Unlucky 13?
 

Sorry if this is a silly question but someone at work this evening was adamant that BA aircraft have no row thirteen due to its perception as an unlucky number. I think they're talking absolute bunkum. Who's right?

Don't know about ba but the last two AF aircraft I flew in had no row 13.:ok:

There's no row 13 to be found on any bmi / bmi regional or bmibaby aircraft, don't know about BA though!

Ax

No row 13 on Ryanair.

Yes there is....it is just not numbered that way:ok::ok:

I'm not superstitious . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . after all, it's jolly unlucky to be superstitious !

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In some Asian country's the number 4 is considered unlucky.

Do those aircraft have a row 4?

We have row 13s on BA aircraft....

I can't recall noticing if aircraft in East Asia have no row 4 but it is normal for buildings to have no floor numbers that contain a 4 and some also miss out 13.

Look at Alitalia if you ever travel with them.

No row 13 or 17 (equally unlucky in their culture.)

We Virgos don't believe in this superstition nonense!

Flew to Brussles once on a BA737 on Friday13th, and sat in the 13th row. I'm still here!!!

Not forgettiung the WW2 Halifax bomber -"Friday the 13th"

Apparently the skipper was asked by the crew chief what he wanted to call it and he replied "oh anyting-I'm not superstitous"...

Neither am I but it would take some b*lls to do 30 missions with that written on the side - but they did!

Thanks for all the replies...so there's an element of truth in what my work colleague said but it doesn't apply to BA whom she claimed it did. I look forward to putting her straight tonight :}

...as long as they didn't fly under any ladders they'd be OK.

Anyway - just checked Seat Guru and ANA miss out row 4 and China Eastern do but not CX or Air China.

It's all a load of bolleaux anyway.

Absolute bunkum. BA planes certainly do have a row 13.

On the other hand, quite a lot of KLM planes don't :8:

klm Aircraft

Incidentally it's a well-known fact that pax seated in seats 13B and 13C subsequently suffer all sorts of unfortunate life events - so I recommend that all pax and check-in staff leave those seats vacant just in case.

13Alpha ;)

It's fine to fly under ladders, so long as you cross your fingers whilst doing so...

Our condo tower on the edge of china town has no 4 , 13 , 14 or 24 th floors.

The other day there was a small child reading off the numbers as we went down , obviously learning to count. Wouldn't like to be his teacher trying to fill in the missing numbers!

I guarantee you that BA used not to have a row 13.
That's BA as in BOAC

Slightly tangential, but I once saw a group of passengers refuse to get on a plane after one of them noticed what was painted on the side:

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Yes, it happened in the US Bible Belt. :hmm: