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To all the people in Canada, this is why we (SIGNUM) didn't show up in Canada (Plush)
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| Signum For Real |
To all the people who came up to Plush (Vancouver), and did not see us.....
Every once in a while, you find yourself in a situation, that everything that can go wrong, will go wrong! Here's what happened to us last weekend.
We were booked for the opening-night @ Plush, a club in Vancouver (2-10-2004), to play a 2 hour set (01.00-03.00 PM). We were really excited to go over there again, cause it had been quite a while since our last visit to canada (which went wrong as well).
Anyway we arrived @ Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, to fly to London-Heathrow, once we had checked in, we had a 1 hour delay, so far so good (cause a 1 hour delay is not the worst that can happen in this situation). After arriving in London we had to transfer to another terminal for our connecting flight. Our flight (Air Canada) was suppose to leave @ 16.15 PM........Once it had reached that time, there still was nothing on the info-screens, except to wait in the lounge.......Finally 1 hour later a message was given, that the flight had been delayed till 18.15 PM........So we kept on waiting & continue with being bored......Another message was given.........and guess what?, delayed till 19.00 PM.
So far we had allready lost 3 hours waiting! Normally when you have to wait that long, you'll get some info on what has happened.......but no! Finally around 20.00 PM the message was given, that we could start boarding........WOOHOO.......Our thought on this was, that we would still be able to make our gig in time.......Big relief, but It still took another full hour to check in all the passengers..... So @ 21.00 hours we could finally take off!
Finally in the air, a announcement was made that they were very sorry for the delay, and that they had experienced some technical difficulties (whatever that means).
Completely tired and f***ed up from all the waiting, they came up with the most hillarious message of the whole day, which was, that the crew/captains had exceeded their official working time, and therefor we had to make a pit-stop in Toronto, where they would switch crews/captains, re-fuel and let us wait for another hour............Yipeekayee!!!
At this point we had come to the horrible conclusion, that our worst nightmare had come true, and the whole trip was useless........there was no way, we could play anymore @ the club!!! Well Done Canada Air!!!!. The whole trip to Vancouver had cost us 12 Hours in total, and we finally arrived @ 04.00 AM.........., completly nackered to the max!!!
And once you think you've had it all, there's allways that thing called "Customs & Migration" (now we understand how they came up with the word migraine), and yet another obstacle in our nightmare was added. Since we live in Holland, every other country you go to, custums look @ you, like your the dealer, whom they are willing to catch so badly.....So we spend another hour, being questioned about a lot of bull & almost stripsearched.....Untill we finally could go outside, smoke a cigarette, with the knowledge that we had to go back again in 8 hours.......
But rest assured, we will be back in November, we'll leave a couple a days earlier, so that even if we have this again, you'll won't notice it.......hahaha. We will also play an extended set, to make it up 2 you all, and give you a night to remember..!!!
Our appologies, and c ya in November
Greetz,
Pascal & Ron
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| nz-fan |
What a flight!!!!
Sooooooo terrible!!
Thanks for the information, I hope not too many people are dissapointed.....
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| hadi burpee |
| in airplanes, haha, that sucks though, you guys should come to LA though =) |
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| electrohit |
NL is not the best country to fly from...
hehe you litlle drug dealers..:D
Though its nice of you guyz to come in here and explain the fans what happend..
tnx for the story |
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| Ian^ |
| thanks for letting everyone know guys, it's nice to see that there can be excellent communication between djs & fans and to clarify everything :) |
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| Absolut_Vodka |
| I really like the part where they had to make a stop to change the flight crew...seriously...wtf! Worst service ever! |
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| Ian^ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Absolut_Vodka
I really like the part where they had to make a stop to change the flight crew...seriously...wtf! Worst service ever! |
it's the law though. When the french had airstrikes last year, the crew on one plane I was due to fly on had to fly uk -> Mallorca via german airspace, taking an extra hour, then fly back the same way, then fly out to Ireland and down to Fuerteventura at 4.5 hours, we literally had 15 mins to get on the plane when it had landed and have it all loaded up else we'd have been grounded until a new crew could be found, we made it in the nick of time, but the laws are there for safety reasons and you can totally understand it, esp when the crew of this flight I was on had flown for 10 hours nearly when they picked us up, that's a long time to concentrate, making it nearly a 14 hour day in total for them, I envy them for being able to do that |
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| CraveTheRave |
I don't live in Vancouver, but it is still appreciated to see when a DJ tries to explain for something like this. Totally not your fault. Air Canada is just a big cock-up from the beginning. You guys are awesome, btw... saw you at Global Gathering 2002 and it was amazing. Hopefully you guys can make your way here to Edmonton, Canada soon.
Cheers,
Terry |
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| Floorfiller |
Signum for Real...hahaha...i like it!
anyway,
i like when you guys come and give the story...good to know what happens |
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| Dj.Louis |
You should never trust Air Canada...
| quote: | | But rest assured, we will be back in November, we'll leave a couple a days earlier |
Good idea |
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| rabbitjoker |
Thats too bad mates.
I hope it works out better in the future.
BTW - Next time just come to Toronto. ;) We'd love to have you folks play here. |
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| 24K |
Can't wait to have you back in November!!!
thanks again for the rec :)
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