BBerg: Qatar Airways Looks at Loaning Wide-Body Jets to British Airways
May 2, 2018, 1:00 pm
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Yes, the event where Al Baker acted like a jerk was the runway excursion in MIA. I agree with you and I consider that if the CEO has a cavalier attitude about safety then the entire company safety culture is rotten. Hence why I do not fly QR.
May 2, 2018, 3:24 pm
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QR's seats (787, 777-200LR) just are not that comfortable if you're tall. The 787 seat, particularly, is too short if you are more than 180cm tall. It's no fun having the headrest press into your shoulder blades if you try to sit with the seat in an upright position. I'll be trying to take a CW seat if this leasing happens.
May 2, 2018, 4:06 pm
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QR's seats (787, 777-200LR) just are not that comfortable if you're tall. The 787 seat, particularly, is too short if you are more than 180cm tall. It's no fun having the headrest press into your shoulder blades if you try to sit with the seat in an upright position. I'll be trying to take a CW seat if this leasing happens.
May 2, 2018, 6:05 pm
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May 3, 2018, 12:41 am
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May 3, 2018, 1:27 am
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May 3, 2018, 1:34 am
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they were but BA had to ask the CAA for an exemption to allow them to bring wet leased aircraft in from outside the EU and claim that suitable wet leases were not available within the EU. many other parties (such as BALPA) were not happy with this. rapidex is suggesting that the mood music is BA wouldn't be able to pull that trick again.
May 3, 2018, 2:07 am
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they were but BA had to ask the CAA for an exemption to allow them to bring wet leased aircraft in from outside the EU and claim that suitable wet leases were not available within the EU. many other parties (such as BALPA) were not happy with this. rapidex is suggesting that the mood music is BA wouldn't be able to pull that trick again.
May 3, 2018, 2:14 am
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they were but BA had to ask the CAA for an exemption to allow them to bring wet leased aircraft in from outside the EU and claim that suitable wet leases were not available within the EU. many other parties (such as BALPA) were not happy with this. rapidex is suggesting that the mood music is BA wouldn't be able to pull that trick again.
Unless there’s a 747 fan who’s advocating a few returns from the desert...
May 3, 2018, 2:46 am
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Personal preference, I think. I'm 6ft2 and I feel more comfortable sleeping on a QR A350 than I do in Club World, even though I recognise feet are a little bit restricted - I'd rather that than shoulders/general seat width which I find to be the case in Club World. Having said that, the Apex Suite I'm sat in at the moment on JL wipes the floor with both of them.
May 3, 2018, 3:26 am
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I‘ll defer to those with more knowledge about the CAA, but for an industry-wide technical issue like this it would seem justified to lease in aircraft with the crew being a practical issue per above comments. Can imagine BA’s press release - CAA blocks BA’s plans, forces airline to disrupt people’s holidays etc.
Unless there’s a 747 fan who’s advocating a few returns from the desert...
Perhaps BA should dry lease a couple of Qatar A380's. The A380 fleet has some training capacity available and it would solve BA's lack of spare aircraft issue.