flatlander

Which aircraft (and decks, if A380) still have the "four corners" service style in WT, where trolleys start at the front and back of each aisle and meet in the middle?

MFCC

The A350 and the 777s use a four corner style service. For the larger 777 cabins, sometimes we do the ‘front’ cabin and then the ‘back’ cabin.
The 787 requires 2 to a double trolley so it’s just front to back. The same applies on the A380.
WTP is always front to back.

onaswan

Is it just my bad luck, catching the 'wrong' airframes of have the drop-down TV screens disappeared from all A320s? I miss the flight map.

sigma421

They're gone. There might be a few old 319s that still have them but they're not in use anymore.

It's a shame that the WiFi portal doesn't have a flight map on it - that would basically replace it.

HarryHolden68

That is a great call that would cost virtually nothing. But it is an IT fix, albeit software. We all know how fickle BA's IT infrastructure is so I imagine this is so far down the priority list it will not be in our lifetime.

Confus

Despite having a BA logo on the homepage, onboard wifi is entirely an IAG function. A map still be a nice addition though - don’t some airlines team up with FR24 for it?

flatlander

Thanks for the info!

dayone

[shameless plug] Alaska Airlines uses FlightAware. [/shameless plug]

OxfordBlue

Evening all. Travelling later this month down to RAK on what appears to be a very busy CE cabin, with 14 rows allocated.

Made me wonder how many crew will be allocated to CE, and what the thresholds are? I’m assuming if the cabin is very quiet then it’s only one, how many does it go up to?

MFCC

There’s a matrix. It essentially depends on the number of seats occupied and the aircraft type as well as the flight length. RAK is a Band 4. Assuming you’re on an A321, with every seat occupied then there will be (at least) 6 crew on the aircraft. The IFM/L will decide how best to spread them around the aircraft. If it were me I’d have 4 at the front and 2 at the back on this config during the service, and release one to the back afterwards.
If you were on an A320, you’d only get 5 crew.

OxfordBlue

Thank you, MFCC. That’s both insightful and reassuring; it is slotted for an A321 and 4 crew up front sounds like a decent number. Out of interest, what’s the max crew on that type?

Can I help you

There are 8 cabin crew seats but BA could put more on if they wanted to use passenger seats.

stevebintley

The other day I entered the B lounge and upon scanning my BP to enter the agent advised the flight was currently showing as leaving ten minutes early. There was still about an hour before the departure.

How can BA know a flight will be leaving early so far in advance? Once every had boarded I understand, but an hour before? It was BA275 to LAS if it matters.

Can I help you

Some flights can be planned as operating early, these tend to be the ones with poor on time performance.

speedbuslhr

It’s called an ASO flight. Adjusted scheduled off-blocks. It is primarily to get the resources in place earlier than the minimum engagement times which could cause a delay. The departure time is brought forwards by 5minutes on short-haul and 10minutes on long haul around 1-2 hours out. This is an internal process to reduce a delay or risk in that days schedule and nothing to cause concern or worry to passengers travelling. It’s not like those US airline videos you see where planes literally leave early while there are still passengers missing!

The lounge agent probably only mentioned it as where there is a time change/delay to the flight it appears in bold red on the Fly screen. They were probably expecting to inform you of a delay rather than an early departure!