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16th Dec 2017, 21:36
Replies: 20
Views: 3,446
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

Should be fine, for Oneworld if you interline the...

Should be fine, for Oneworld if you interline the bags. If you bought discrete tickets and you cannot persuade them to do PNR magic your bag process is a little more complicated but still should be...
16th Dec 2017, 20:02
Replies: 3
Views: 1,554
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

Only ever done J, terminating in China. they're...

Only ever done J, terminating in China. they're good. Guangzhou Airport is a bit confusingly dysfunctional at times. in J, with tight connections you get a lot of help (carts, guides through the...
5th Jun 2015, 16:28
Replies: 63
Views: 29,741
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

Probably safer to be slow. At least you're only...

Probably safer to be slow. At least you're only accused of being less optimal instead of being a queue jumper.

And if it is up to the discretion of individual staff to decide, its a system...
27th May 2015, 13:47
Replies: 63
Views: 29,741
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

Fronted T4 with UK docs, partner has AU only. No...

Fronted T4 with UK docs, partner has AU only. No signage, so I do the decent thing and queue in the strangers bar. 45 minutes pass we get to front:

"oh, next time you can both use the EU passport...
Forum: Freight Dogs
4th Oct 2014, 08:08
Replies: 459
Views: 888,565
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

My niece worked for a freight forwarder on the...

My niece worked for a freight forwarder on the phone lines, and said she'd dealt with a live shark missing in transit. Maybe I should hook you two up and see if its the same one...
13th Aug 2014, 02:11
Replies: 23
Views: 4,967
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

380 economy

I normally turn left on longhauls (or do I now say "go upstairs" for 380s?) and found myself in emirates economy for a BNE-AKL leg. Its definitely a good seat pitch, and the load/unload delays for a...
Forum: Cabin Crew
12th Sep 2013, 03:53
Replies: 6
Views: 6,850
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

My favourite kinds are the ones who start the...

My favourite kinds are the ones who start the schpiel, and hit the moment where they need to know where they are "arriving at ..." or "the time is now..." and you get a SCHHHHH=TOCK [pause]...
12th Sep 2013, 03:50
Replies: 11
Views: 3,219
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

I've only ever had one GA where I saw the other...

I've only ever had one GA where I saw the other aircraft. I'm told, possibly incorrectly, that if PAX can see the other plane in the sky, its not the GA you want. (it cast a beaut shadow over us as...
12th Sep 2013, 03:44
Replies: 41
Views: 6,811
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

As a SLF, 7-10y international I find myself...

As a SLF, 7-10y international I find myself asking "when did I last get on a plane and on landing mid-trip be told 'oh, you can all stay in the craft while we refuel and clean around you' folks" and...
Forum: Cabin Crew
23rd Jun 2012, 01:01
Replies: 10
Views: 7,491
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

Some people swear by fenergen and other...

Some people swear by fenergen and other antihistamine/cold remedies to keep an infant docile. All I can say is, aside from the dubious ethics of unneccessary drugs for an infant, be very sure you...
21st Jun 2012, 00:59
Replies: 7
Views: 1,295
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

compared to say AMS or FRA? or SIN? or HKG? or...

compared to say AMS or FRA? or SIN? or HKG? or even, PEK or NRT?

sure. gatwick isn't up to much. Nor is Edinburgh. But if you exclude the insanity of CDG, and avoid the US (they just don't have...
21st Jun 2012, 00:23
Replies: 7
Views: 1,295
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

grey. grey walls. grey, sombre moods. nasty,...

grey. grey walls. grey, sombre moods. nasty, mouldy smells in the passages. shrieking yellow signs. interminable, underlit, un-windowed corridors. views (when you get them) of dank, miserable...
2nd Apr 2012, 05:02
Replies: 23
Views: 5,184
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

I got a free flight in Australia and a polite...

I got a free flight in Australia and a polite letter, all for being prepared to de-plane, wait in a dark corner of LAX for 30 min while they found some buses, and be bussed out to what felt like...
2nd Apr 2012, 04:58
Replies: 10
Views: 2,369
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

Its random. I've been prioritized,...

Its random. I've been prioritized, de-prioritized, queued, booted forward, glared at for standing in the wrong line (the slow one) and smiled at and invited to bring my wife with me.

all as a UK...
2nd Jul 2011, 21:41
Replies: 31
Views: 8,802
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

I have a noisy keyboard. A pax in the seat next...

I have a noisy keyboard. A pax in the seat next door went off at me "I paid for this seat to get a good nights sleep before arriving to work"

Of course, I didn't rebutt, "my company paid for me to...
2nd Jul 2011, 21:37
Replies: 32
Views: 5,167
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

Its horses for courses. I have been flown...

Its horses for courses.

I have been flown by tiny props up N.Z. Glaciers to land on snow. Grass runway. Never felt safer.

I have flown inter-island hops on a Hawaii jet. Never felt more...
11th May 2011, 00:01
Replies: 198
Views: 47,897
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

The HNL routing was used by Q for YVR-SYD in...

The HNL routing was used by Q for YVR-SYD in 1987, its how I emigrated. The cabin staff uniform was a shocker with oversize cuff turnbacks, and it was the days of the powdered-egg brekkie omlette....
6th May 2011, 00:58
Replies: 59
Views: 13,125
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

The last significant change Q made was...

The last significant change Q made was introducing premium economy. Personally, as a turn-left PAX this causes me some grief, because its good enough to meet *some* of the key drivers my finance...
3rd May 2011, 23:06
Replies: 288
Views: 69,655
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

They have approval for a second parallel runway,...

They have approval for a second parallel runway, and I recall a heap of flames in the local papers (I live in Coorparoo under at least one of the approaches when its not out over the bay)

I would...
14th Dec 2010, 02:05
Replies: 21
Views: 12,422
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

design fault?

hindsight is a wonderful thing.

if you were going to design a large machine today, which you wanted five-9s reliability on, would you put mission-critical triple-modular-redundant circuit boards...
9th Dec 2010, 05:06
Replies: 56
Views: 9,218
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

front-of-house staffing with new bagdrop

I passed through syd domestic after a BA cockup forced me landside overnight.

there was a terribly nice Q chappie fielding a bunch of grumps (like me) queueing up at the platinum counter, none of...
30th Nov 2009, 23:57
Replies: 75
Views: 12,803
Posted By geeohgeegeeoh

nope, its not pilots

Nope. its not pilots. f'rinstance, I'm not a flight professional. I just lucked into this list from external references and I read it daily because its entertaining. I do 6-8 J class trips...
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