channels that only review business and first class all the time. So cool to see when you fly to these more unknown places. Keep up this awesome work 😀
I ,ove the plane and airline reviews, but my favorite part of your videos is seeing the places. I had no idea what Kyrgyzstan was like, and now I've seen at least some parts of lit.
Had the privilege of flying in business class near the front of the MD-80 more than once and it’s fantastic! Lifts off silently and the wind noise gradually ramps up as airspeed increases. A remarkable experience. I hope you get another try at this, it’s really amazing.
Thanks for reminding me why I like to stay home.
I actually like hearing the engines while flying. I am a fan of vehicle noise, no matter what it is, jets, trains you name it.
Loving the Bald and Bankrupt vibes with this video!
I've been watching several of your videos over the last few weeks. I think it's time to subscribe.
Thank you! :)
The number of times I screamed, "No, go *that* way!" while you walked around all of the worst parts of Osh, missing turn-offs to some amazing sights, hahaha. I'm so sad for you. You even showed the mountain Sulaiman-Too rising over the city at 14:11. It's a UNESCO World Heritage site and you could have hiked to the top for an incredible view, sacred grottos, and a museum. I know you didn't have time to plan, but if you ever find yourself in Osh again I promise you really only saw the worst parts! :) :)
Haha, that sounds like just my luck! Thanks for the tips, I'll be sure to head to that mountain if I find myself there again!
"And on that disappointment.." that reminded me of Jeremy Clarkson so much! 😂
"...back to the studio."
Back to the tent
LOL I loved right at the end when he's in the taxi trying to leave the airport and the driver is just yelling out the window xD
Your choice of music is beyond ideal!
so full of russian balalaika, when flying in the muslim country... so good...
Be thankful your in that seat! I use to call them the "Jackscrew Airplanes" because of the jackscrew in the horizontal stabilizer occasionally failed. The McDonnell Douglas engineering team used a simple Acme Nut with grease applied in-between that and the threaded shaft that controlled the horizontal stabilizer, (the grease was supposed to be changed or reapplied at 600 hours or so and many airlines maintenance staff would overlook that or have a 2,000 hour interval), these errors were all preventive/predictive maintenance issues - meaning human errors occurred!
Impressed you can pronounce Cyrillic Noel! Well done video in general, I've also flown the back of a Delta MD-80 with an infant and a two year old in tow from BWI-MSP then on to SLC. Heaven help us all.
And your game of spot the Soviet landmarks made me think of my other favorite Bald traveling TH-camr 😉
I’m Russian American, I lost most of my Russian (I wasn’t using it much lol) but, I did somehow recover my knowledge of reading and pronouncing Cyrillic.
Many moons ago I remember boarding and departing a Dan-Air 727 by the rear boarding steps, if I remember correctly it was in the early seventies in Lanzarote. In those days they used to take photos of passengers coming down the rear stairs and put them up for sale at your hotel a few days later.
JAT DC9, Dubrovnik to Zurich, 1984. Identify your bag laid out on the tarmac, then board by the rear stairs 👌
Nice video . You don't stop to surprise. I liked the end with the cold beer on the hotel in the night quite a lot . And your sigh of relief . Looked cool
A lot of people: _I don't want to sit near the front of the wings because if the engine explodes shrapnel could go through the window and hit me_
McDonnell-Douglas: *wanna see an engine?*
There was really nasty fighting between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in Osh back in 2010. Hundreds killed. Got reasonable coverage in international media at the time but then was largely forgotten about outside of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
You should have given someone further up $20 to swap seats.
Lol. The flight costs around 2050 Kyrgyz som which is about $24 usd. I think somebody might be willing...
Lizard Salami Pizza? Now that sounds like a very special local dish...
You’re a brave man Noel. Some of these airlines you fly, I wouldn’t set foot on!
Imagine being on that seat for a 5 hour-flight and all you’ll see is the engine...and you forgot to charge whatever entertainment device you bought along for the flight,
Ouch
Read a book 😉
Hi there! Hope you’ll fly with this beauty once again! And lemme know I’ll give u the best seat 💺 in this aircraft ✌🏾, P.S: I’m FA in the MD-83 of Tez Jet 😊
What did you expect in Kyrgyzstan? Singapore airlines service?
