Comments on 777HD HKG-YVR - EPIC FAIL
Mar 26, 2015, 5:55 pm
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Mar 26, 2015, 10:14 pm
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(the entire aircraft, of course, without PAX.)
Mar 27, 2015, 1:49 am
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Has anyone commented on potential safety issues with the 777HD? I am referring to evacuating the aircraft. Obviously it is going to take longer to get more people off through the same amount of exits. People have mentioned long boarding and slow service due to the increased pax density of this aircraft but I have yet to see a comment re evacuation. Apologies if I have missed it. Sot saying that AC is cutting corners on safety with this A/C, I have never thought twice about maintenance, training etc with them, but the numbers dictate it will take longer to get all of Y out. Thoughts?
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77W is certified up to 550 passengers so AC should be fully compliant with regulations.
Mar 27, 2015, 3:03 am
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No not usually. Usually it is on #153 YYZ-YVR at 8:00am and then goes as #007 YVR-HKG. Last it did over the summer season go out on #1175 and for that reason I would take the 8:00am flight to get the regular pods to YVR.
Mar 27, 2015, 6:15 pm
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Mar 27, 2015, 10:08 pm
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I noticed that the 77P and 788 are being moved around on different flights within the YYZYVR route. Fun times.
Apr 4, 2015, 7:33 pm
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I just went back to the beginning of this thread, partly to see if that info was posted here and also (further down) to look for what I thought I had posted somewhere: Last year, I was told by some AC staff that some of these aircraft were done and ready for one of the Virgins, but they declined to take final delivery (money issues at the carrier), and therefore were given to AC (or at a huge discount) as partial compensation for late deliveries of the 788s.
Somewhere, perhaps it was a resident AC employee on this forum, said that was not the case.
Anyway, I found these from July 2014:
post 1032
Am I correct in thinking that the 77P's were compensation(i.e free from Boeing) for the B787 delays so would this mean that they can run them half full on a relatively short flight to YUL and still make money? I imagine the loads would have been good over the last week with F1 being in town.
Jun 12, 14, 11:47 pm
Perhaps someone else can provide the answer again.
Apr 4, 2015, 10:15 pm
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Swiss air(Original 5) AC got major discount because of 787 delays. I think they were in storage.
Apr 5, 2015, 12:21 am
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Rumours of ANA spread by others here, but I don't see how the config could possibly reflect that. It is very obviously a more leisure configuration (what the Asian JV would have been).
Apr 5, 2015, 2:21 am
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Full meaning maximum number of seats the manufacturer wants the a/c certified for. I seem to recall that being 550 for the B777-300.
JL operates a 500 seat version with a J cabin.
AC still has room for enhancements!
Apr 5, 2015, 5:36 am
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To gain certification, a full a/c needs to be evacuated within 90 seconds with half the exits blocked. The manufacturer doesn't get to choose the passengers or the blocked exits.
Full meaning maximum number of seats the manufacturer wants the a/c certified for. I seem to recall that being 550 for the B777-300.
JL operates a 500 seat version with a J cabin.
AC still has room for enhancements!
Full meaning maximum number of seats the manufacturer wants the a/c certified for. I seem to recall that being 550 for the B777-300.
JL operates a 500 seat version with a J cabin.
AC still has room for enhancements!
Apr 10, 2015, 3:11 pm
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The 777s went straight from the factory to AC. The PE seats still had Virgin colours, so I believe they were ordered for the Virgin/AC JV that never took off.
Rumours of ANA spread by others here, but I don't see how the config could possibly reflect that. It is very obviously a more leisure configuration (what the Asian JV would have been).
Rumours of ANA spread by others here, but I don't see how the config could possibly reflect that. It is very obviously a more leisure configuration (what the Asian JV would have been).