cloud_9Splendid stuff 🙂
Would be awesome on a big jet methinks
Its very nice indeed. Wonder if it will make an appearance at LHR at all?
As for being on a big jet…how about it on one of their MD-11’s, now that would be seriously :cool:!
cloud_9Glad you had a nice time, do you have any pictures to show us at all?
cloud_9Glad you had a nice time, do you have any pictures to show us at all?
cloud_9Talking of watermarks, how does one put a watermark on a picture without affecting the quality of it?
Fantastic photos there, love the first EK A380 shot, whereabouts were you stood when you took this?
cloud_9Wow. I love the Continental shot, that is superb.:)
It’s just a shame you had the misfortune to run into Mr Spalding. That’s usually enough to ruin anyone’s day. I try and avoid him at all costs to be honest! :p
Sorry to ask this Paul, but have you and Spalds had a falling out or something, or are you just tormenting him for fun?:o
cloud_9Can you still get bmi Diamond Club points, even if you book the flight through the BA website or not?
cloud_9I may be wrong , but I think the only other place tn the UK that Emirates,will us has a diversion is Manchester.
We nearly had one before Christmas due to Fog at Heathrow.
Manchester at the mo can take only 1 at a time,sure this will change in the future.
I believe that LGW can handle the Airbus A380, but only in emergency cases as it has to be parked on a remote stand because none of the departure gates have been re-configured to handle the aircraft yet…one came in due to the fog at Heathrow a while back if I remember rightly!
cloud_9You could always ask your neighbour to get their cat to follow in this one footsteps…;)
Anyone else notice the fact that it didnt flush the loo afterwards…wonder if it washed its paws in the sink either – filthy creature!:rolleyes:
Quite why someone decided to film their cat taking a s**t on the loo has me somewhat perplexed, but I suppose it is YouTube so anything is possible!:D
cloud_9You could always ask your neighbour to get their cat to follow in this one footsteps…;)
Anyone else notice the fact that it didnt flush the loo afterwards…wonder if it washed its paws in the sink either – filthy creature!:rolleyes:
Quite why someone decided to film their cat taking a s**t on the loo has me somewhat perplexed, but I suppose it is YouTube so anything is possible!:D
cloud_9But just wondering, if there’s anyone else a member here
Yeah, I am a member of bmi’s Diamond Club; its suppose to be better than BA’s Executive Club scheme and you can claim points if travelling on any Star Alliance carrier and other selected partners of bmi, including Virgin Atlantic!
I was given automatic entry into Diamond Club through my Mastercard credit card…and was told that if I spent £250 within the first 90 days of using the card, I would recieve an additional 20,000 bonus miles…enough for a free return trip to anywhere in Europe, so seemed like a good deal!
what the difference is between status miles and membership miles?
I think your getting confused here. There are only two types of miles available…Membership ‘Status’ Miles and Destination Miles. So there is no difference between ‘status’ miles and ‘membership’ miles as you say because they are both the same thing!:)
Anywyas, according to bmi’s website…
Membership status miles are simply used to determine your level of membership e.g. Blue/Blue+/Silver/Gold. These are valid for 12 months and are simply used to determine your level of membership.
Destinations miles are the ones you can spend on rewards for yourself e.g. flights.
Hope that helps.
cloud_9Alot of people like the whole window thing it seems. Could you please help me understand this a little better? Why exactly do you like to look out the window during the flight? What emotions does it bring you?
Well for me, looking out of the window is a great experience because you can often see the earth/sea beneath you (depending on how high and how much cloud is around!), but even more so, whenever I look out of the window, I get the sense that we are not travelling very fast at all as everything seems to be moving so slowly outside, yet I know in reality that we are travelling at very high speed.
Would a few ‘under plane cams’ be good enough for you as part of your entertainment channels?
Hmmm…I’ve never seen/used them before so I wouldnt know what that would be like, but I suppose they would be a good feature…
Could you all try and explain to me what ‘Comfort’ means to you . .
You see this is a big problem because my concept of ‘comfort’ could very well differ from someone elses…and that I think is going to be your biggest hurdle.
Comfort for me is one of if not the most important aspects of travelling by air, especially on overnight-flights. Firstly the seat itself has got to be comfortable…I don’t mind leather seating, but I actually prefer padded seating because it doesn’t irritate you as much, and I find that I can fall asleep better on a padded seat than a leather one, don’t know why, just do?