Bro the expressions of the lady next to you made the whole video right there lmao
I've invented a new drinking game! Every time Noel says MD80 you have to down a shot!
I'm wasted 🤣
Thats a good idea !
The woman next to you is probably thinking " does this guy ever shut up ? "
You don’t half take your life in your hands on some of these Mickey Mouse airlines and walking on your own around these suspect towns lol
The airlines bit is understandable. But suspect towns? Really?? There are some really lovely people and cultures around the world. If you remain cocooned in your little park of the world all you'll hear and see are things like brutish English football fans abusing Italians and black people in their so "not suspect" towns because of a silly match. Step out of that little corner, explore the world, even the towns you were never educated about!
@@SSIyer well, let’s see, only five of the abusers of black players were British, and the rest came from the rest of the world, Eastern European football fans don’t have a stellar reputation do they? Especially Russian Ultras. Come on, you can’t hide the fact Eastern Europe is and always has been a wasteland and a dump.
You gotta buy the seat next to you 😂
Good to see the lady next to you had her chin completely protected from infection
"Torture tube" you got me on that one
The Mad Dog has a distinctive voice when you sit next to its engine! Been there done that more than once…but you’ll be glad for the memory. Sadly, they’re becoming more and more rare.
The noise is literally the best part Noel...
Boarding from the tail was the highlight 🥵
Well. At least you even had a window. On a Delta 757 one time (in premium economy might I add!) I had NO window the entire way. I actually messaged Delta and they said it usually had to do with ductwork running up the side of the wall. Definitely felt cheated out on that one.
I reckon Noel in the back and Sam Chui up-front would make a good economy / business class comedy duo. Noel definitely wins the award for travelling to obscure places that no one else will ever want to go to.
Oh god dont bother bringing sam, noel is far better!
Awesome vid! Keep the grind!
Fantastic and finely! I have wanted you to take us with you on your travels once landed for ages and now you finely have! Brilliant best episode yet.... More please
Fantastic Video! It’s these experiences that I love to see and watch. The whole travel experience is different. You should try booking with DAT on their MD83. ✈️
The BAe 146 / Avro RJ - 85 (MSN 2296) - EX-27003 First flight date was 15/10/1996, making it 24.7 years old.
Hi Noel, LOL😂😂
Your wife is right about you, you can moan for England. I thought you had a great day. You made me smile and you ended the day with a nice cold beer.
Keep up the great reviews my friend.
Kind regards
DS
I wrote the previous comment before I see the full video so this is to bright your day Noel. There was a man who wanted to be a great hunter so he get a gun and go to the woods to kill a bear . He get to a bears cave he see the bear try to shoot her but the gun fail to fire. The bear smile, he give some good punches to the hunter and after the hospital the man says this will not happen again . Second try with new rifle same results . The guy tries another time, then another, same results . At the end the bear says to the hunter - ok tell me the truth you do not come here for hunting ... So Noel tell the truth you like engines more than planes maybe?...
Noel, it certainly was a stinker of a day but boy, it sure made for great viewing! I was laughing at your bad luck for the whole video. As usual, thanks so much for posting these.
MD-80's are indeed really nostalgic and nice planes. Flown those on Finnair several times when I was a kid. Let's hope they maintain some for many years to come!
Great video I think the lesser known airlines are more fun. I learn alot from your videos about air travel. Thank you for your efforts and travel.
That rivet counting line got a legit laugh from me. Quality stuff as always, hope you get luckier next time lol
Walking up the rear steps reminded me of my first MD82 flight from NAP-MXP. Love the MDs, though I never sit down the back. Got to visit Kyrgyzstan one day, looks interesting.
Still beats my view on the Aeroflot 777 which, despite being one of my best flights so far (as I commented before), had me sitting at a window seat with no window, I didn't know that was even possible!
Got that seat when I jumped a connection in DFW. But was glad to get to PSP hours early and enjoy the sun. Thanks as always.
My favorite seat is an aisle seat next to the toilet. I'm a nervous flyer and I have to get up and pee a lot. I also get a bad case of the farts. I dread the middle or window seat.
Glad to hear that i am not alone! Specially on a 10 /11 hour flight! I also take an imodium. Works great!
