Long flights....
I'm sure we all have stories of long flight - either through being diverted or delayed.
Yesterday's BA229 LHR-BWI was somewhat lengthier than normal: usually I reckon on c. 8 hours, but yesterday's flight was over 9 hours. It wasn't under any ETOPS restriction (that I know of) - particularly since we took a southerly route. The main issue seems to be down to two things: first a very strong headwind all the way, which meant that for large parts of the flight we were < 450 mph ground speed, and second, when we were over NY State we did a 120 turn and headed back towards eastern Long Island before heading down the east coast, supposedly due to 'airspace restrictions'. If the long flight wasn't enough, the bags took ages - first to make an appearance, then only a trickle of bags - eventually getting my 'priority' bag in the last half dozen or so some 70+ minutes after getting to the gate! :-(
Last edited by CKBA; Sep 23, 2018 at 10:14 am