Wearing a First sleeper suit landside
Nov 3, 2011, 11:38 am
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I read this with an ever increasing sense of dismay.
Is this FIRST on BA?
A collection of people wearing baggy nightwear, changing clothes in the bog?
It convinces me, even more than I was already, to stick to CW where people tend to wear proper clothes and footwear [most of the time].
What next? Some Antipodean boarding barefoot, wearing just a thong and Oakleys?
[Down, BBB]
Is this FIRST on BA?
A collection of people wearing baggy nightwear, changing clothes in the bog?
It convinces me, even more than I was already, to stick to CW where people tend to wear proper clothes and footwear [most of the time].
What next? Some Antipodean boarding barefoot, wearing just a thong and Oakleys?
[Down, BBB]
Nov 3, 2011, 2:48 pm
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I read this with an ever increasing sense of dismay.
Is this FIRST on BA?
A collection of people wearing baggy nightwear, changing clothes in the bog?
It convinces me, even more than I was already, to stick to CW where people tend to wear proper clothes and footwear [most of the time].
What next? Some Antipodean boarding barefoot, wearing just a thong and Oakleys?
[Down, BBB]
Is this FIRST on BA?
A collection of people wearing baggy nightwear, changing clothes in the bog?
It convinces me, even more than I was already, to stick to CW where people tend to wear proper clothes and footwear [most of the time].
What next? Some Antipodean boarding barefoot, wearing just a thong and Oakleys?
[Down, BBB]
I dropped my pyjama top on the floor of the bathroom a couple of weeks ago.
Nov 3, 2011, 2:55 pm
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Admittedly, I wear heels and if it's bumpy, I would imagine it would be an interesting balancing act if I am trying to put pyjama bottoms on (I do not, but if I were doing so) without risking letting it or bare foot touch the potentially messy floor. The loos are also quite small, to make matters worse.
It would indeed be lovely to have a little changing cubicle on board for those who do change into pyjamas on board.
But we can't have everything in life, I suppose
Nov 3, 2011, 3:17 pm
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Nov 3, 2011, 3:34 pm
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On late night JFK arrivals I keep on. I'm usually first off, first through immigration thanks to Global Entry, then I fall in back of a car to be driven home...where at that hour I'm expected to go straight to sleep. So what's the point of getting re-dressed, just in order to look more presentable to the TSA? Not worth it.
Nov 3, 2011, 3:49 pm
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But it's a lot more comfortable and if I have to wear the same clothes the next day it's obviously not pleasant to sleep in them.
Nov 3, 2011, 3:50 pm
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my secret is
1) Travel in whatever is comfy - aim for overnight flights
2) If you want to feel fresher after waking up, take lightweight set of clothes in hand luggage and some body spray/deoderant - it's amazing what just putting on fresh clothes and underwear does for your self esteem.
3) Ensure you are staying in a hotel with early checkin and 1hr pressing service (most 5* hotels offer this.. and for good reason !)
4) Go straight to hotel off flight.... press suits whilst in shower....
5) Arrive at meeting looking like you're fresh and awake
Ed
1) Travel in whatever is comfy - aim for overnight flights
2) If you want to feel fresher after waking up, take lightweight set of clothes in hand luggage and some body spray/deoderant - it's amazing what just putting on fresh clothes and underwear does for your self esteem.
3) Ensure you are staying in a hotel with early checkin and 1hr pressing service (most 5* hotels offer this.. and for good reason !)
4) Go straight to hotel off flight.... press suits whilst in shower....
5) Arrive at meeting looking like you're fresh and awake
Ed
I suppose the real issue is that when F travel no longer becomes exciting - and indeed, where the thought of looking for a new shirt at T5 induces a feeling of can't be bothered - it really is time to start thinking about slowing down a bit.
I'd add a few more tricks I'm slowly working around to, including using the BAg for what it's designed for (freshening up on the plane) rather than taking home as a souvenir. In fact I really like the Qantas F kits for this reason: they now include two cans of deodorant in them for people who don't have their own.
Mind you this is in a threat that I kicked off at LHR, and now after 2 more longhall flights can't quite believe the topics that are being kicked around.
CBD? Bare Feet? PJs in China? What next - a bikini on a plane? (yes, I have seen it, but that was at IBZ so allowable methinks).
One more to add to the mix then - pretty empty F flight today. I was so tired I only had half a glass of the champers, and no one else had any, so at the end of the flight I was treated to the sight of seeing the WHOLE of the rest of the bottle tipped down the loo next to 1K. Now that stuff retails for quite a bit, so surely BA can keep an open bottle, rather than dumping all the shampoo at the end of each flight.
I nearly asked to take the bottle home with me.
Nov 3, 2011, 8:45 pm
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Don't people find it hard to get changed in the loo, especially trousers?
Admittedly, I wear heels and if it's bumpy, I would imagine it would be an interesting balancing act if I am trying to put pyjama bottoms on (I do not, but if I were doing so) without risking letting it or bare foot touch the potentially messy floor. The loos are also quite small, to make matters worse.
It would indeed be lovely to have a little changing cubicle on board for those who do change into pyjamas on board.
But we can't have everything in life, I suppose
The Qantas A380 J loos are huge, double the size of a standard one. There is so much space it feels like they didn't know what to do with it so just left half of it empty.
Originally Posted by LTN Phobia
Admittedly, I wear heels and if it's bumpy, I would imagine it would be an interesting balancing act if I am trying to put pyjama bottoms on (I do not, but if I were doing so) without risking letting it or bare foot touch the potentially messy floor. The loos are also quite small, to make matters worse.
It would indeed be lovely to have a little changing cubicle on board for those who do change into pyjamas on board.
But we can't have everything in life, I suppose
Nov 3, 2011, 8:51 pm
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I suppose it would be easier to avoid other people's aiming problems with a larger floor area.
I recall reading somewhere about a loo with a fold-down "changing floor" on one of the Asian airlines, or did I dream it up? If I did dream it up, I should patent it and sell it, shouldn't I?
