RE: Near miss at heathrow

LAST EDITED ON 06-05-01 AT 02:18 AM (GMT)[p]Ok, I’ve had a look at the BBC website, and there was an incident involving an IB aircraft and a UA 747 ( I alluded to this incident already), details [link:news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1310000/1310877.stm|here], on Thursday, May 3rd, but there was also an incident involving a BD Airbus and a BA 747 on Friday, April 28, details of which can be found [link:news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_731000/731550.stm|here].

Having said that, neither of the reports are very in-depth.

Cheers,

the Bhoy

RE: Air France – What are they like??

Jetlag, BA manage a full cooked breakfast on LHR GLA, a 50 minute sector.
James, as I said, I was on a flight at a similar time and wasn’t served anything, bar a a cup of luke warm coffee. And I hadn’t the previous night on the transatlantic flight.
Hey, who cares?

RE: Regional airlines

Ah, Crossair, I’ve travelled a lot with them.
Their Catering isn’t as good as it used to be (filled rolls on most flights under 2 hours now, and no coffee, except Breakfast time flights), but it is a very enjoyable experience travelling with them. Nonetheless, their seats seem to be getting smaller (the pitch is impossible), but they’re all leather.
Champagne is practically compulsary on board.
As to fleet, they have 4 MD83’s, a dozen Avro RJ85/100s, 10 Saab SF340Bs, two dozen Saab 2000s, and 10 Embraer RJ145s, with more to come.
The 340s are being phased out, with the 2000s replacing them on their routes, and the new Embraers taking over the 2000s routes. The new Embraer 170 and 190 will replace the Avros from 2004 (I think that’s the date), and the MDs will be replaced by A320’s in late 2002. The average age of the fleet is currently only about three years, though it’ll be unbelievable once the fleet renewal has been completed in a couple of years time.
They’re definately worth a trip, some time.

RE: What I think?

I wouldn’t say there are Ugly aircraft, just ones that aren’t as aesthetically pleasing as others.

RE: Deep Vein Thrombosis

er, I dunno if you guys read that some of the British Olympic Team in Sydney suffered from DVT.
Having said that, I think the media coverage is OTT. I wa son the BA shuttle from GLA to LHR on Monday, a 50 minute flight, and just before the safety demonstration, the purser reccomended we read the ‘well being in the air’ section of the inflight magazine.
I then connected to a LX MD-80 for LHR BSL, and found that I couldn’t move my right knee, as it was wedged against the seat in front.There’s certainly a case for a bit more leg room, but there’s no point exagerating it.

RE: Foot and mouth

It’s not Europe, but apparently, there were a couple of cases in Italy and Greece two years ago, but there was no uproar. I think it’s just cause it was in Britain, and everyone was still worried about BSE.
BAA are urging people not to take foodstuffs with them when they leave Britain, so I can’t believe that airline food is suspect.

RE: Air France – What are they like??

I’m surprised you found old planes. I think there only elder planes (apart from Concorde) are classic 747’s, and second generation 737’s.
They also operate A340’s, 747-400, 777-200’s and 767-300’s long haul, and A319/320/321’s on shorthaul.
They have orders for 777-300ER’s, A380’s, A330’s and A318’s.
So I suspect that they will soon have a very young fleet.