farmpilot wrote:
Was on a BA (mainline) flight from Cape Town to London last month when we pushed with half the pax still standing and trying to find seats. Not only was this a really poor show but also begs the question of the head count and security. Not good.
thats not an incident, head count is done at the door or at the boarding gate, as long as everyone is seated and the cabin is secured before the aircraft commences the take-off run...there is no problem...it would be so much easier if there was less "dawdling" and every-one only has 1 piece of carry-on luggage, then there would be no delay waiting for passengers to get settled....and there would be no complaints about "not being on time"
As far as the Mango incident.....
why even bother with sevice on a DBN sector....effectively its really only 45min to 50 min actual flight time, I am sure everyone can survive this flight time without a drink or snack.
But landing with the cabin crew still in the aisle is a serious breech of safety, should a sudden unplanned incident have occured, and cabin attendants get hurt, or not at their stations to man the doors for a possible evacuation, and blocked aisles, then there would be cause to have the Pilots licence's suspended as they, the PIC's, have to ensure the aircraft is in a safe and secure state before attempting a landing.
No cabin secure signal..no landing...orbit or go-around