Is it ever ok to go to different cabins on a plane?
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Yes Darling, but I like to get up and stretch my legs - and just see how busy it is down the back. I also get up and go and ask for drinks unless I am on one of CIHY's flights - when I require that he dances attention on me and waits on me hand and foot. He usually sends one of the crew with a "Take that drink to the cow in 1K, or she'll be back here in full Lady Muck mode!"
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This is also my approach. I do of course keep to myself as I do so, I don't go around trying to disturb other people, but then again, how would my going into the Y cabin be more disturbing than someone already there going for a walk? For the record, when travelling Y I'm usually too busy reading to even notice whether anyone is entering from another cabin or not.
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Yes Darling, but I like to get up and stretch my legs - and just see how busy it is down the back. I also get up and go and ask for drinks unless I am on one of CIHY's flights - when I require that he dances attention on me and waits on me hand and foot. He usually sends one of the crew with a "Take that drink to the cow in 1K, or she'll be back here in full Lady Muck mode!"
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I've no problem walking through an A380 after lights out. I've done laps to stretch my legs. I've used the F lavs during this time as well. As long as you look like you belong, or lost, cabin crew don't challenge you.
On a single aisle jet, on a short service then no, I probably wouldn't do it unless the lavs are busy.
On a single aisle jet, on a short service then no, I probably wouldn't do it unless the lavs are busy.
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First customers can have guest visit for a drink, they have to use the buddy seat and a good time will be after takeoff.
Check with the crew first and a 30 minute visit is about right, your friend can also be guested by you into The Concorde Room at LHR.
Check with the crew first and a 30 minute visit is about right, your friend can also be guested by you into The Concorde Room at LHR.
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What’s the view on situations where captain invites families into the cockpit during lengthy delays on tarmac? I’ve been on the receiving end of this in J to Orlando.
I guess it’s a nice gesture but I didn’t enjoy the extra company trotting up from behind the curtain.
I guess it’s a nice gesture but I didn’t enjoy the extra company trotting up from behind the curtain.
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Just don't be one of those people who raises holy hell when a peon sneaks into a forward lav, yet you think nothing of going in the opposite direction if the need should arise. People should certainly try and stick with the lav in their cabin, but no one should be forced to soil oneself or suffer from kidney damage due to an imaginary line. This is especially relevant as many airlines continue to eliminate lav's in Y on wide-body aircraft to squeeze a few more rows of torture chambers on-board.
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As also noted, the rule is honored in the breach these days. But, it most certainly applies to BA on flights destined to the US.
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I once took the former Mrs Antichef to see what the CW UD looked like a BA Jumbo, she never having been there and having heard me explain that some of the seats there were favoured by frequent fliers on this site.
I sought the CSD's consent beforehand, then we went and just stood at the top of the stairs (so as not to disturb anybody) whilst I quietly explained the layout to her. Then I took her back to row 2.
I sought the CSD's consent beforehand, then we went and just stood at the top of the stairs (so as not to disturb anybody) whilst I quietly explained the layout to her. Then I took her back to row 2.