Great post with some cracking pics – it would grace either forum 😀

How did you get a gig in the Azores by the way?

THE engine? APU? Oh dear, oh dear…

I’ll be in Vancouver next weekend – hope the weather has picked up by then 😀

My guess would be that the two cities are just not far enough apart for the route to be appealing to the businessman who would be expected to part with his company’s cash, at least not in sufficient quantities to make the route viable. Leeds City-Kings Cross takes three hours at most. LBA-LCY might only take fifty minutes or so but the LBA is not the most accessible and with check-in and security your total journey time would be getting on for that three hour mark.

I know there is a MAN-LCY service of similar distance but Manchester is a much bigger conurbation so maybe there are enough businessmen there for the route to be viable, even though for most the train is equally as convenient (and a bit cheaper).

Sounds like an excellent day out 😉 I’ve always felt the same as you about the 146 until my flight last weekend where BA seem to have eeked out some extra space on theirs. The Dash Eight seats aren’t exactly generous in width but with 2-2 seating it seems less of a problem.

Great report 😀

It all looks very anti-social in there… Do business class passengers at the sharp end typically spend 11 hours ignoring each other ?

It depends. Captains of industry have work to do and can’t be spending valuable time socialising with ghastly footballers and pop singers. On my only trip in BA first class (seat 1A in a 777, LHR-ORD 😀 ) I was sat in front of Baroness Jay. We didn’t socialise. However, there was a bit of socialising going on elsewhere in the cabin. They obviously sussed me out as being an oik who had only paid £15 for his ticket :diablo: Not that I was bothered, I got the jump seat for the climb to cruise and from the top of descent and the pilots were far more interesting than the Baroness and the other well to do.

Nice experience, though 😉