I can only imagine the state of the WC's for the last few hours of the flight.

I can’t imagine operating a flight for that amount of time. The crew must be frazzled.

I dare say there would have been significant pressure exerted for this inaugural flight to have everything in that department maintained to surgical theatre levels of hygiene for the entire 17 hours.

I have no doubt it will become an issue down the track once all the hoopla has died down and the level of scrutiny reduces.

Perhaps the Qantas Angels could whip up a campaign to get the loos stocked with PooPourri?!? LOL!


PG :}

Poo Pourri won’t work in a long drop dunny (no water). 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩

They've admitted it! No alleged about it.

Interestingly, while the Aussies are wearing the flying kangaroo, the umpires "Fly Emirates".:D

Should be on the ground in 25 mins. First arrival of the day.

The descent has begun!

Hope they remembered that the Europeans put the clocks forward one hour overnight.

That is no way to talk about Qantas Management! :E

Hmmm....17 hours QF Y class..(plus east coast connection maybe) ...you will not have slept..and now what? ....stay up all day?...what do you do until hotel check-in....yeah....no thanks...

Cones all 'round!
 

Job done.


And well done to all who deserve it! :D:ok:





(Now we cross back to Sydney for resumption of usual programming...)

17hrs and 3 minutes, I bet all the crew are shagged.

What is the rest period? Anyone in the know

I think it has more to do with the milestone of connecting Australia to the UK non-stop.

There were several milestones in commercial aviation history, like the first Pacific crossing below the Antarctic circle, or the first non-stop East-West crossing of the US, etc etc. We know the time and distance is not the real issue, it's the simbolic significance of what has just ocurred.

...Now, I bet the pax and crew must be barely alive.

150 crew and 150 pax?

Even closer to home - UA101 HOU-SYD last week was 17hr 52min, also in their game changer 787-9 :)

It is not about the flight statistics.
For some Australians it is an iconic travel connection. Fewer now feel this but many older Australians still have an historic connection to UK.
There is a book many of us were required to read at school - The Tyranny of Distance by Geoffrey Blainey.

Yeah, that North Pacific airspace throws in some real challenges with the density of aircraft trying to get FLs..............:rolleyes:

And Qantas is helping them out by halving the number of seats from Melbourne to London. :rolleyes:

Rumour is 2 A380s back in London by the end of the year.

Yes, and QANTAS under current management and Board have destroyed the iconic status this airline was once regarded by the Australian people.
Now sadly just another airline.

(Yes, I seem to like the word iconic!).

we know the crew who flew it there, who will fly it back and how many hours before the original crew flies again?