Re: Fun missed approach/landing and low fly-pass

lall things and bits "hanging out" (so quite noisy and shakey), I think it's already been clarified, but this doesn't sound like a missed approach. Whenever I've had missed approaches or go arounds one of the first things will be a reduction in flaps and retracting the landing gear. Had o...

Re: Why does BA schedule 2 HKG-LHR flights within 10mins of each other?

Most departures to Europe from SIN are in the evening, so it makes sense that they both depart at night. They depart fairly late so I don't think they'd be much to gain from having them leave at a wider time gap. Also, I figure it's cheaper to get all those pax checked in almost together. Probably ...

Re: JFK/ORD - HKG on AA?

CX is going 3-4-3 in Y on the 77W in 2018. Enjoy it while it lasts.

For anyone with status who can't get their company to pay for J, AA is the much better bet with Main Cabin Extra and systemwide upgrades if you are EXP.

Re: SFO Landing/Takeoff "Reversal" on 10/28 last Friday, January 6, 2017 - unusual?

DaufuskieGuy wrote:

i'm surprised the 1/19 are long enough for Asia bound traffic. Why do they bother with lumbering out to 28 in most circumstances then, it is operationally very inefficient to do so.

Re: SFO Landing/Takeoff "Reversal" on 10/28 last Friday, January 6, 2017 - unusual?

Is there any particular reason why some airlines favor certain runways? I understand that wide bodies normally stick to the 28s for takeoffs, but nearly every day I see HA take off from the 1s. I've also seen KL take off from the 1s a few times, but no other wide bodies aside from the occasional UA...

Re: Worst-Timed Commerical Flights

I love the early morning arrivals into the EU from the west coast. I think they're incredibly convenient - wheels up at 8pm Los Angeles time, wheels down at 6am in Paris. . How is that possible? A super long range supersonic aircraft that I'm not aware of? ;) The AF nonstop departs LAX at 15:30 and...

Re: Worst-Timed Commerical Flights

Over the years I've seen quite a few AV flights (mostly U.S.->SAL) that depart in the 2-4am range. MIA also has a bunch of overnight flights from South America that arrive before 5am. The worst redeye I've taken was SFO-MSP. Right around 3 hours flying time, so barely any chance for sleep. I have t...

RE: Surprise, No Free Food On WestJet Transatlantics

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/8herveg" class="quote" target="_blank">8herveg</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>For another $20 dollars or so on top of the ...

RE: Surprise, No Free Food On WestJet Transatlantics

This model has been going on for years, it's nothing new. People need to pay attention to what they buy. "My Nissan Versa doesn't have leather seats and a sunroof like my Murano did!". Tough. I always found it amazing on AirAsia X how few people pre-order meals, when they are cheap and of relatively...

RE: Will BA Adopt BOB For Short-haul Flights?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/bobdino" class="quote" target="_blank">bobdino</a> (<a href="#12" class="quote">Reply 12</a>):<br/><i>The £20 price is steep, but it's way cheap...

RE: Will BA Adopt BOB For Short-haul Flights?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/bobdino" class="quote" target="_blank">bobdino</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i>That's my thoughts exactly. I'd rather pay...

RE: BA A380 LHR-SYD/MEL

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/uta999" class="quote" target="_blank">uta999</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>What is the reason behind <acronym titl...

RE: Brace Position In Safety Vid & Exit Row Carry-ons

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/rbavfan" class="quote" target="_blank">rbavfan</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i> Under FAA rules you cannot store items unde...

RE: So AA Overcharged Me....

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/EIRules" class="quote" target="_blank">EIRules</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>my visa debit card</i></font></td></t...

RE: AA Bringing In A New Team Of Premium Cabin Chefs

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/gonnagetbumpy" class="quote" target="_blank">gonnagetbumpy</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Also I think it is interesting t...

RE: AA Or BA LHR-JFK?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/lesfalls" class="quote" target="_blank">lesfalls</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="British Airways">BA</acron...

RE: How Do You Convince Company To Book Own Choice

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Bongodog1964" class="quote" target="_blank">Bongodog1964</a> (<a href="#33" class="quote">Reply 33</a>):<br/><i>I think we need some names</i></...

RE: AA Or BA LHR-JFK?

If you are Sapphire, go for the <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> 77W in Main Cabin Extra. The seats are very roomy, the cabin is modern. Main Cabin extra is semi-private (bulkheads front and rear) so there's less competition for lavs and foot traffic. Catering is a bit worse tha...

RE: How Do You Convince Company To Book Own Choice

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Bongodog1964" class="quote" target="_blank">Bongodog1964</a> (<a href="#25" class="quote">Reply 25</a>):<br/><i>Can you think of any sizeable or...

RE: How Do You Convince Company To Book Own Choice

Of course they receive higher compensation. <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DfwRevolution" class="quote" target="_blank">DfwRevolution</a> (<a href="#26" class="quote">Reply 26...

RE: Need Recommendations - Flying From NYC To Euro

No question, <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> is by far the best choice in economy transatlantic. I flew them on <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>-<acronym title="Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FR...

RE: How Do You Convince Company To Book Own Choice

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/IPFreely" class="quote" target="_blank">IPFreely</a> (<a href="#22" class="quote">Reply 22</a>):<br/><i> And most importantly it was only in pol...

RE: How Do You Convince Company To Book Own Choice

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/readytotaxi" class="quote" target="_blank">readytotaxi</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i>That is terrible, you are clearly ...

