Pax upset in the hold
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Pax upset in the hold
Never mind the debate about whether or not to "crash the ash", it appears someone has a particularly evil streak.
This quote from CNN.com says it all:
"Passengers arriving on the Vancouver flight to Heathrow late Tuesday said they circled over Ireland for a couple of hours before getting approval to land in London, which prompted a big cheer in the cabin....'It was pretty harrowing,' said one woman who was aboard the flight. She told CNN she had a 'dizzy, kind of sickly feeling' in her stomach as they circled." (My edits)
Edit: ACTUALLY, A LOT OTT.
This quote from CNN.com says it all:
"Passengers arriving on the Vancouver flight to Heathrow late Tuesday said they circled over Ireland for a couple of hours before getting approval to land in London, which prompted a big cheer in the cabin....'It was pretty harrowing,' said one woman who was aboard the flight. She told CNN she had a 'dizzy, kind of sickly feeling' in her stomach as they circled." (My edits)
Edit: ACTUALLY, A LOT OTT.
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TBH its posts like this that get us a bad rep, so flippin what some lady felt sick/ dizzy maybe she had drank too much or over indulged on the curry the night before who knows
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Here's the CNN story
Battle to clear backlog as Europe reopens for flights - CNN.com
I read it as she found the circling for two hours harrowing, and producing a dizzy sickly feeling in her stomach (dizzy stomach? Is that medically possible?).
Could be wrong, but I'm certainly under the impression she is possibly prone to exaggeration.
But what do I know?
I read it as she found the circling for two hours harrowing, and producing a dizzy sickly feeling in her stomach (dizzy stomach? Is that medically possible?).
Could be wrong, but I'm certainly under the impression she is possibly prone to exaggeration.
But what do I know?
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I was watching the virtual radar trace about 9.00pm last night and there were 4 aircraft flying a very very large race-track pattern waiting for 10.00.
There would have been no steep turns, but some people just get wound up when an aircraft goes into a holding pattern no matter how gentle.
Bank angle are felt differently by different people.
There would have been no steep turns, but some people just get wound up when an aircraft goes into a holding pattern no matter how gentle.
Bank angle are felt differently by different people.
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I suppose the steeper the bank angle the more someone could get "wound up"
Seriously I did not appreciate how sensitive some people may be to even very gentle turns. I tend to feel sick when a thunderstorm is approaching.
I should be more caring and not so cynical. Years of training in a hospital have hardened me tho' ...
Seriously I did not appreciate how sensitive some people may be to even very gentle turns. I tend to feel sick when a thunderstorm is approaching.
I should be more caring and not so cynical. Years of training in a hospital have hardened me tho' ...
robin,
Were the aircraft you are referring to holding just south of the UK FIR (i.e. just inside French airspace), north of Paris? There were 2 BA 777s holding there at reporting point ABUDA just before the UK airspace opened for arrivals.
Were the aircraft you are referring to holding just south of the UK FIR (i.e. just inside French airspace), north of Paris? There were 2 BA 777s holding there at reporting point ABUDA just before the UK airspace opened for arrivals.
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The idiots that made a story about this completely and totally non-event should be the one's ashamed.
Not the pilots that were just doing their job.
It must have really been a slow or non news day.
Not the pilots that were just doing their job.
It must have really been a slow or non news day.
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robin,
Were the aircraft you are referring to holding just south of the UK FIR (i.e. just inside French airspace), north of Paris? There were 2 BA 777s holding there at reporting point ABUDA just before the UK airspace opened for arrivals.
Were the aircraft you are referring to holding just south of the UK FIR (i.e. just inside French airspace), north of Paris? There were 2 BA 777s holding there at reporting point ABUDA just before the UK airspace opened for arrivals.
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Plus one off the W coast of Ireland and one holding over Lands End
The BA84 held near the IOM, then diverted towards Dublin, then over N Wales, to a hold south of Birmingham then to LHR.
The one off Ireland even managed a figure of 8
The BA84 held near the IOM, then diverted towards Dublin, then over N Wales, to a hold south of Birmingham then to LHR.
The one off Ireland even managed a figure of 8
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Holding pattern
I was watching the BA Lagos in the hold on Tue evening. Must have been in a race-track pattern of 15 miles by 30 miles. A very gentle bank angle I wold have thought.
