BA 767s - only just noticed they had more doors
Nov 1, 2011, 3:12 pm
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BA 767s - only just noticed they had more doors
I always see AA and LAN 767s at Barajas and assumed they were 767-200s, until I booked on LAN and realised it was a 300. So did some digging and found that 767s could come with the following options:
4 doors and 4 overwing:
Six main entry doors and two over wing
Six main entry doors and a smaller emergency door behind the wing
It is strange how the two over-wing exits and winglets make the aircraft look much smaller.
4 doors and 4 overwing:
Six main entry doors and two over wing
Six main entry doors and a smaller emergency door behind the wing
It is strange how the two over-wing exits and winglets make the aircraft look much smaller.
Nov 1, 2011, 3:32 pm
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I always see AA and LAN 767s at Barajas and assumed they were 767-200s, until I booked on LAN and realised it was a 300. So did some digging and found that 767s could come with the following options:
4 doors and 4 overwing:
Six main entry doors and two over wing
Six main entry doors and a smaller emergency door behind the wing
It is strange how the two over-wing exits and winglets make the aircraft look much smaller.
4 doors and 4 overwing:
Six main entry doors and two over wing
Six main entry doors and a smaller emergency door behind the wing
It is strange how the two over-wing exits and winglets make the aircraft look much smaller.
cs
Nov 1, 2011, 3:33 pm
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Same with the 757-200 we had... The AA ones, for example, have the 6 entry/exit/service doors and overwing exits, but ours had the same set up as the 767...
I prefer our arrangement on the 767... I like Door 3...
Door 1 - Dual lane slide raft (straight) "Form two lines... Jump! Jump!"
Door 2 - Dual lane slide raft (angled platform) "Form two lines... Stay on your feet... Keep moving!"
Door 3 - Single lane slide (angled platform) "Stay on your feet... Keep Moving!"
Door 4 - Dual lane slide raft (straight) "Form two lines... Jump! Jump!"
I prefer our arrangement on the 767... I like Door 3...
Door 1 - Dual lane slide raft (straight) "Form two lines... Jump! Jump!"
Door 2 - Dual lane slide raft (angled platform) "Form two lines... Stay on your feet... Keep moving!"
Door 3 - Single lane slide (angled platform) "Stay on your feet... Keep Moving!"
Door 4 - Dual lane slide raft (straight) "Form two lines... Jump! Jump!"
Nov 1, 2011, 3:37 pm
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Nov 1, 2011, 3:38 pm
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Nov 1, 2011, 4:10 pm
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Nov 2, 2011, 2:49 am
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I flew recently on one of the LAN 767-300ERs, coming as it did, immediately after arriving into Madrid on a BA 767. The difference from going from proper doors (which break up the plane and make it not feel so long, as well as actually making it feel wider) compared with the LAN aircraft (which felt narrower, like an A320, not helped by how LAN internally configure their plane) was noticeable. Can't say I like it, truth be told ...
Proper doors all the way!
Proper doors all the way!
Nov 2, 2011, 3:36 am
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Nov 2, 2011, 3:50 am
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I'm not so sure - I think the ability of the 787 on long thin routes will make a number of new point to point leisure routes (and hence a fit at LGW) look profitable
Nov 2, 2011, 5:26 am
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Of course, this will all be lost on/ignored by those Know-It-All frequent flyers who think they don't need to watch the safety briefing because they've "heard it all before" - when the truth is that they don't even know what aircraft they're on, save pnly (perhaps) the vague generic fact that it's a 767-300 of some description.