While the article is pretty accurate in terms of the cuts that have been made the flowers were actually removed from the F loos about two years ago.
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Jump to postUp until 2010 there were two cabin crew 'fleets' at LHR. Eurofleet which operated short haul routes and Worldwide which operated longhaul routes. BA wanted the crew on these fleets to accept vastly reduced terms and conditions which led to industrial action and when the existing crew did not accept ...
Jump to postIt's reported to be profitable and there was a concerted effort some time ago to turn it around (moving to T5, putting a 777-300 on the route). I think it's a route BA wanted to keep in its network so I don't think it will be dropped. The other massive saving, apart from moving it to T5 and putting...
Jump to postI think the intention is more about garnering bad PR for BA than the actual impact of any strike itself. Already some news agencies are reporting '16,000 BA crew to strike' and most with just the headline 'BA Cabin crew to strike'. This kind of bad PR is a nightmare for BA. My two pence worth - BA h...
Jump to postThe biggest safety issue is that he wouldn't have been covering his door during landing.
Saying that, i've been in the lavatory of a 767 for landing before. It happens...
Nice report! Just one thing about the meal - out of the USA east coast in the evening there are two variations of the dinner service depending on the time of flight and the availability of pre flight dining. Departures 18:00-20:00 (including BWI-LHR) are 'Goodnight service'. A one tray service with ...
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The 787-8 has 8 crew. Four for Club World, four for World Traveller/Plus.
The 787-9 has 10 crew. Two for First, four for Club, four for down the back.
Or to dilute yield by operating SQ and Scoot concurrently. Exactly. Scoot already flies a number of longhaul routes to destinations that were already served by SQ - look at SIN - SYD/MEL/PER. People that would normally fly SQ won't automatically jump ship to Scoot as they are two completely differe...
Jump to postI completely agree with Cubrsule. I have the impression that posters in the US exaggerate the effect of LHR as a hub. As an European hub, LHR is quite behind FRA, CDG or AMS. For instance in Spain (despite IAG and Spain-UK being the largest European country pair), BA serves LHR daily only to MAD, B...
Jump to postWe have a good amount of gay pilots at BA. Also a transgender captain. Qantas has an openly gay CEO. I think generally these days pilots (as well as everyone else in the company) are VERY careful as to what 'casual' homophobic/sexist/racist comments they make.
Jump to postNice trip report, thanks.
Is the entire cabin crew Hong Kong based? Even the Purser?
One of my first flights ever as crew was from Dhaka to LHR. We had lots of passengers on such routes that hadn't flown before. One thing I found amusing was how some passengers on these routes simply had to have whatever they saw you giving someone else for free. 'What she have? I want.'. Ermmm....i...
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Jump to postGreat trip report! <acronym title="Aer Arann Express (Ireland)">RE</acronym>: Access to the <acronym title="Qatar Airways">QR</acronym> Al Aafwa lounge - The business cabin for all the intra gulf flights (even as far as <acronym title="Doha - Hamad International (New Doha) (DOH / OTHH), Qatar AND Do...
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Jump to postPerhaps we will see GRU go to a 787-9 and GIG to a 787-8?
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Jump to postI guess there is no doubt she was in possession of the drugs. I guess it's the 'intent to distribute' bit that will allow some wriggling room. As others have said I would imagine she will be approached to do a deal - implicate others etc. In exchange plead guilty to a lesser charge or reduced senten...
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Jump to postSorry for being so blunt but having worked many trips to Saudi et al if I wanted 'action' it is as easy to get in Riyadh as it is in London. There are certain 'hook up' apps that literally light up like a christmas tree when switched on in <acronym title="Riyadh - King Khalid International (RUH / OE...
Jump to postI am not fearing flying to <acronym title="Tehran - Imam Khomeini International (IKA / OIIE), Iran">IKA</acronym> as a gay male. I've been flying to Saudi and Kuwait and many African countries as a 'person non grata' for years and simply put I wouldn't plan the same kind of stuff on a Riyadh layover...
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Jump to postAs crew I feel a lot of hypocrisy here. Restrictions applied to female crew that work flights to KSA are far more extreme than the requirement to wear a headscarf. Their arms and legs have to be fully covered at all times. They aren't able to take advantage of the hotel swimming pool or the gym. Fem...
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Jump to postIs fresh whole fruit and a plain salad considered kosher? I'd guarantee that these would have been available on the Swiss flight to enable the passenger to avoid a complete fast.
Jump to postI imagine they are hopeful of poaching some frequent flyers from the legacy carriers into their 'Golden Rooster Club'. <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/crackup.gif" width="18" height="15" border="0"/> They could obviously do with some marketing tips.
Jump to postWill any existing Longhaul rotations need to be cut to accommodate the CPT service from LGW? I believe 777 utilisation is very tight.
Jump to postWell it's looking like it will be announced. Thrice weekly Gatwick to Cape Town on a 772. No reduction in the Heathrow to south africa operation. Sorry no link. This is on an internal discussion forum.
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Jump to postAwesome trip report Carfield! I guess one can see why Qatar is not overly ambitious about rolling out First Class on more of it's aircraft instead focusing on a two class operation. Their Business Class is just so good there seems very little differentiation between the two. Both cabins have direct ...
Jump to postMaybe LX had dispensation to crew the aircraft with less than the legal minimum cabin crew if they carried less than 'x' number of passengers and blocked off certain zones?
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Jump to postBA still has microwaves on all longhaul aircraft although they are hardly ever used. They were launched with great fanfare (and huge expense), their main task to be to heat up hot 'club kitchen' meals requested in between services. They have been removed from the couple of 'High J' 747's that have b...
Jump to postBA said that the reason they closed the <acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym> base was due to the fact that there was no need for Mandarin speakers on <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="Singapore - Changi ...
Jump to postThere are no plans to exclude gay crew members from these routes. There is a HUGE amount of countries where <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> flies to where gay sex is illegal - nearly all of the middle east, many destinations in Africa - even India. The distinction is though that it is ...
Jump to postDoes anyone know if the <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> crew operating to Tehran slip there or do they operate a return <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/SKAirb...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Someone83" class="quote" target="_blank">Someone83</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i>BA153 LHR2110 – 0625+1IKA 772 x7 BA152...
Jump to postI'm really happy <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> are adding Tehran to the network. They seem quite bullish and confident about it's potential. I would have expected them to start with a 'mid haul' configured A321 upgauging to a 787 perhaps. A 777 off the bat though - they must be confi...
Jump to postWill be announced today. <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="Tehran - Imam Khomeini International (IKA / OIIE), Iran">IKA</acronym> commencing 14JUL. 6 x weekly. Operated ex <acronym title="Turkmenistan Airlines">T5</acronym> on a four class ...
Jump to postI think their management weren't particularly switched on. When times were already getting tough I recall they had to ground their entire 767 fleet over a peak holiday period because they hadn't been compliant in some kind of maintenance or some paperwork associated with it?
Jump to postMy best memory was the 747 'starships' when they launched long haul flights. I remember flying them to <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - International (Chek Lap Kok) (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), China - Hong Kong">HKG</acronym> ...
Jump to postBA A380 - 22 total. 3F 9J <acronym title="Jet Airways (India)">9W</acronym>/M 1CSD Other a/c types CSD is included in J tally B747 (super Hi J) - 15 total 3F 8J 4W/M B747 (Hi J) - 14 crew 3F <acronym title="Skyservice (Canada)">6J</acronym> 5 W/M B747 (Mid J) - 14 crew 3F <acronym title="Cebu Pacifi...
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