Best "There, I fixed it!" on BA?
Apr 9, 2016, 10:26 am
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Best "There, I fixed it!" on BA?
This made me chuckle last night and this morning... My lamp was stuck 'on' and this was the fix. 100% effective so can't complain..! Great crew too.
What's the best ghetto fix you've witnessed?
What's the best ghetto fix you've witnessed?
Apr 9, 2016, 10:35 am
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On my 747 WTP ride to JFK, the postage stamp viewer IFE was floppy and would swing down as if retracting into the seat. Cabin crew member wedged a CW menu card into the back and this stopped the flop. May also have been an attempt to rub it in, in several respects.
Standard ghetto fix on the G-GATx services is to stick an emergency procedures card into the overhead bin above 1C to prevent people from getting concussed.
Standard ghetto fix on the G-GATx services is to stick an emergency procedures card into the overhead bin above 1C to prevent people from getting concussed.
Apr 9, 2016, 10:50 am
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I had a cork stuck into the back of a CW screen on a recent 777 flight to DOH as it was swinging and wouldn't stay put, cork worked a treat.
Apr 9, 2016, 10:55 am
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A few weeks back coming home from Singapore on the A380. Cupboard beside 1A sounded like it was going to come off it hinges and was making a racket. No chance of sleeping with it like that. A helpful CC member got towels from the toilet and stuffed up and down the door. Got the job done!
Apr 9, 2016, 10:56 am
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Whaaaat? 25k avios? That's worth nearly what I paid for the ex-DUB GUF flight! Should've done my usual British-passive-aggressive-moan!! It would've been pretty much a free flight considering my $300 card I got outbound for a bag delay! ^
Apr 9, 2016, 11:18 am
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Was a few years ago, they are much more stingy now. I didn't expect anything, I just wanted them to try and turn it off so I could sleep a bit easier which they did try to do, but couldn't and awarded me the Avios during the flight. Before devaluation too, so probably worth about 37,500 in nowadays Avios.
Apr 9, 2016, 11:24 am
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Years ago, two times in 'old First' the IFE screen wouldn't pop out of the side unit. Both times two crew members each armed with two forks began to wiggle the screen up from the ledge. One would use their forks to lift their side a little bit and then hold it there, and the second crew would then lift there side and then hold it in place. This went back and forth half a dozen times until they could grab the bezel and lift it up.
Brian
Brian
Apr 9, 2016, 12:43 pm
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A few years ago I flew MLE-LGW in WT. The latch holding the tray table was missing. Crew "fixed" it for me when I pointed it out.
https://imgur.com/a/zPKkm
https://imgur.com/a/zPKkm
Apr 9, 2016, 12:52 pm
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On my 747 WTP ride to JFK, the postage stamp viewer IFE was floppy and would swing down as if retracting into the seat. Cabin crew member wedged a CW menu card into the back and this stopped the flop. May also have been an attempt to rub it in, in several respects.
Standard ghetto fix on the G-GATx services is to stick an emergency procedures card into the overhead bin above 1C to prevent people from getting concussed.
Standard ghetto fix on the G-GATx services is to stick an emergency procedures card into the overhead bin above 1C to prevent people from getting concussed.
Despite the crews best efforts even wedging it didn't work, no seats available downstairs but off duty crew sitting on the UD, so they were asked to switch...problem solved , well for us anyway.
At least we didn't have to go 'downstairs !'
Apr 9, 2016, 12:59 pm
#12
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A few years ago I flew MLE-LGW in WT. The latch holding the tray table was missing. Crew "fixed" it for me when I pointed it out.
https://imgur.com/a/zPKkm
https://imgur.com/a/zPKkm
Love that! Hope you enjoyed your movie
Apr 9, 2016, 1:22 pm
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I had the swinging IFE in CW on DXB-LHR on Wednesday. Jamming a clear plastic drink stirrer into the hinge worked perfectly.
Wish this thread was started earlier as I would have taken a picture.
Wish this thread was started earlier as I would have taken a picture.
Apr 9, 2016, 2:17 pm
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Was a few years ago, they are much more stingy now. I didn't expect anything, I just wanted them to try and turn it off so I could sleep a bit easier which they did try to do, but couldn't and awarded me the Avios during the flight. Before devaluation too, so probably worth about 37,500 in nowadays Avios.