easyJet - Crew Discussions

[Off Stand]

hajdii,

Don't worry, easyJet carry extrension seatbelts. Therefore, if the regular seatbelt on the seat doesn't fit you, then just ask the crew for an extension, no need to worry.

[Dolley]

hajdii:

Firstly thank you for giving this subject any thought at all and trying to inform yourself. Most people wouldn't bother.

Like offstand said, easyjet (and I believe most airlines do) carries extension seat belts so there is no need to worry about the length of the fitted seat belts. Just take a seat, try to use the seatbelt and in case it does not fit ask one of the cabin crew for an extension. They should provide you one without making a fuss about it. They are easy to fit but if you should have any problems the cabin crew can easily help you.

Make sure you take a seat with an orange headrest as the seat belts are slightly longer in those and in case that you do need an extension the cabin crew won't be able to allow you to sit in a gray head rest area which might mean quite a bit of hassle for you (and the crew) trying to find you another seat. As well, if you feel you might struggle with one seat it might be as well worth considering to purchase an extra seat as flights do get fully booked sometimes, especially in summer. However, if it's only the seat belt length that causes you concern don't worry, that's no problem :-)

I hope you'll enjoy your flight :-)

[Airbourne-Adamski]

Had to position to BFS the other day from LTN. (yes it was a night stop :eek: )
Anyway, I thought I would use this time to see what the boarding is like from a pax point of view.

Well to be honest everything is normal as you would expect as a airline pax until you get to the gate. :ugh:

As i was one of the first to the gate I easiely found my particular herding line 'A'. So their I stood looking around as you do, pax starting to fill their particular lines. BUT when the gate starts filling up pax start to loose which lane to go in and basically start piling in anywhere, No organisation what so ever.
So the gate staff start boarding SB line so off they trot out to the a/c but the gate is then left unattended, so it then turns into more of everyman /women/child for them selves and basically just walk out to board. This explains why so many pax board complaining they were boarding A but ended up last. It was a complete mess to be honest, and no controlled.

Then all boarded nice and early, but they were some pax missing. Now what should of happened ACCORDING to NEW regulations for ground staff is....... The gate is supposed to be CLOSED -10mins to dep, allowing time to offload, change loadsheet and offload bags ready for OTP. But yes you guessed it this did not happen. 5 MINS AFTER dep time a family turned up and was allowed to board, and then they wanted to sit together (this is one thing that p*sses me right off). If they turned up at the gate on time like everyone else managed there would be no problem. Oh and guess who ended up moving to allow them to sit together ME.

[beermaddavep]

A bit of reassurance for Hajdii-

Unless you are very,very overweight you shouldn't have any difficulty at all.
I was worried about the same thing but had no problem.
I'm a proper fat bloke at 24 stone(approx 150kg) with a 48 inch waist and managed a 737 seat without even needing a belt extender.

Happy flying!

[Airbourne-Adamski]

Blimey this thred is now becoming a passenger advice line.

Which to be honest is all good, we are happy to help :)

[Airbourne-Adamski]

In some way it may not be so bad if there was sufficiant gate staff in the gate orgainzing the boarding, and ensuring correct people board at the right time.

I think the worst thing with free seat boarding is on a airbridge :ugh:
Everone tries to pile straight into the first 4 rows blocking up the aisle on causing queing up the bridge and a slower boarding.
Funny thing is after boarding everone is cramped in to the fisrst section of the cabin, yet the pax who went to the back are nicely spread out with plenty of room.

[HEisLEGEND]

hi!first post here so good night to everyone!im writing from lisboa,im part of the ground handling team that you visit everyday in lis!almost everyday i do easyjet flights,either check-in or gates and i agree that the assigned seats would be really great as the boarding process would be a lot more civilized.it would just take longer in the check in process as passengers would be arguing about seats there and not inside the plane...:p,either way making it simpler and cleaner in the gate..anyway,looking forward for your next visit(tomorrow probably)..

see ya next time on lisboa!;)

[EzyChic]

Hola Lisboa,

I was there the otherday from LTN goging to CDG. How are you? (I have no idea who you are though)

Ezy

[HEisLEGEND]

hmmm i was in the GVA ck-in,the GVA gate and in the LTN gate,i didnt do the LTN-LIS-CDG turnaround..anyway you guys seem really concentrated all the time in puting the plane shining and ready,you have no time for the sunny lisboa:cool:

[Airbourne-Adamski]

Hi HEisLEGEND.

Great to have you onboard with us. Nice to have ground staff join us for discussions and their in put.

Look forward to more of your posts.

[HEisLEGEND]

thank you!its good to feel welcomed in the orange team;)

[Airbourne-Adamski]

Hi folks,
Well have you heard.................
This last couple of weeks the DfT have been onboard and found that crew are not correctly checking seat pockets Tut Tut.
Now I know there are some crew out there that are lazy when it comes to pockets and not a push in the right direction.
But I am also going to go back to the fact of not needing to replace sick bags and cross seatbelts, Is this a factor because its making crewmore lazy?

I can handle sick bags not being replaced, but if I know my crew are not correctly checking seat pockets, basically being lazy and not working to SOP's they get told and have to re do them.

Does make you wonder.

[Flying Princess]

where hav the Dft been checking?