BA Skyflyers logbooks
Aug 26, 2019, 1:45 pm
#76
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i’m a little bit sad about this, did they say why?
Aug 26, 2019, 3:49 pm
#77
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"The captain was too busy" was the comment from a very embarrassed looking member of the cabin crew as it was handed back to us on landing (having handed it in as we boarded). To be fair if said captain was having a bad day I'm glad not signing a log book was the worst of it!
Another flight crew noticed that the milestone pages (10,000 miles etc) hadn't been filled out when the logged miles tally crossed the appropriate threshold - so they filled these pages out retrospectively and even used a different colour pen etc to make it look authentic 😁
Another flight crew noticed that the milestone pages (10,000 miles etc) hadn't been filled out when the logged miles tally crossed the appropriate threshold - so they filled these pages out retrospectively and even used a different colour pen etc to make it look authentic 😁
Aug 27, 2019, 2:10 am
#78
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"The captain was too busy" was the comment from a very embarrassed looking member of the cabin crew as it was handed back to us on landing (having handed it in as we boarded). To be fair if said captain was having a bad day I'm glad not signing a log book was the worst of it!
Another flight crew noticed that the milestone pages (10,000 miles etc) hadn't been filled out when the logged miles tally crossed the appropriate threshold - so they filled these pages out retrospectively and even used a different colour pen etc to make it look authentic 😁
Another flight crew noticed that the milestone pages (10,000 miles etc) hadn't been filled out when the logged miles tally crossed the appropriate threshold - so they filled these pages out retrospectively and even used a different colour pen etc to make it look authentic 😁
Aug 27, 2019, 5:01 pm
#79
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"The captain was too busy" was the comment from a very embarrassed looking member of the cabin crew as it was handed back to us on landing (having handed it in as we boarded). To be fair if said captain was having a bad day I'm glad not signing a log book was the worst of it!
Oct 16, 2019, 6:09 am
#81
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My 3 daughters are now in their late teens and early 20's. I have kept a faithful record of their air travels by retaining their boarding passes which have been stuck chronologically into their own scrapbooks. As well as a remembrance of where they've been it makes for a colourful and historic aviation record. Many of the airlines are no longer with us such as Malev, Croissair, Sabena and Swissair and it brings back fond memories of flights as far distant as NZ and the occasional very short flight from Tingwall to Out Skerries (landing on what was the shortest commercial runway in the world at 370 metres - but flights have now ceased apparently). Whilst paper boarding passes are still available I shall keep it going for them. There are between 700 and 800 passes over some 8 or 9 scrapbooks.
Oct 16, 2019, 6:34 am
#82
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My 3 daughters are now in their late teens and early 20's. I have kept a faithful record of their air travels by retaining their boarding passes which have been stuck chronologically into their own scrapbooks. As well as a remembrance of where they've been it makes for a colourful and historic aviation record. Many of the airlines are no longer with us such as Malev, Croissair, Sabena and Swissair and it brings back fond memories of flights as far distant as NZ and the occasional very short flight from Tingwall to Out Skerries (landing on what was the shortest commercial runway in the world at 370 metres - but flights have now ceased apparently). Whilst paper boarding passes are still available I shall keep it going for them. There are between 700 and 800 passes over some 8 or 9 scrapbooks.
Oct 16, 2019, 6:55 am
#83
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My kids (14 and 12) had done 440,000 and 280,000 miles, on their 5th and 4th books, then we lost them!
Luckily I found them 2 years later by when they had nearly filled their replacement books.
Trying to find some online as the only airline I know that does them is BA and we won't be flying BA in the near future, but can only find one and it's not very good.
As an aside, we flew ANA from Tokyo to Hiroshima in April and on that short flight, as well filling in the log books, the crew gave each of my kids a postcard signed by five or six of the crew, with a personal message along the lines of "we hope you enjoyed your rest on your short flight with us" (they slept!). Nice.
Luckily I found them 2 years later by when they had nearly filled their replacement books.
Trying to find some online as the only airline I know that does them is BA and we won't be flying BA in the near future, but can only find one and it's not very good.
As an aside, we flew ANA from Tokyo to Hiroshima in April and on that short flight, as well filling in the log books, the crew gave each of my kids a postcard signed by five or six of the crew, with a personal message along the lines of "we hope you enjoyed your rest on your short flight with us" (they slept!). Nice.
. I have found it is so nice to keep a record, however you do it, that I even use one myself 
. I read a thread about someone keep all the boarding cards in a scrapbook. Happy adventuring!
Last edited by OurWorld; Oct 16, 2019 at 8:42 am Reason: quote was in the wrong place! Below my response.
Oct 16, 2019, 9:01 am
#84
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Welcome to Flyertalk, and welcome to the BA forum Alexandra Glen. It's good to see you here, and yes, this very much happens, I would say on about a quarter of my short haul flights (more difficult for me to track on longhaul but I guess it's a higher proportion). Very few flight crew mind doing it, and some like to check out the recent movements of their flight deck colleagues along the way. And there are a few much older "children" who still diligently present their log books on every flight.
Dec 24, 2019, 8:16 am
#86
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Goodness a Boeing 707, and they were considered luxurious at one point. I hope you will continue to use it from here. From what I can make out at least some flight crew enjoy paging back through previous entries to hear echoes from the past.
Jan 17, 2022, 11:42 am
#88
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Jan 19, 2022, 3:25 pm
#89
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They are on short haul too. I was told they are stored down the back in the shop cart I think.
First flight crew brought us the colouring book for our 6 month old but on the next flight found the right book and the capt added on the flight for the outbound flight too.
I'm sure the crew hate them but I love it and I'm sure in years to come the little one will be happy to annoy the crew for the new miles added to her book.
First flight crew brought us the colouring book for our 6 month old but on the next flight found the right book and the capt added on the flight for the outbound flight too.
I'm sure the crew hate them but I love it and I'm sure in years to come the little one will be happy to annoy the crew for the new miles added to her book.
Jan 19, 2022, 3:44 pm
#90
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Master BR's logs are often read with amusement when passed over, because he's done more miles than quite a lot of the flight crew, particularly in Asia. He's never had a single refusal up to now, on any airline.