Did you check your PM’s, this is where I have some info for you that you might find useful towards your project!:)
Also, I am quite a tall person so legroom is a crucial issue as I would like to be able to stretch my legs out, without having to put them into the aisle and risk having the cabin crew run over my feet with the catering trolley (a very painful experience that I can testify to, thanks to BA!).
I have already let my feelings be known about Virgin’s new configuration on their Airbus A340-600 and how much I hated it when I travelled on it from LAX-LHR back in July, but like I said before, you have got to think from the airline’s point of view in terms of costs and profit-margins and not just from the passengers.
Maybe i could give the the sence of lying down without u physically doing it . . trick your sences . .
Now that would be quite interesting…how exactly would that be able to work though and would you be able to offer it to all passengers?
Also, another problem I have thought of for you to tackle…is the noise in the cabin during the flight. Perhaps you can design a way to reduce the level of noise from the aircraft to allow for a more peaceful flight?
cloud_9Hello there everyone,
Im a Transport and Product Design student at Coventry University, and for my final year (4th year) Project I have decided to Redesign the economy interior of an aeroplane.Too me the journey should be part of the fun, an experience. So Im trying to completely change the way the interior works.
I want to design not only around passenger comfort, but also make jobs easier for a cabin crew.
What problems do you encounter in existing aeroplanes, with regards to design? Any everyday acttivities that cause problems and could be made easier.
Welcome to the forum DesignStudent.:)
You certainly have chosen an interesting project!?
I totally agree with you when you say that the journey should be part of the experience, but unfortunately I do have to agree with gatwickjosh (for once!:p) because it really does depend on what type of aircraft or the airline you are flying on.
And also, from an airline’s perspective, at the end of the day they in business to make money, although the safety and well-being of the passengers they carry is a priority, the overall ‘experience’ felt by passengers will be hard to achieve as everyone has very different needs. Fiddling with the configuration of the aircraft, such as taking seats out, simply to increase comfort to pax is not necessarily a viable option because this will result in the airline’s costs being higher per seat, which will ultimately mean higher fares.
I know that there have been many ideas already put forward, including redesigning of the aircraft seats itself, adjusting seats so that are inter-facing each other (a bit hard to explain in words!), but if you have ever seen a business-class seat, you might know what I am trying to get on at…and there have also been some more radical ideas such as double-decked seating, whereby you have passengers split on two levels but then you have to think about health & safety when it comes to aircraft evacuation and whether they would be able to get down from the top-level seats quickly enough in order to escape from an aircraft in any such event (i.e. fire).
As for problems that are encoutered on existing aircraft, I have one really big problem…I always end up needing to go to the toilet at some point during a flight (sometimes more than once!:o), so to avoid disturbing everyone else sat next to me I end up choosing to sit in the aisle seat to allow easy access. Whilst you maybe thinking this is a good thing, and it is…it does have one major drawback as I then cannot look out of the window!:(
If you can think-up/design a way of allowing me look out of the window and to get up to use the toilet without causing a disturbance to other passengers…I am all ears/eyes!:D
Regards,
Jon.
cloud_9Ok, just a quick question I thought I would post up on this thread as its kind of related…its to do with pre-assigned seating!
Who here uses the airline’s website to check-in online and pre-assign their seat, and how would you feel if you got to the airport on the day of departure to find out that you had been moved from the seat/s that you had previously chosen?
The reason I ask is because in my line of work I have to pre-assign seats for passengers booked on flights up to 3 days in advance of the date of travel, but say I can’t sit a couple or a group of passengers together because they booked later than everyone else, I have been instructed to move other passengers around the aircraft (even if they have already pre-assigned a seat!) in order to be able to accommodate the couple/group together…?
Whilst I do what is expected of me at work, I don’t feel comfortable about this particular practice because from a passengers perspective, I would personally be fairly annoyed if I found out I had been moved from one-seat to another (unless it was an upgrade of course!:D) without prior notification and/or valid explanation.
My way of thinking is similar to that of low-cost airlines…the later you book and/or check-in online, the less choice of seats you have…and also you run the risk of not being sat next to someone who you are travelling with, or am I just mixing up my own personal preferences with the role of my job?:confused:
cloud_9A direct flight from London to Hawaii would be a nice route to see introduced…I have heard there are rumours it might be possible when the 787 eventually comes into service, but at 15-16hrs on one plane I would probably end up going stir-crazy!
cloud_9http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/23/twitter-plane-crash-denver-continental
The blog of a passenger that was on that flight is quite a funny read…:D
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