717 Q's... Anything we need to know?
Right all you JQ, ex IMP and QLink guys and gals, the 717 has arrived at National Jet, is there anything we need to know about the ol' girl?? Are the toilets as bad as we've all heard? What's worrying is the 7 pages in the manual inserts we've just received on unblocking techniques and basic toilet operation, almost as many pages on how to evacuate the bastard!! Honestly they have to be better than the ol' 146 'crap and run' thunderbox! Jeez I wish I had a dollar for everytime a pax has come up to me inflight and said the toilet stinks!! And those mirrors, luckily we are screened prior to boarding and I have no sharps on me, coz' those mirrors make you just want to end it all. I find turning the light off helps!! Also you ex 717'ers, there is a procedure in the Nat Jet B717 Cabin Crew manual on how to elimate smoke in the cabin inflight. No. 1 simply delegates the disarming of 1L and 1R, who then also perform 'cracking' of the doors, being sure to allow the door to settle against the 850 km/h airstream, then simply watch the smoke disappear! Note the warning "mind the decompression" Have any of you ex (and current JQ) 717'ers seen this procedure before? What worries me is that some nut at Boeing has obviously performed this procedure and lived to tell the tail. I think it would be a case of "you do it! NO you do it!" Also those dissing' the manual girt bar, atleast there shouldn't be anymore accidental popping of slides, (aslong as their disarmed) Any National Jetters heard about 'J' class on the Boeing? Also you ex 717'ers, something else that worries me that you can actually blow the slide on door 2 during flight which will 'jettison' the tail cone... how nice? I have NO IDEA what jettison means, but I am sure by the dodgy diagrams we got it means the tail splits in 2. This scares me. On that note, I'm sure many will miss the roar of the 146's 4 hairdryers on take off, and those perfect perfect landings , the endless 'miles' of silver gaffer tape (once seen on the wing) and not forgetting to mention the crapper! Judging on the lack of interest re: cabin defects lately from engineers (*cough u/s sinks*), me thinks the 146's days are numbered at nat jet, yes they'll keep their existing 146's/RJ's on the blue tail front, but something tells me the 146 is heading home.... or maybe big bird is the no. 1 priority for now... "now where's that roll of tape gone, my trolley's wheels just fallen' off!"