A320NEO Additional Problems

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/kdhurst380" class="quote" target="_blank">kdhurst380</a> (<a href="#29" class="quote">Reply 29</a>):<br/><i> I think this actually refers to a d...

A320NEO Additional Problems

From the article:

an increased noise created by a hydraulic pump when taxiing on one engine, they said.

So the dogs in the hold bark even louder on the A320neo than the A320ceo?  

RE: How Do You Convince Company To Book Own Choice

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/readytotaxi" class="quote" target="_blank">readytotaxi</a> (<a href="#17" class="quote">Reply 17</a>):<br/><i>You really gave it your all. </i><...

RE: 787-9 Y (dis)comfort

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/aerorobnz" class="quote" target="_blank">aerorobnz</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>compared to countries which still have s...

RE: How Do You Convince Company To Book Own Choice

My company does not allow booking <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> for transatlantic flights where there is any competition. So I always book <acronym title="San Jose - Norman Y. Mineta International (Municipal) (SJC / KSJC), USA - California">SJC</acronym>-<acronym title="Dallas / Fort...

RE: BA16 V BA12

The thing I found strange was that <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> allows pax on BA16 from <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</acronym> to connect on to BA12. They even meet you at the gate as it's a tight conn...

RE: BA16 V BA12

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/TUGMASTER" class="quote" target="_blank">TUGMASTER</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i> Easy one... <acronym title="British Air...

RE: Special Meals On Indian Flights

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Gr8Circle" class="quote" target="_blank">Gr8Circle</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i> The above are mostly issues with passen...

RE: Special Meals On Indian Flights

Indian veg + chicken/lamb meal offerings will probably cover 80-90% of the pax. Interestingly, sometimes <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> caters meals with pork out of <acronym title="Bangalore - Kempegowda International (Bengaluru International / Devanahalli) (BLR / VOBL), India">BLR</...

RE: Former EK A332 For Air Transat

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/SpaceshipDC10" class="quote" target="_blank">SpaceshipDC10</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>They did the same with some of t...

RE: Airbus To Offer 14 More Seats On The A380

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/parapente" class="quote" target="_blank">parapente</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>Why does (the removal of) upper deck sid...

RE: Delta To Place Narrowbody Order Part 1

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/slcdeltarumd11" class="quote" target="_blank">slcdeltarumd11</a> (<a href="#41" class="quote">Reply 41</a>):<br/><i> Bombardier is too big to fa...

RE: Concealed Handgun- Recommendations?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/fr8mech" class="quote" target="_blank">fr8mech</a> (<a href="#79" class="quote">Reply 79</a>):<br/><i>Every time a 'bad guy' with gun is stopped...

RE: Boarding A Flight To The Wrong Destination

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ghYHZ" class="quote" target="_blank">ghYHZ</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>There’s the story that’s made the rounds here ...

RE: BA Customer Support Cannot Solve Issue

I had a similar issue with <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> before. I booked my flight through Expedia Hong Kong (to take advantage of the loophole banning fuel surcharges ex - Hong Kong). However I was an idiot and reversed my first name and last name. The itinerary was <acronym title=...

RE: Former EK A332 For Air Transat

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Erebus" class="quote" target="_blank">Erebus</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>Won't be the first ex-EK frame for <acronym ti...

RE: WOW Air "stranded" In Las Palmas

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BestWestern" class="quote" target="_blank">BestWestern</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>This is the problem I have with Wo...

RE: Buzzsaw On 747s

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/crownvic" class="quote" target="_blank">crownvic</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>Honestly, this sound was far more prevalen...

RE: AC464 In J, Short Ride On The 27 Years Old Beauty

Great trip report! It looks like <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> and <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> are having a competition with who can have the more disgusting showers in their home turf lounges. It's amazing how there is such a difference for cleaning standards in Asia co...

RE: United E175 Hot-and-High Upgrade?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/cosyr" class="quote" target="_blank">cosyr</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>Can the E175 land there? I know if can do London...

RE: Airlines With Payable Upgrades?

BA are quite good with the paid upgrades - they make it very easy to understand either when you go into manage my booking or check-in online. You can also upgrade at the airport check-in counter (outstations) or at the customer service desks (at <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United...

RE: Help Me Decide: SQ Or EK? Or Any Other?

I don't know when you're going or how important cost is to you. If you're flying Y, <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> will certainly have the better experience. Are you really spending the whole 19 hours at the airport though?? I stay at the Ibis Bencoolen for overnights in Singapore ...

RE: BA's Wet Leased 737s, Any Info On Quality?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/edina" class="quote" target="_blank">edina</a> (<a href="#25" class="quote">Reply 25</a>):<br/><i>As fond as I am of the 146, G-SMLA is not the ...

RE: BA's Wet Leased 737s, Any Info On Quality?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/TUGMASTER" class="quote" target="_blank">TUGMASTER</a> (<a href="#23" class="quote">Reply 23</a>):<br/><i>They will have a row of seas removed i...

RE: What Is The Difference Between 321 And 321B On AA

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/OB1504" class="quote" target="_blank">OB1504</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>Not sure where you came up with that compariso...

RE: What Is The Difference Between 321 And 321B On AA

US A321s are a mix of IAEV2500 CFM56 powered, have wingtip fences. <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> A321s are IAEV2500 powered and have sharklets. Interiors are totally different - US is circa 1999 (but with comfortable seats), <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acrony...

RE: BA's Wet Leased 737s, Any Info On Quality?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/GCT64" class="quote" target="_blank">GCT64</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i> It can't, surely, be worse than the refurbish...