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Yes, lightning would certainly make you want to get the soap off fast! 
I believe they opted for lighting instead.
I heard the same 500kg figure for the water carried. That's only enough for the 14 1st class pax to shower once. They initially looked into shower availability for all 90 upper deck pax, but realised that they would need to filter and recycle the effluent to achieve that and decided against it!
A lightning system will indicate the stage of water usage
I believe they opted for lighting instead.I heard the same 500kg figure for the water carried. That's only enough for the 14 1st class pax to shower once. They initially looked into shower availability for all 90 upper deck pax, but realised that they would need to filter and recycle the effluent to achieve that and decided against it!
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Code 100,
Sorry old man, I should've recognised the sarcasm... It'd been a long day.
No, cooking shows are ok; if the choice is Nigella, Oprah or Phil & Kirsty (such as gets presented to me by The Boss when all I want to watch is 'Sinking a Carrier' or 'Scrapping a 747' or 'SAS Down Under'), I go for the one with the biggets t!ts...
What will make me laugh is when the first reports come out of some poor (though not monetarily) punter having to hot-foot it back to 1A all dripping wet with shampoo when some particularly vicious clear-air turb hits...
Sorry old man, I should've recognised the sarcasm... It'd been a long day.
No, cooking shows are ok; if the choice is Nigella, Oprah or Phil & Kirsty (such as gets presented to me by The Boss when all I want to watch is 'Sinking a Carrier' or 'Scrapping a 747' or 'SAS Down Under'), I go for the one with the biggets t!ts...
What will make me laugh is when the first reports come out of some poor (though not monetarily) punter having to hot-foot it back to 1A all dripping wet with shampoo when some particularly vicious clear-air turb hits...
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No offence taken.
If clear air turb hits, it will only be like being in the spin cycle of a washing machine. Pax should come out even cleaner!
Anyway, must go now, a programme on international knitting styles may be about to start.
Have a good day.
No offence taken.
If clear air turb hits, it will only be like being in the spin cycle of a washing machine. Pax should come out even cleaner!
Anyway, must go now, a programme on international knitting styles may be about to start.
Have a good day.
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Indeed you are right. I meant with the lightning... the shower has an LED close to the handle or button to activate the shower.
About the 90 pax in Business, here is more info
Emirates plan for recycled A380 shower water scuppered by regulators
Regards
About the 90 pax in Business, here is more info
Emirates plan for recycled A380 shower water scuppered by regulators
Regards
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Now seen the shower first hand. The room is very large (probably 3 times the size of a normal toilet). Has toilet, oversized washbasin, floor to ceiling mirrors and of course the shower.
The shower cubicle has handles and a seat, in case a bit of CAT occurs while showering. Also has a crew call button and the 'get back to your seat' light. The oxy mask drop hatch is just outside the shower door.
The shower is controlled by a single push button (and a standard temperature control), so the flow can be paused whilst you soap up. This makes the 5 minutes very generous in fact. The lights are not a simple 'traffic light'... each zone is subdivided into 4 or five sections, so there is no excuse to have soap still on hair/body when the time runs out.
Very impressive - pity it's only available for 1st class pax. I was told by the crew that they take advice from the captain re expected turbulance and they will not allow shower use in that case. Both showers have a 30 minute 'appointment' slot, which needs to be booked via the purser.
By the way, the '90' figure quoted above is for the entire upper deck... 14 in first class and 76 in business class. There are (in this configuration) 399 economy pax downstairs.
Emirates will eventually run two other configs - a medium haul (also 3 class) with no crew rest area, giving room for more economy pax, and a short haul 2 class (no first class) for travel (say) from Dubai to Riyadh; where Emirates are constrained by number of slots, but can easily fill 600+ seats for that routing. Strange that they want to use such a huge beast for a 1hr flight, but they have done the maths on the economy.
The shower cubicle has handles and a seat, in case a bit of CAT occurs while showering. Also has a crew call button and the 'get back to your seat' light. The oxy mask drop hatch is just outside the shower door.
The shower is controlled by a single push button (and a standard temperature control), so the flow can be paused whilst you soap up. This makes the 5 minutes very generous in fact. The lights are not a simple 'traffic light'... each zone is subdivided into 4 or five sections, so there is no excuse to have soap still on hair/body when the time runs out.
Very impressive - pity it's only available for 1st class pax. I was told by the crew that they take advice from the captain re expected turbulance and they will not allow shower use in that case. Both showers have a 30 minute 'appointment' slot, which needs to be booked via the purser.
By the way, the '90' figure quoted above is for the entire upper deck... 14 in first class and 76 in business class. There are (in this configuration) 399 economy pax downstairs.
Emirates will eventually run two other configs - a medium haul (also 3 class) with no crew rest area, giving room for more economy pax, and a short haul 2 class (no first class) for travel (say) from Dubai to Riyadh; where Emirates are constrained by number of slots, but can easily fill 600+ seats for that routing. Strange that they want to use such a huge beast for a 1hr flight, but they have done the maths on the economy.
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Originally Posted by Blaggerman
Don't E and F get that same space? Because of the staggered layout and the desire to provide direct aisle access to all in an 8-abreast layout it appears that the "aisle" seats (BDGJ) in most rows sacrifice space to provide direct aisle access to the "non-aisle" seats (AEFK).
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I wonder if the used water could be used to fight an onboard fire?
Or is it only foam fireextinguisher onboard?
Getting rid of paper could be a good thing when it comes to fire safety?
Or is it only foam fireextinguisher onboard?
Getting rid of paper could be a good thing when it comes to fire safety?
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Hey All,
Your A380 looks fantastic (QF needs to look at this, you should see ours)
So can you tell me are crews dedicated on A380?
Is the Pay different to EK operations?
How many crew will it have?
Cheers
Your A380 looks fantastic (QF needs to look at this, you should see ours
)So can you tell me are crews dedicated on A380?
Is the Pay different to EK operations?
How many crew will it have?
Cheers
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The EK380 in current config has 489 seats, with 76 in buiness and 14 first class. The crew are dedicated to that aircraft, with 24 cabin crew, and normal complement of flight deck (ie augmented for long range ops). The pay is no different in EK irrespective of the aircraft type.
There is a sign outside the shower doors saying no more than two people at at time permitted in the shower
There is a sign outside the shower doors saying no more than two people at at time permitted in the shower
