Mar 12, 2018, 6:03 am
Last edit by: george77300
NEW NOVEMBER TRAINING FLIGHTS
26 Nov (Tues) to 29 Nov (Fri) on BA456/457 and BA464/465 (Total 16 Flights)
Ding Ding, The next A350 training flight with FTers in NOV. will be:
26 Nov:
457: george77300
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The Oct. A350 familiarisation/training flights dates to MAD (Madrid, Spain) from London Heathrow (LHR) are below; The Aug. training flights are now complete and the calendar for dates the A350 flew in Aug. is in the First post below as an archive.
Oct. 2019 A350 Schedule: (first published 20/08/2019) AT RISK OF CANCELLATION! BOOK WITH AVIOS ONLY AT THIS STAGE IF YOU ARE ONLY FLYING TO TRY OUT THE A350.
Ding Ding, The next A350 training flight with FTers in Oct. will be:
2 Oct:
Oct. 2019 A350 Schedule: (first published 20/08/2019) AT RISK OF CANCELLATION! BOOK WITH AVIOS ONLY AT THIS STAGE IF YOU ARE ONLY FLYING TO TRY OUT THE A350.
Ding Ding, The next A350 training flight with FTers in Oct. will be:
2 Oct:
465: courtster, george77300
5 Oct.
456: plunet +1, Thomas PL +1
464: MrMutton, WoodleyBeacon
465: MrMutton, WoodleyBeacon
6 Oct:
464: Pack
465: Pack, plunet +1
7 Oct:
457: davm666
NO A350 TRAINING FLIGHTS AFTER OCTOBER 7TH. (7TH IS THE LAST DAY!)
If you wish to join in, please post your name directly into the wiki or in the thread and someone will add you. Format for new days or flights:
There is quite a bit of information in post 1 where a FAQ has been written to answer most questions you may have, please read that first! If you notice something missing or an error, please post and this will be added or corrected.
Updated to Post #1394
464: MrMutton, WoodleyBeacon
465: MrMutton, WoodleyBeacon
6 Oct:
464: Pack
465: Pack, plunet +1
7 Oct:
457: davm666
NO A350 TRAINING FLIGHTS AFTER OCTOBER 7TH. (7TH IS THE LAST DAY!)
If you wish to join in, please post your name directly into the wiki or in the thread and someone will add you. Format for new days or flights:
There is quite a bit of information in post 1 where a FAQ has been written to answer most questions you may have, please read that first! If you notice something missing or an error, please post and this will be added or corrected.
Updated to Post #1394
BA A350-1000 training flights meet-ups thread
Oct 6, 2019, 8:07 pm
#1441
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 62
Oct 7, 2019, 9:38 am
#1443
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 9
Oct 7, 2019, 10:01 am
#1444
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Berkshire, UK
Programs: BAEC Brown
Posts: 46
I had the cod on Saturday evening's 465 from MAD to LHR. It was very tasty. Most unfortunate if there were some rogue ones in there, not nice at all.
As for the A350 - Wow! IMO it is a truly lovely plane as a passenger (in club, to be fair). The galley did look on the small side, to say the least, but our crew were BA at their best. The club suite suited my somewhat wide shape much better than CW on the 777 going out.
Also particularly striking was the noise, or rather the lack of it; it was a less annoying type of noise too, to my ears at least. A most enjoyable experience overall.
As for the A350 - Wow! IMO it is a truly lovely plane as a passenger (in club, to be fair). The galley did look on the small side, to say the least, but our crew were BA at their best. The club suite suited my somewhat wide shape much better than CW on the 777 going out.
Also particularly striking was the noise, or rather the lack of it; it was a less annoying type of noise too, to my ears at least. A most enjoyable experience overall.
Oct 7, 2019, 12:38 pm
#1445
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 9
Well I thought that was a truly sublime experience! It was easily the most enjoyable short haul flight I’ve ever had. So glad I did the upgrade. Cabin crew attentive and keen, lovely space and amenities for short haul. Not totally convinced I would be willing to pay top dollar for it on a long haul route, felt somewhat snug to me... I fear BA are getting really left behind here now, a sliding door doesn’t really cut it. Table positioning for the seat felt frankly awkward for eating & using laptop. The lack of easily accessible storage for a long haul would be a genuine problem. Where do I put my shoes?? Used to love the old CW shoe drawer.
What would it cost to keep this going for the most popular short haul routes? That’s a really tempting proposition. Load them up at the back, charge business customers a premium. I'd bite if the price was right!
Anyway, food was excellent, service excellent, stunning sunset views... maybe I had one too many of the Malbecs!!
