A close-up shot of OY-SVB


A close up of the propeller - TPE331-12UAR-70


Well at gate, two F/As greeted passengers and assisted with the carry on situation especially some of the most common bags including computer bags could not fit (or in my opinion, it blocked up the precious legroom space). Many passengers were shocked when they saw the small plane. It was clear that there was a last minute aircraft change and the original Dornier possibly had some issues. I could not imagine any airline staffing a normal Jetstream 32 with two F/As, and they even need to save one single passenger seat (1B) and may be one more in the back for the F/A to sit at Row 1. The aircraft that I spotted, OY-NCA, was either going to London City (my other original choice), or Brussels, but not to Dusseldorf today. I noticed crews approached the plane, as we were wrapping up our preparation at Billund.

Cabin shot – very cramped cabin with a three abreast arrangement and there is no overhead locker of any type. The A seats (solo window seats) are definitely preferred. I love BA seating policy and allowing OW Emerald passengers to reserve a seat in advance.


Note the tray holder and table



Overhead panel


Did you see the Jetstream sign? So classic


Seat pitch shot – not much to offer as expected


List of cockpit and cabin crew on the flight – saw the curtain next to it – that is the cockpit – no real separator


There is also no intercom and the F/A had to physically walk to the cockpit to communicate with the pilots about completion of takeoff and landing checks, and to bring them food.

Since the cargo hold was located at the aft part of the plane behind the door, we had to wait a few minutes for the ground agents to load the luggage in the aft cargo hold. Same with arrival – as it took them a bit to unload all the luggage off before letting us deplane. It was interesting nonetheless. Door was closed early at 5:11pm and we started up at 5:19pm. It was quite a noisy plane, as expected. The pilot announced that our flying time would be longer than normal – an hour and thirty minutes due to strong headwind. We took off from R/W9 at 5:25pm, and seat belt sign was off eight minutes later.

Propeller over the European continent



Window shot – the window was actually quite large in size and provided a good view, and 2A gave me a good view of the engines!