Flight details
23 August 2019, depart singapore changi 23.10. Flight SQ279. To adelaide. Seat row 58
After asking for extra room seating at ticket booking, as i am 6 foot 4 we were told my seat possition had extra room. When we boarded we found seat and no joke, there was only around 5" of room between seats. They were squashed it that tight. I said to the nice air hostess that there was no way i could sit in the seat. She was nice and said that she would check once plane full and see what she could do. I managed to stand in the gap but was difficult as could not stand straight because of very limited room. I sat down when told with legs into isle with arm rest lifted. (sitting sideways) I thought the hostess would be back shortly to organise something. The plane started to move then the head steward (male) came and as he approached he very aggressivly said, 'are you going to sit in your seat properly'. I was really taken aback at his tone and nicely said that i could not get my legs between the seats. My wife also then said 'does he need to cut his legs off'. He then very loudly and nastily said, 'sit in your seat properly or i will turn this plane back to the airport'. Meanwhile other passengers around me were looking shocked with there mouths hanging in total disbelief. I felt so belittled and shocked as i had not been nasty, loud ect, i had just asked the female hostess very nicely about my seat initially.
So i got 2 of the small pillows and put one between each knee and the seat in front, my knees being up level with my chin and feet up at seat base level. I used pillows as seat back was plastic and hard on my knees.
Now i will also add that i had asked for extra room when seat was booked. I do have terminal cancer and had approval from specialist to travel and this had been a bucket list holiday. The trip over i had an exit seat with lots of room.
Once our flight got under way i then sat with legs out in isle again and the hostesses were very nice about it, i moved my legs so they could get trolley through ect. I never saw that pig of a male hostess again on the trip.
I ended up suffering a lot of pain caused by the fact that sometimes i had to be crammed up and ended up having to be wheelchaired of flight in adelaide which was embarrassing again for me. I had to go to hospital and saw my specialist there and he told me that the large tumors in my body had been forced into pancreous and ribs ect and i ended up with infected pancreas . I am now just getting over that a week later.
Others around us also agreed that they to had trouble with there legs and my wife who is 5 foot 8" also had her knees hard up against the seat in front. The guy in front of her wanted to put his seat back but could not because her knees were jambed against his seat. I hope some of the others on that flight also comment as they were not happy, we never new any of them but they all talked about how the male hostess had come and open his scathing chat to me. They said very unprofessional and i totally agree.
He could have been much nicer in talking to me as i had been very nice in my talking and asking.
This flight was set up for small asian travellers, not australian travellers.
SHAME ON SINGAPORE AIRLINES
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