Why I'll probably never fly again

Flight BA 0015 and why I'll probably never fly again!
On May 03 2010 I set out on a trip from the UK to the Far East. The round trip to Singapore, Brisbane, Cairns, back to Brisbane, Auckland NZ, Melbourne, Perth AUS, Tokyo, UK involved flying on a variety of Boeing 7 series jet aircraft.
Total flying time for the 9 flights and 18 takes-off and landings was 58 hours, with the shortest flight 2 hours and the longest 13 hours. The flights were all economy class, with the usual cramped seating in the rear. The final flight was May 22. None of the flights were ‘enjoyable’, but the very first, Heathrow to Singapore was absolutely horrendous. It was in a 777 BA/QANTAS flight BA15.
It was excessively noisy all of the flight, affected by turbulence 50% of the time, and did the worst landing I can ever remember in 60 years of flying in commercial aircraft. On disembarking, and for the rest of the trip I was partially deaf in my left ear and profoundly deaf in the right. I had experienced excruciating pain in both ears during the approach and landing, worse than I had ever experienced before. I had problems with my sight during the rest of the trip, which I dismissed at the time as jet-lag.
On returning to the UK I booked an appointment with my optician because I had detected a great difference in the vision in my right eye, compared to before the trip. The brightness of the image was a lot less than with my left eye and the edges of objects were distorted. This situation was definitely new since the trip. I constantly monitor my sight and hearing, when instructing on health and safety and I know that the only difference between my eyesight before the trip, was the perspective of the individual eyes. My left is dominant and the right sub-dominant.
On June 9 my optician confirmed that irregularities were present, took a retina image and referred me to the Stoke Mandeville Eye Unit for further investigation. On June 15 I had an angiogram/scan which confirmed what the optician had found. An eye specialist/consultant then prescribed Acular(ketorolac trometamol) and Maxidex(dexamethasone) but there was no mention of a detached retina - although ‘peeling’ was mentioned. I was instructed to add drops to my eyes and return on September 7, 2010 for further investigation.
On July 4 2010, I had to discontinue the drops whilst I get my ears sorted - yup my right ear-drum has been perforated! And it seems likely I have a problem with my Eustachian tubes.
I am personally 100% sure, although not able to prove at this time that the damage to my eyes and ears was caused by flight BA15, maybe in conjunction with a dodgy pair of Eustachian tubes, and the cabin pressurization system of that Boeing.

Japan/New Zealand/Australia Tour 2010 Post 3

Just what's needed when 38 hours away from a trip half way round the world. Our local town has allowed, but not permitted, a demonstration by a so-called right-wing organisation. The local paper reports " It is thought that 600 police Officers will be on duty around the Town on Saturday, with teams of detectives set to be on hand to gather evidence against troublemakers." And how about this "Thames Valley Police will be keeping members of the public up-to-date with developments on the day by posting messages on Twitter". "Entertainers and musicians will be in the town centre on Monday (what may be left of it) as the traders try and recoup some of their lost business. Chiefs from local authorities have contributed to pay for children's entertainers and bands between 11am and 3pm." One town council official is quoted " We want to show that this town is still a nice friendly place for shoppers".
Further rather worrying news for local residents (and they will know what I am alluding to), all taxis have been suspended for a 24-hour period from 0600 01-05-2010.

Here we are, still at home and waiting to see whether we will be able to leave on our tour. The trip has now been completely reorganised by www.tailor-made.co.uk so that the wedding in Brisbane will be the first stop. We then fly to Cairns on Friday 7th. May to spend 5 nights at www.reefhouse.com.au/ .
Wednesday 12 May we depart Cairns, and fly via Brisbane, to Auckland, New Zealand.
After three nights at the www.citylife.nz-hotels.com/ we travel by coach to Rotorua, stopping to visit the Waitomo Glow Worm Caves. www.waitomo.com/New-Zealand
We spend two nights at the Sudima Hotel Lake Rotorua www.lakeplazahotel.co.nz/ , before travelling back to Auckland on the 17th. May. From Auckland we fly to Perth to visit relatives there, with a one night stop-over at the Travelodge Perth Hotel http://www.travelodge.com.au/locations/features.aspx?hid=772
We depart Perth in the evening of 18th May and fly overnight to Tokyo, where we spend three nights at the Metropolitan Hotel. http://www.metropolitan.jp/e/ .
Our final departure will be from Tokyo on Saturday May 22nd, arriving back at Heathrow later the same day.

Japan/New Zealand/Australia Tour 2010

This tour was planned as an introductory visit to Japan, and New Zealand, and also an opportunity not only to visit places we had not been to before in Australia, but to meet up with family for the wedding in Brisbane, Australia, of my niece.
The travel and accommodation booking was carried out by www.tailor-made.co.uk .
Accommodation was booked at the Hotel Metropolitan, Tokyo, http://www.metropolitan.jp/e/ ;
Travelodge Perth Hotel Australia http://www.travelodge.com.au/locations/features.aspx?hid=772
CityLife Auckland New Zealand http://www.citylife.nz-hotels.com/
Sudima Hotel Rotorua Sudima NZ http://www.lakeplazahotel.co.nz/
Sebel Reef House, Palm Cove, Queensland http://www.reefhouse.com.au/
Brisbane Bardon Venue http://www.centralvenues.com.au/

To date the success of the tour has already been compromised by a threatened BA cabin crew strike, for the first flight from Heathrow to Tokyo, and a volcano in Iceland which at the time of posting this blog, has grounded all aircraft in the UK -except for military or other emergencies.