Out of interest, was the average crew age young?

When I flew MAN-DOH-MAN those flights put me off QTR for good (it’s going to take something amazing to make me fly with them again) and as much as I hate to say it, I think the ‘younger generation’ was to blame.

However, on the DOH-DXB-DOH legs the service was much better. On these sectors the crew were predominately middle aged…

The flights were all with a mixed arabic / Filipino cabin crew, both young and not so young, there was a good mixture,

I would not let one experience put you off, I have used Qatar 6 times now and never had to complain, they are excellent.

The Jet2 flights to New York proved successful, I personally hope Jet2 resume the New York service and perhaps Air Transat do the Toronto service.

I cant see continental or American operating out of LBA but maybe I am wrong.

Is BAA not responsible for the maze of Luggage belts behind the scenes at LHR?
Isn’t it this system that cloggs up, misroutes bags and has workers who don’t give a damn?
BA is based at LHR, therefore, their baggage is at the mercy of said system. No wonder they suffer huge baggage issues.

LHRs baggage system is old, tired and needs a complete re-invention.
Last I knew, that was BAA’s responsibility. And we all know how reluctant BAA are at investing money.

If the above is true, then shoving all the blame for the lost and delayed luggage onto BA is just a matter of convenience and lazy reporting.

Well said bmused55, I have to say I agree with you, lazy reporting as you say.

Its so very easy to knock B.A. when they were not given the opportunity to defend themselves face to face.

re B.A

Hi.

Yes, I watched the despatches programme and although some points are true, I find alot of the programme unfair.

I feel alot of the problems of B.A. are Heathrow itself, B.A. would not need to cancel so many flights and have as many delays if there was extra runway capacity, secondly, I feel the programme was unfair to compare flight cancellation rates with Air Malta and other smaller airlines who only have a few aircraft.

If Amsterdam was as cramped as Heathrow, would KLMs cancellation rate be as bad as B.A. ?????

On the other subject of safety, what are they on about, the 777 crash at Heathrow was not the fault of any engineering or crew errors, in fact the skill of the pilots got the plane down, secondly, I feel to this day that B.A, are one of the safest airlines to fly with and I know of many foreign friends around the world who choose B.A. simply because they feel safe with them.

I am not a B.A, employee, but I suspect the e.mails of the engineers to the despatches programme were probably from a militant minority of B.A. engineers.

We all know that B.A. have had a bad year, and B.A. knows that it needs to improve, Heathrow needs extra runway capacity and that would go a long way in limiting cancellations and improving time keeping.

No doubt the B.A. bashers will have more to say on this.

Regards
Nordjet415

Just typical brits who cant handle drink and resort to violence and thuggery because they cant get what they want.

Its repeated in our towns and streets, lets face it, we are a sick violent nation. ban booze on flights or limit every passenger to 2 glasses each.

Shame the plane was not at 10,000ft where you could open the door, I would have kicked them out. !

I believe its something to do with reduction gear boxes in Propeller driven aircraft, A jet engine turns much faster, thus making more thrust.

well everyone, at least us spotters have a hobby, something to do with our spare time, we should be proud of ourselves, at least we dont act like thugs, take drugs, drink ourselves to oblivion and cause untold violence like alot of our fellow citizens……lets be proud of our hobby, we are above all that.

Spotter 4 ever !!!!