Out of curiosity, were they there for the whole flight, or just while the rear galley was being heavily used?
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Originally Posted by Mns1977
(Post 30230411)
I’d be mightily annoyed. 1A/C are awkward enough at takeoff and landing on these aircraft so facing someone through the whole flight would be terrible. Tbh I try and avoid these seats, despite the legroom, for this reason. I think it’s definitely worth highlighting this to BA so it is less likely to happen again. For goodness sake- do not highlight it to BA, you will just give them ideas! |
The point that I raised originally - that it's the Captain's call - really makes writing an email to customer service, or trying to "make sure it doesn't happen again", a waste of time and energy.
Most flight crew fly standby when they are commuting, or going on holiday; and when a flight is full and there are no more flights that day and they want to get to their destination - well, they know the deal, and they hope that their fellow staff are kind enough to let them board. So don't expect any change in policy. Moreover, non rev passengers only use jump seats when no other seats in any cabin are available (hence the OP's inability to move to another seat - because there wasn't any). |
Originally Posted by nyjoe4
(Post 30231425)
The point that I raised originally - that it's the Captain's call - really makes writing an email to customer service, or trying to "make sure it doesn't happen again", a waste of time and energy.
Most flight crew fly standby when they are commuting, or going on holiday; and when a flight is full and there are no more flights that day and they want to get to their destination - well, they know the deal, and they hope that their fellow staff are kind enough to let them board. So don't expect any change in policy. Moreover, non rev passengers only use jump seats when no other seats in any cabin are available (hence the OP's inability to move to another seat - because there wasn't any). Can this be factually right though? Does an A320 have jumpseat space in the cabin for 6? IE is there seating for 4 at the back? The 320 would have had a minimum of 4 operating cabin crew. Are there not 2 spare seats on the flight deck? I wonder whether they were sat there for takeoff and landing. |
Just because a captain says so does not mean it is right and, whilst it may happen at the time, the individual still has to face the consequences. |
Originally Posted by IAMORGAN
(Post 30232079)
Can this be factually right though? Does an A320 have jumpseat space in the cabin for 6? IE is there seating for 4 at the back? The 320 would have had a minimum of 4 operating cabin crew. Are there not 2 spare seats on the flight deck? I wonder whether they were sat there for takeoff and landing.
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Originally Posted by IAMORGAN
(Post 30232079)
I think the point here was that they were originally in another jumpseat at the back but were moved because they were in the way! It’s not occupying a jumpseat per se that is the issue, it’s that they were sat in the double jumpseat by D1L during cruise, and facing business class customers in 1A and C that was the issue - that’s the way I read the OP’s issue. The jumpseat at D1L would be occupied by the SCCM and another crew member for takeoff and landing - ie it’s not spare. Can this be factually right though? Does an A320 have jumpseat space in the cabin for 6? IE is there seating for 4 at the back? The 320 would have had a minimum of 4 operating cabin crew. Are there not 2 spare seats on the flight deck? I wonder whether they were sat there for takeoff and landing. Unless they are flight deck authorised they cannot sit there. There are many more staff than those few authorised to sit in the flight deck. |
It’s amazing to me that people will wax lyrically or scoff at the entitlement of someone that nudges ahead in a queue or places a bag on a spare seat.
And nod their head in agreement at someone exclaiming DYKWIA, I’m a PAYING club passenger with ROW 1 gold privileges and they dared sit someone in my field of vision! |
Originally Posted by amt
(Post 30232228)
It’s amazing to me that people will wax lyrically or scoff at the entitlement of someone that nudges ahead in a queue or places a bag on a spare seat.
And nod their head in agreement at someone exclaiming DYKWIA, I’m a PAYING club passenger with ROW 1 gold privileges and they dared sit someone in my field of vision! |
I just think they should put a bulkhead (and wardrobe) in. From a crew’s perspective, some sectors from LGW can be quite long. Presumably crew might want to take a break / have a meal and they either have to go to the back (and be interrupted by ET using the toilet) or sit at the front staring at the cabin. Try taking a break in plain view of customers. It doesn’t make for a happy combination. Might be ok for a LCC but CE is a premium cabin. I don’t blame the operating crew on the day - they have to make do with what they’ve got. |
I actually agree with the OP. I rather suspect that they were moved up the front so they were watered if not fed from the CE galley. I suspect that CE was full. Whether ET was remains to be seen. The CSM clearly was being defensive until she realised that you were hopping mad. I suspect that I know who it might have been. Was she blond and East European? I say this because I had an issue with her as she couldn’t understand why her handbag up in the overhead lockers was a problem. That apart, she was lovely I have to say. Naturally, all the storage space in the bulkhead has gone as well, so I do have some sympathy. Those non-bulkhead seats cause problems with people queuing for the toilet. What makes me maddest 😡 of all are crew bags in the forward compartments as I have said. If she had said that to me, I’d have said that there’s space down the back where she must have spent take-off, just because there’s no room for you to put her, don’t dump her on us. Her role and ours is different, we pay full whack. She most likely doesn’t. When I flew I never went stand-by even in the last years when I commuted from Nice. I always paid HI and my fares for own travel as neither of us would travel Space Available. Complain away. It’s not good enough. |
Originally Posted by IAMORGAN
(Post 30232254)
I just think they should put a bulkhead (and wardrobe) in. easyJet do have a partition (no wardrobe) and 186Y seats on their A320s (177 on GATx), so it can be done with 29” pitch throughout. There must be a trade off - a partition means less legroom throughout the cabin or fewer seats this higher fares or less profit. The GATx don’t have the spaceflex layout at the rear, like easyJet and the NEOs do. Perhaps in the future BA will shrink the galleys, install a partition and stick an extra row in the back, so LGW A320s could have 183 seats, so be careful what you wish for! |
Anyone have any photos of this area? I'm struggling to recall it.
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As requested ... ;)
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...738003c441.jpg The bit of Galley equipment shown there was temporary, but then the CC have very little Galley space to work with. The floor area is also used by people queueing to use the forward loo. |
Oh yeah, screw those seats.
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