Even more interesting is how QF operates all 3 engine types on their 767’s. The -200’s have Pratt’s and GE’s and the -300’s have RR’s and GE’s. The only 3 airlines that standardize on a particular engine manufacturer, it seems, are Lufthansa, United, and Cathay. It’s pretty much guaranteed Lufthansa are going to take GE’s, United are going to take Pratt’s, and Cathay are going to take RR engines unless they don’t have a choice. Look at Singapore, traditionally an exclusive P&W customer, opted for Trents on their 777’s. BA opted for GE’s on their initial batch of 777’s. Thai opted for Trents on their 777’s.

That’s an interesting point Mongu, and I asked the same question to the tarmac tour operator at SYD when I took it in August. I don’t think he had a definite answer for me, either. Even before QF started taking delivery of brand new A332’s and the 744ER’s, they had taken delivery of former Malaysian 744’s that were GE powered. Their original 763’s were all GE powered, but then they took the 2nd hand ex-BA 763’s that are RR powered, so that was interesting. The 744ER’s only are offered with the GE engines, they had no choice there. But with the A332’s, they did, and they chose GE’s. Perhaps they are trying to standardize on the GE engine. But if that is the case, why did they take BA’s 763’s with the RR’s, as a favor to them? I’m not sure which engine option they have for the A380, has it been specified yet? Interesting how you can tell the difference between QF’s GE powered 744’s and the ER model. All the ER models have white engine cowlings as opposed to the standard grey.

He must be at a 45 degree angle with the runway! What airport is that?

So I’m guessing threads that involve, “what is your favourite livery” or “what is your favourite aircraft,” that generally involve the posting of pics, which will amount to a lot more than 3 or 4, should be blackballed now? For the record, I just got a new computer and am on broadband now, so yes, it flies. However, prior to that, I was using my brother’s computer (very slow) with dial up (slower yet). And yes, it would take a few seconds, as kev mentioned, to open up some of those threads with a few pics on them. I never once thought, “geez, this sucks, we should post fewer pics.” I just dealt with it. Can we not alter the way we post threads/pics, please? I’m telling you this much, because I got a new computer and as soon as I get some updated software for my 4 year old scanner, I’m going to be posting my own pics like nuts!

It really depends on the aircraft, that dictates how much ‘extra’ legroom you get in the exit rows. Obviously if there is a full size door there, like a 747, you have more legroom than in business class. Typically on narrowbodies, you have the one or twe overwing exits, so they just make the row wide enough to accomodate people having to walk through there. On UA’s 757’s, that amounts to A LOT more legroom. On their A320’s, however, it’s probably only a few inches more. On their 727’s, when they were still around, they had about as much room as the 757’s did. Now, on their A319’s and 737’s, they only have the one over wing exit, and they basically have one seat missing right next to it. I really never saw the logic in this, but nevertheless, that amounts to a total of 2 seats immediately behind that missing seat that have an enormous amount of legroom. This last summer, I rode on Virgin’s 73G and 738, and I don’t recall off the top of my head, how they have the exit rows configured, but if I’m not mistaken, it’s in a similar format to UA’s A320’s and 757’s, where you have 12 seats (6 on the -700) that have a few more inches of legroom.

Those QF A330’s are nice. I got a couple of pics of one at SYD a few weeks back, that I’ll be posting real soon.

I get emergency exit economy class seating on UA all the time, and I don’t have to pay an additional charge, either.

I thought the eye hospital was an L1011? I could be wrong.