BD126 DUB today (Fri) WX/MX bundle - delayed for 10 hours
Jun 8, 2012, 11:22 am
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BD126 DUB today (Fri) WX/MX bundle - delayed for 10 hours
Hi,
BD126 went tech today in Dublin (right engine) G-MEDK. Spent nearly 90 minutes in our seats, waiting for a slot into LHR. Push back at 12:30, (sched 11:05), for the pilot to decide that the right engine was not doing what it should. Back on stand by about 13:00.
Food vouchers, and initial setup took until 14:00 - staff nice, pleasant. Looks like many were connecting through LHR. It became obvious to me that my own connection was toast, even with Heathrow delays on it.
At 17:00 approx, they declared that the plane was off, and they needed a new one from London. More food vouchers. Latest departure time is looking to be 21:00. All thing being equal, I'll get home some 21 hours late - not too keen on 5/6 hours in a hotel bed in LHR.
The total disaster for the day is that my Superquinn sausages for tomorrow's breakfast are going to be ruined!
Given the difficult situation, all handled well by Serviceair. ^
Aidan
BD126 went tech today in Dublin (right engine) G-MEDK. Spent nearly 90 minutes in our seats, waiting for a slot into LHR. Push back at 12:30, (sched 11:05), for the pilot to decide that the right engine was not doing what it should. Back on stand by about 13:00.
Food vouchers, and initial setup took until 14:00 - staff nice, pleasant. Looks like many were connecting through LHR. It became obvious to me that my own connection was toast, even with Heathrow delays on it.
At 17:00 approx, they declared that the plane was off, and they needed a new one from London. More food vouchers. Latest departure time is looking to be 21:00. All thing being equal, I'll get home some 21 hours late - not too keen on 5/6 hours in a hotel bed in LHR.
The total disaster for the day is that my Superquinn sausages for tomorrow's breakfast are going to be ruined!
Given the difficult situation, all handled well by Serviceair. ^
Aidan
Jun 9, 2012, 5:07 am
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Wonder if this aircraft was supposed to form BD129 later in the evening? We had an aircraft change where many who'd OLCI'd had their seats reassigned at the gate.
We ended up on an A319 too.
We ended up on an A319 too.
Jun 9, 2012, 6:48 am
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BD126 went tech today in Dublin (right engine) G-MEDK.
Both the BD120 & BD126 this morning were delayed waiting for the inbound A\C to arrive from LHR.
With CB, CC & CH left the fleet & CD, CE & DS on MX, leave no spare or backup A\C!
Jun 11, 2012, 2:36 am
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Jun 11, 2012, 2:43 am
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TCX69 will have a better answer - I believe "WX" is shorthand for weather delay/cancellation, and "MX" for mechanical. I might also be barking up the wrong tree. The bundle was because we had both.
Jun 11, 2012, 2:45 am
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Jun 11, 2012, 4:19 am
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That's what I thought...but it didn't really make things any clearer!
I know that CityJet had an absolutely woeful record of planes going tech back in the early days (the 1990s). No recent experience of this...and no experience at all with MX!!!
Thanks for the explanation ;-)
I know that CityJet had an absolutely woeful record of planes going tech back in the early days (the 1990s). No recent experience of this...and no experience at all with MX!!!
Thanks for the explanation ;-)