Sliding doors.
My seat!
Mountains!
Bye bye rainy England.
Double window!
Landed!
IFE journey info.
Dinner!
On approach
Sunset!
The cabin.
Cloudland.
What would it cost to keep this going for the most popular short haul routes? That’s a really tempting proposition. Load them up at the back, charge business customers a premium. I'd bite if the price was right!
Anyway, food was excellent, service excellent, stunning sunset views... maybe I had one too many of the Malbecs!!
Sliding doors.
My seat!
Mountains!
Bye bye rainy England.
Double window!
Landed!
IFE journey info.
Dinner!
On approach
Sunset!
The cabin.
Cloudland.
Oct 7, 2019, 2:33 pm
#1446
Join Date: Jan 2019
Programs: BA Exec Club
Posts: 955
Well I thought that was a truly sublime experience! It was easily the most enjoyable short haul flight I’ve ever had. So glad I did the upgrade. Cabin crew attentive and keen, lovely space and amenities for short haul. Not totally convinced I would be willing to pay top dollar for it on a long haul route, felt somewhat snug to me... I fear BA are getting really left behind here now, a sliding door doesn’t really cut it. Table positioning for the seat felt frankly awkward for eating & using laptop. The lack of easily accessible storage for a long haul would be a genuine problem. Where do I put my shoes?? Used to love the old CW shoe drawer.
What would it cost to keep this going for the most popular short haul routes? That’s a really tempting proposition. Load them up at the back, charge business customers a premium. I'd bite if the price was right!
Anyway, food was excellent, service excellent, stunning sunset views... maybe I had one too many of the Malbecs!!
Sliding doors.
My seat!
Mountains!
Bye bye rainy England.
Double window!
Landed!
IFE journey info.
Dinner!
On approach
Sunset!
The cabin.
Cloudland.
What would it cost to keep this going for the most popular short haul routes? That’s a really tempting proposition. Load them up at the back, charge business customers a premium. I'd bite if the price was right!
Anyway, food was excellent, service excellent, stunning sunset views... maybe I had one too many of the Malbecs!!
Sliding doors.
My seat!
Mountains!
Bye bye rainy England.
Double window!
Landed!
IFE journey info.
Dinner!
On approach
Sunset!
The cabin.
Cloudland.
Oct 8, 2019, 12:20 am
#1449
Join Date: May 2015
Programs: BAEC back to silver, Flying Blue Silver
Posts: 406
We were on BA457 on Monday morning and the new Club Suite is a huge improvement. I was in 17A in the mini cabin and was glad I did as I found the main Club cabin quite large and the mini cabin more intimate. Storage is sufficient (at least for me) and the seat itself is comfortable. In my opinion the new suite can not be compared with Qatar Airways Qsuite which seems to be slightly roomier (if one has to compare it with QR’s product I see more resemblance with the 787 reversed herringbone seat)..
All in all we had a very enjoyable flight and the before mentioned cod was quite tasty...
Club Suite 17A
All in all we had a very enjoyable flight and the before mentioned cod was quite tasty...
Club Suite 17A
Oct 8, 2019, 2:46 am
#1450
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: South London
Programs: British Airways Executive Club
Posts: 215
Oct 8, 2019, 5:28 am
#1451
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver Seigneur des Horaires des Mucci.
Posts: 2,047
Nov 4, 2019, 4:02 am
#1452
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: London, Babylon-on-Thames
Programs: BAEC Blue (back to Earth)
Posts: 1,500
Had EC261 denied on my enforced overnight stay in Madrid back on 10th Aug as they claim the aircraft was struck by lightning which was an extraordinary event. Did anyone on this flight have a different result?
Nov 5, 2019, 11:07 am
#1453
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,498
No, there was no lightning striking the aircraft, but BA's customer service has invented so many excuses to refuse EC261 that it does not surprise me.
Nov 11, 2019, 5:36 am
#1455
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,020
New Training Flights
26-29 Nov, 2 x daily returns. BA456/457 and BA464/465.
16 more flights to fly it.
I’ll be on BA457 on the Tuesday 26th. ^
EDIT: I have tried to add to the top of the Wiki but formatting doesn’t appear to be working on the iPad. I’ll try later on the computer. Sorry if I’ve messed it up....
16 more flights to fly it.
I’ll be on BA457 on the Tuesday 26th. ^
EDIT: I have tried to add to the top of the Wiki but formatting doesn’t appear to be working on the iPad.
I’ll try later on the computer. Sorry if I’ve messed it up....
Last edited by george77300; Nov 11, 2019 at 5:42 am