Kitchen Flood in GF Today
Apr 13, 2019, 12:33 am
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Kitchen Flood in GF Today
Kitchens flooded this morning so limited hot options . T5 GF
they are doing there best though
they are doing there best though
Apr 13, 2019, 1:52 am
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It's to prepare passengers traveling to parts of the USA for the spring floods that are due to all the snow melting.
Maybe they should be serving Baked Alaska after that leak soup.
Maybe they should be serving Baked Alaska after that leak soup.
Apr 13, 2019, 2:20 am
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The GF kitchen actually sits at the bottom of a small gradient and is usually caused by actual tears of joy running along the floor from BA passengers in GF. It's a very emotional experience, even for regular BA flyers, when it all becomes too much to take in such as:
2 minutes to get through security at TFW
The fantastic views planespotting
The very low competitive fare they paid, sooo much cheaper than EK, SQ and CX
Thinking of the new imminent Club Suite launch
The joy of possibly meeting other FTrs and discussing TPs
The happiness of using the CCR with it's fine food and LPGS
The small chance of seeing corporate wage slave drinking out his black coffee mug
GGLrs are still overcome by having up to 5 guests to invite in
Seeing Group 1 on their boarding pass knowing they have made it in life
There are many other such things but the flooding is also not helped by the Silvers above in GC who are usually complaining and crying unnecessarily about something minor
Of course the above is all in jest but yes I've seen a few threads over the years re flooding now and again, hope it's fixed soon.
2 minutes to get through security at TFW
The fantastic views planespotting
The very low competitive fare they paid, sooo much cheaper than EK, SQ and CX
Thinking of the new imminent Club Suite launch
The joy of possibly meeting other FTrs and discussing TPs
The happiness of using the CCR with it's fine food and LPGS
The small chance of seeing corporate wage slave drinking out his black coffee mug
GGLrs are still overcome by having up to 5 guests to invite in
Seeing Group 1 on their boarding pass knowing they have made it in life
There are many other such things but the flooding is also not helped by the Silvers above in GC who are usually complaining and crying unnecessarily about something minor
Of course the above is all in jest but yes I've seen a few threads over the years re flooding now and again, hope it's fixed soon.
Apr 13, 2019, 2:38 am
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Apr 13, 2019, 2:46 am
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I think this is the first incident in 2019, there were about 4 in 2018 that I can recall. It seems to be the kitchen between Flounge and CCR most affected, I can't recall the 3 other GC kitchens in T5 having an outage, and they are all doing a lot more hot food compared to a year ago.
The cause is actually due to the fact that the kitchen has several large steam ovens - using flame cooking in airports isn't a great idea, you really don't want a fire airside. These have very large tanks of water attached, and if a pipe or internal connection breaks for whatever reason, the inevitable consequence is that gallons of water ends up all over the floor. And as the regulars will know, it's not a big kitchen.
It will be fixed fairly quickly (which is actually one of the upsides of steam ovens) but in the mean time perhaps spare a thought for the staff who will have to labour in a very difficult working environment.
The cause is actually due to the fact that the kitchen has several large steam ovens - using flame cooking in airports isn't a great idea, you really don't want a fire airside. These have very large tanks of water attached, and if a pipe or internal connection breaks for whatever reason, the inevitable consequence is that gallons of water ends up all over the floor. And as the regulars will know, it's not a big kitchen.
It will be fixed fairly quickly (which is actually one of the upsides of steam ovens) but in the mean time perhaps spare a thought for the staff who will have to labour in a very difficult working environment.
Apr 13, 2019, 4:46 am
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Thanks for the explanation, c-w-s
Slightly OT, but this comment caught my eye. Are you able to provide more context to that comment? Is it that there are more hot food options being provided (and/or a reduction in cold options), a greater demand from approximately the same number of passengers, or an increased number of passengers?
I don’t travel often enough at present to notice any difference from my 1-2 visits a year to the Club lounges, alas!
I don’t travel often enough at present to notice any difference from my 1-2 visits a year to the Club lounges, alas!
Apr 13, 2019, 5:13 am
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Slightly OT, but this comment caught my eye. Are you able to provide more context to that comment? Is it that there are more hot food options being provided (and/or a reduction in cold options), a greater demand from approximately the same number of passengers, or an increased number of passengers?