You know I’m almost starting to think you’ve got some sort of inferiority complex Sandy!

I could well be wrong but I think 777’s are the only type UA send to LHR these days.

Andy, I know I left out the word funky, it was the second class I fail to understand. You still havn’t stated what aspect of Virgins product is second class based on your experience of useage of the service. Just curious.

From an employees perspective, there’s not much desire to pair up with an airline that
is relatively a shadow of it’s former self, especially when Virgin is currently at its peak. This can be quite graphically demonstrated by the sheer quantity of bmi pilots currently awaiting start dates at Virgin (and BA).

So in that case 4 and below is rounded down…as in your example!

I always found it somewhat uncomfortable operating a 757-300 down the Tango routes from the UK to the Canaries nearly 400 miles off shore for up to 4 hours with nearly 300 souls on board. The reason I was concerned was that in the event of a ditching if you overloaded every available life raft to the max (assuming they all worked!) you had enough capacity for less than half of the occupants!!!

Unless you think your aircraft can tackle them 😀

Day job is a 370 tonne 4 engine heavy and I’ll still do everything
I can to avoid them. You’d be advised to do likewise if you have any sense.

…Virgin is…the…second-class British Flag Carrier…

That’s a pretty damning statement! How many times have you flown Virgin? What events made you find it second class?

Do we know what is happening with the callsign? What callsign does the low cost arm use?