Ah yeah me too except I wanna fart then make diarrhea.
A terrific report, Noel, well done!! What this achieves is seeing the different culture at first hand. So many You Tubers are content to show the usual Western European airports. Loved the people and facial expressions, the dress, the goats, the kids not fastened in the back of the cab, the passengers staring at you. I could almost smell the place. Brilliant.
Midwest Express, later named Midwest Airlines, used to fly out of Milwaukee, WI - where I live. They had a fleet of DC9 / MD80 aircraft. They had the galley in the back of the plane, so I was never “blessed” with the view you experienced. Since I flew on one airline, with one type of airplane, it was strange to hear different sounds on other airplanes when I started to fly on other carriers with other planes.
And they had the lovely chocolate chip cookies...
So sorry about the seat, Noel!
I was once the sole passenger on a DC-9 flying from Brisbane up to Townsville in Australia. It was either TAA or Ansett, and I don't recall how it happened. I think maybe it was Christmas day, sometime back in the 70s. They had this weird thing where both airlines flew the same routes at the same times. On this flight it was just me and a couple of lovely flight attendants in the main cabin. After landing I went down the stairs out the back and walked across the tarmac, alone. A surreal experience.
It's not weird. It was the fixed 2-airline agreement between Ansett and the government owned competitor TAA (Take Another Airline). The very same fleet. If one ordered a 727, the other had to have it too. If one set a flight in the timetable, it was approved only, if the other flew in the very time slot too. I guess it was just a matter of tossing a coin in the tower for sorting out, who was getting on the runway first.
Your experience could have been a positioning flight. The other had all the passengers for that slot, while the capacity for the return trips might have been higher and allowed for a more even share. TAA was morphed into Australian Airlines before being sucked up as QANTAS' Domestic arm and Ansett going broke. The rest is history, having spread into even more weird airlines serving Australian air routes.
We all have bad days at the office but I enjoyed the video and at least you had a nice beer in the end!
I have experienced the drone of being in the last row of a DC-9, also with no window / view, but a ton of noise. The older generation jets used on the DC-9 were even louder than the MD-80. The B-727 also had the stairway in the tail, and the aft section where the lavatories were between the three engines was very loud. Fortunately there was an exit door separating the side engines from the last row of seats, so there were windows, and it wasn't too loud.
Thanks for showing these videos I’ve never been on a plane or abroad so enjoy them.
LOL! There's an old saying..if it wasn't for bad luck, we wouldn't have any luck at all! Cheers Noel. We all know that your luck will turn around very soon. Take care!
been back watching your videos again recently, feels weird knowing i was less than half a mile away when you did your video about sheffield city
I flew three times on the MD-80, all three on American Airlines: Dallas to San Diego and back, and San Francisco to Dallas. On all these flights, I was on a midplane seat, so I didn't have those problems you had, Noel. But I found it claustrophobic and the seats were very uncomfortable. I also found it a bit noisier than average even if you sat more forward.
Planes with engines mounted on the rear fuselage can be noisy if you are on a rear seat (this happens on Fokker 100s, though they're great planes if you sit from the middle forward), but sometimes the manufacturer does a good noise insulation job. That was the case with the Boeing 727 (the engines were slightly aft of the last windows). I'm old enough to have flown a lot on the 727 and I loved that plane, the retired type that I miss the most. It was relatively quiet even in the rear, and if you sat on a window seat ahead of the wings, the unobstructed view was unbeatable, especially but not only on the 727-200 (I flew on a lot of -100s, too). And don't get me started on the powerful takeoff and climb, and the higher speed that shaved some minutes off the flight time compared to other jets such as 737s.
Oh, and the 727 had rear stairs, too. I used them a lot and they really sped up the boarding and disembarking at airports without jet bridges (which were most of them here back then).
I love the seat right infront of the engine. So u can see out the window and still hear the GORGEOUS jet engine!
I am sorry but you crack me up!!! This was awesome, not that you got that seat, but that you got that seat and you made me laugh because of it. As a flight attendant working for an airline that had a ton of MD-80 aircraft, the engine noise and its rhythmic rrrRRRRRrrrrRRRRrrrrrRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrRRRRRrrrrrRRRRRrrrrrr(not sure if that captured the sound accurately or not)always made me very sleepy.
