Kinda reminds me of my trip from San Juan Isla Grande (SIG) to Culebra (CPX), PR on Air Flamenco... Big props (ha ha, punny!) to the guys at AF, though, they covered the safety and customer service well, but flying on a smaller aircraft can be a little nerve wracking at first if you've never done it before. This particular flight seated 10 including the pilot, and seat 1A was *shoulder-to-shoulder* with the pilot (yes, there was a passenger seated at the co-pilot's yoke, not me, I was in 2B). The best part of the flight was when the pilot used a quick glance over his shoulder as a navigational aid to set up his approach at CPX.

Up until that point the smallest plane I'd been a passenger on was an Embraer. Assigned seating? Yes, based on your weight, which you had to provide at the time of booking. Air vents? Yeah, open the window. Exit rows? Yup, every row. Onboard video? Sure, if you count watching the GPS over the pilot's shoulder. Oh, and the baggage claim at CPX was literally an opening in the wall with a little metal table under it. They tossed the bags through the opening after hand-carrying them from the area behind the back seat on the plane.

It was, without a doubt, one of the most memorable and fun flying experiences of my life!

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