“The paint was blistering on the seat. Eyes were watering. People were reaching for oxygen. The aisle was covered in vomit.................”
I came back from the Bahamas a few years ago and had to endure the Marsh Harbor terminal at over 100 degrees, followed by a sweaty flight then another trip through Nassau and more sweat. By the time I ran to the United flight going out of Miami, I stunk! I mean sweating, stinky, open the windows stank!
There simply wasn’t a time or place to sponge off.
On my last deployment, we stood outside the plane for 4 hours in the lovely 120 degree heat, and then got to sit in the plane at 100% occupancy without AC for another 3–maintenance issue. By the time we arrived in Germany, everyone was looking forward to gaining some legroom and air, and then the Space A folks filled it up again. We we all disappointed, but I really felt sorry for them having to fly 14 hours in a smelly tin can with 100s of stinky GIs. One of the worst trips ever!
We spent 2 weeks. on Green Turtle Cay so have been through Marsh Harbor. Yeah, it was brutal.