Fire Fly

Me and Miho took our virgin Firefly to Langkawi recently to make comparisons between the two big time players in budget airlines industry of Malaysia (Air Asia). In term of flight fare, the two companies were not much difference. Since we have never been on a Fokker Jet before, we would like to get a different flying experience. Many would think Fokker, which is powered by the properller engines, is less safer than those Boeing or Airbus fleets, which are mostly used by Airasia to serviced their routes. Actually it is a wrong perception... The safety level of Fokker Jet is not much different. Guys, here are my most valuable reviews:

The Pros

1. Firefly operates at Subang Airport, which is only used by few airline companies. The airport has only around 20 take-offs and landings per day, it is less crowded.

2. Compared to LCCT, Subang Airport is nearer to KL town, you save traveling time to the airport.

3. The Fokker plane used by Firefly is small, it can only accomodate 50 passengers, boarding and unboarding take lesser time.

4. The seating is organized during check-in, no need to rush to get the best seat during boarding.

The Cons

1. Since Fokker is a small private jet, it has lower capability in handling turbulance, the flight experience is more bumpy.

2. The space is limited, the stewardess butt will always brush on your shoulder when they walk pass you. (For me is one of the cons)

The turbo properller Engine on the left

Left right double seat configuration

I brought my book. Why we want you to be rich..so that you dont have to take Firefly?? Opps

In flight menu, the prices are reasonable though

*We are soaring high*

Test Drive Session

Someone loaned me a BMW 320i SE over one of the luckiest weekends of my life. It was one of the important recognitions indicating that my driving skills were accepted by someone :p . I am not as qualified as Paul Tan, but I am sure many shares the same experience of driving a Beemer as I do.

To me, the feeling of driving a Beemer was: there was no feeling at all... Why? The ride was so smooth, I could'nt even feel the engine roaring when I floored the pedal so rigorously, the car was soooo quiet, I could say that, there was no engine noise at all. The gear transmission was sooooo smooth and so fast that I couldn't even feel it was switching the gear. I could only know how fast the car sprint until I looked at the speedometer and the car around me, which were so much behind me in miliseconds! And not to mention, the facial expression of the "my passenger" next to me, spellbound. I know I talk crap a lot, but his time I AM SERIOUS!

Michael once told me that, his friend, who had a massive accident in a Beemer 2 years ago would never admit that he was over speeding until today. I could understand why, that guy was definitly having a numb feeling in his Beemer too...Ahh, thanks to German Technology.

Numb session

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