flatlander

This makes the 787 economy seating look pretty bad, especially with the IFE boxes taking up the space for one foot under the seat on the 787.

T8191

Ha-ha-ha ... a small world, and beaten to it by firstlight because we had an extra leg to fly before I could upload my pictures!

Here's some images from 4A/B in Club World

Legible IFE, although iWife's audio in 4A needed several re-boots before she got any sound. Fortunately there was a Samsung techie on board, presumably bug-fixing.



Cool grey look ...





Moody lighting ...



Cute little IFE controller, much smaller than the previous, with keyboard on the back ...






One final note ... in the CW cabin, the CC announcements were ear-bindingly loud. That has been snagged, but they don't seem to have a fix yet.

moral_low_ground

Have all the seats in Y been re-sized to make the 10 abreast or are middle 4 narrower than the outside 3 ?

Can I help you

All the seats are narrower as is the aisle.

All She Wrote

IFE looks like a decent upgrade for Y pax. It's a shame they couldn't expedite the process of having direct aisle access in CW from 2019 if they're pulling off full interior refurbs this year, especially on 3 class aircraft where First isn't an option for those of us that don't want to have to climb over other peoples feet/have our feet stood on in the middle of the night

Prospero

Great photos!

Uncle T, i'm looking forward to reading all about your post trip manicure in your next (and very much anticipated) trip report

FlyerTalker688786

How is the loading? From the picture it looks like the CW is very full. But the PE and Y looks empty.

Ldnn1

Never understood the point of those keyboards on IFE controllers. Does anyone ever use em?!

YacozA

Has there been any guarantee yet of a 2019 CW refresh rather than musings and hearsay?
I know AC has said the A350 would have upgraded CW, but nothing definitive of what it looks like at the moment?

All She Wrote

https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb...our-club-world

I've seen nothing on prospective design, just the information on this page

firstlight

Oh yes, I had to hold my ears when they made cabin announcements. Belated greetings from 1F, small world T8191, small world indeed!

firstlight

CW was rammed full, lots of holiday makers. Can't speak for the other cabins. I took the pictures having got on near the start of boarding having weaved my way past the onboarding Y and WT+ passengers. However the passengers were complemented by at least one senior BA manager and several panasonic techs with very heavy boots wandering up and down cw throughout the night.

Minor 'first-world' niggles...

A bit O/T but group boarding was a laugh. At KIN the lounge passengers are escorted to the gate by staff. As we went along the 1/4 mile journey we heard group 1 & 2 being called, then 1,2,3,4 and then 1,2,3,4,5 so by the time all the group 1 / 2s got to the gate the plane was boarding 4/5s. There was a separate priority line for 1/2/3.

There were a number of 'anomalies' including Seat 1H footstool going technical; my dividing screen needing to be lifted by hand to make it engage, the fact they hadn't loaded enough CW amenity kits so I got one and Mrs. Firstlight didn't. More unforgivable was the lack of hotel chocolat on Mrs. Firstlight's dinner service . I should have asked for at least 100,000 avios service recovery for that one. The SCCM was very helpful especially when I said I wasn't after avios, but apparently the plane is still in experimental mode with all the food etc. carts not where the crew expected them.

My IFE reset a couple of times but possibly due to the APU starting up it was OK during the flight and the film selection was significantly better than the journey out. I didn't see anyone in CW with a faulty IFE.

In addition at KIN the jetway had been disconnected we were about to be pushed back but then we were told another passenger had to join the flight. Cue reconnection of the jetway and about 10 minutes of faffing about. Suspect it was someone who had been naughty (not @T8191) as it looked like their passport was held by the crew for the flight. Fortunately the time was made up.

firstlight

Apparently you can use the keyboards for messaging other seats. We have a journey with our children in different class later in the year (taking Gordon Ramsay's advice) so no doubt will try it out then.

Flyerphil

Looks like the CW lampshade has gone. Also - any news on the loos?

Can I help you

Yes, two have been removed.