Key Points
The journey, itself, is divided into pre-OWG - Off We Go -- and OWG slabs - stretches before take-off and after, the former holding the potential of being as harrowing for First Class passengers as it is for soggy French Fries-eaters, since inclement weather and fog conditions are brutally democratic..
Air India international flights, like most meh-lines, continue to play elevator music, which I associate with stress, delays, loud co-passengers playing even louder jagraan videos on phones, and the sickly sax of Kenny Gee...
But it mustn't fall into the 'ethnic' trap of playing overwhelming eine kleine sitarmusik, or ersatz instrumental versions of filmi music to emphasise that its world-travellers are flying Air INDIA!.
To make Air India a truly high-flying world airlines -- and give it the oomph it once had when Hank Williams came out with his hit, 'Jambalaya' a year before JRD Tata's airline was commandeered by the government in 1953 - I suggest it tries out the following boarding music playlist in all its international sectors, necessarily in this order:. 1. Avalon Roxy Music: The perfect pacifier, with Bryan Ferry's hypnotic voice to lull you into your seat..
I once heard the eponymous album non-stop on loop as inflight listening on a Delhi-London trip. 2. Heart of Glass Blondie: That perk-up, preferably with the aforementioned welcome champagne, can only be provided by Debbie Harry's protective air bubble voice, and the spring this song has in its heels...
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