Stranded in Vegas - BA274
Apr 14, 2019, 8:09 pm
#31
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Apr 14, 2019, 11:06 pm
#32
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Beijing
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Apr 15, 2019, 1:15 am
#33
Join Date: Jan 2017
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Interesting Mixed fleet crews have so long to rest. I do know that if LGW staff fly to Vegas on Sunday they work Monday nights flight home just like a Boston, New York, Washington, Miami etc and are in dispute with BA which is fully expected to turn into industrial action. I’m guessing it’s contractually different for LGW staff but would have thought minimum rest period would be a legal thing.
It it isn't contractually different for LGW crew as far as I'm aware, we all operate under EASA regs, the only difference we do have is in Cape Town, we operate a '4 day' trip, with one night in CPT, whereas I don't think LGW do. In this case I should think it's flight crew rest that has dictated the delay.
Apr 15, 2019, 4:15 am
#34
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Should the passengers get the same level of care as the cabin crew, assuming they were on the "fumes" plane for roughly the same length of time ? BA sent to crew to hospital for tests, with several being subsequently declared unfit.
Apr 15, 2019, 11:03 am
#35
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Of course, however fume events can be localised to a certain area of the aircraft. (I don't know the location of this particular fume event nor the exact details of the event) however for as an example it could have been in the flight deck or in a galley or even in the SCCM office. In this case the crew would be exposed to the fumes more than a passenger. Also as the crew are generally more active and therefore the body uses more oxygen, their exposure to the fumes would increase which could explain why some crew were declared unfit, whilst others were not.
Apr 16, 2019, 4:30 am
#36
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Of course, however fume events can be localised to a certain area of the aircraft. (I don't know the location of this particular fume event nor the exact details of the event) however for as an example it could have been in the flight deck or in a galley or even in the SCCM office. In this case the crew would be exposed to the fumes more than a passenger. Also as the crew are generally more active and therefore the body uses more oxygen, their exposure to the fumes would increase which could explain why some crew were declared unfit, whilst others were not.
.... Everyone was off-loaded and the crew had to be taken to hospital as a precaution.
Was the entire crew taken, cockpit and all the flight attentdants ?