When people, who got that seat way in the back of the airplane, boarded the first thing they would always say is "Whoa HO HO, back of the bus!!" Then after sitting down only to discover that an engine was blocking 99% of their view to the outside, they would always let me know of their displeasure at not really having a window to look out of. To lighten the mood, I would tell them that they had one of the most important seats on the airplane; that if at anytime they could clearly see the ground, suddenly having a great view, they needed to let one of us Flight attendants know right away. It always got a laugh, of which I wasn't always sure. But I did make sure I only said it to people who seemed relaxed and at ease with flying.
The music was perfect! 😂
I once had a middle seat from SAN to SFO. Not only was I wedged between two guys who weighed 250 (I'm at 200- so it was tight), both people on the window seats never opened the shades. Not even on landing, so I had no perspective.
Aww. I know how you feel. Some people are so ignorent. I would just open the shades.
@@avationgeek.1217 Most airlines have you open the shades on landing. It might even be a regulation. This was Virgin America and they liked the cool night-club vibe on their flights, so they had the shades down on boarding.
Lovely adventure, as always. Shame it was only one MD flight. Look at it this way concerning the engine view: it certainly was memorable and that engine ruckus and the detailed vistas of 30 y old rivets are things you won’t likely forget. Looking forward to tomorrow’s episode!
Oh Noel that’s some bad luck…. It did make me chuckle when you had an engine on the way back also! 😂😂
MD-80s were really common here in the US a few years ago. I always thought there were a nice looking aircraft it's a shame they got rid of them.
At least you saw some nice goats
Can totally see you are a glass half full kinda guy @fringehead 🍻
And the Nazi beauty salon….yikes
Hahahaha, what a great episode!!! 😂😂
Those kebobs looked like the best part of this trip. Love these off the beaten path flights
As someone that used to have to fly on these things between ORD and LAX/LAS and back again, you're not missing anything!
Maybe they keep these engine view windows empty as long as possible. So the last person to book gets it - which is YOU!
Jetsgo was the greatest canadian failure lol 😂 im shocked that bird still flys after they used it.
Best part!!???? the beer at the end LOL!!!
I loved the Kenny Rogers shoutout. Such an underrated wordsmith this side of the pond.
Lol! Love your reaction to the seat. Happens to everyone who loves Aviation. I am not a rich man, and don't get to fly very often! 😉 I smashed my piggy bank for a RyanAir flight from Manchester to Malaga for three days of SUN SUN SUN! Got on the plane and realised I'd booked an offset window seat. On the return.. It came with a complementary American man who thought because he bought me a drink, it made it ok for him to talk to me all the way. Didn't even get to enjoy the night landing over my home city of Manchester! 🤣
Great video again!!! looking forward to the next one and hope to hope one on myself soon!
Well…you DID ask for a window seat 😂
Growing up I boarded through the back a lot on PSA 727's and later on PSA and Alaska MD-80's. Something that seemed so routine back then but not anymore. Also noticed that the MD83 still had the smoker's barrier when they had the smoking section in the back of the plane. Like the smoke was really going to stay in the back of the plane.
Hi Noel, I made that same flight in 2001, in a Yak 40. My suitcase was stowed in the toilet! Bet you did not have that.
Still not as bad as a CRJ200 😂
I mean, the CRJ200 at least has some sort of view 😂
I’ve flown a lot of MD-88s and a lot of CRJ200s and… I got used to both. The CRJ is worse in turbulence, and sometimes it’s a bit of a shock when they lower the landing gear.
@@noelphilips the crappy regional jet.
I flew on an MD-80 on American Eagle from Chicago to St Louis in 2002 but I was lucky enough to get a decent view. There were storms over St Louis as we came in to land and the pilot was dodging the storm clouds. It was like being on the back of that bike taxi you took across London
Well at least you saw more on the second flight 😂😂
Nice video Noel I got some good trips lined up in the future, Tenerife from Man in 2 weeks , Glasgow from BHX next months , Barcelona from Man in September and Finland in November from Gatwick , my first time in Vueling to Barcelona as well , very excited for my first trip in 2 weeks , In 9 months.
Sorry but I did LOL when you showed the view out the RJ85 window. Excellent vid, hoping for an MD80 window view soon!