Aircraft on the Blink
Feb 13, 2020, 12:33 pm
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Aircraft on the Blink
Beware G-VIIL - currently flying me and the OH to JFK in the new Club Suites. We were seat-shifted from 6K and 7K due to non functioning IFE in 6K however whichever boffin or system did the shifting put us into 7K and 11E, which isn't great if you're travelling as a couple.
We were luckily able to speak with the gate agent and found that we could be moved to 16E & 16F, I wonder why this wasn't assigned in the first place... Anyhow, I must have angered the BA deities as the IFE in 16E isn't working either despite a few resets. Crew are being great though and have proactively offered "air miles" and are proactively refilling my whisky
Do we have/need a wiki of aircraft with gremlin affected seating?
We were luckily able to speak with the gate agent and found that we could be moved to 16E & 16F, I wonder why this wasn't assigned in the first place... Anyhow, I must have angered the BA deities as the IFE in 16E isn't working either despite a few resets. Crew are being great though and have proactively offered "air miles" and are proactively refilling my whisky
Do we have/need a wiki of aircraft with gremlin affected seating?
Feb 13, 2020, 12:38 pm
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Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: London
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The ‘Hangar Queens’ thread would, no doubt, feature MEDK and her fume issues! On the subject of VIIL, I flew on her last weekend, luckily with fully functioning IFE. Though, I was a little further back!!
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Feb 13, 2020, 8:14 pm
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Heathrow
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No point - they would change on a far too frequent basis to keep up with. The vast majority of seat/IFE defects are rectified on the next LHR/LGW turn.
Did you check your originally assigned seats? It happens quite often where the system engineering uses to inform the rest of the airline of such issues and their resolution isn’t up to date straight away so the issue can sometimes be fixed but seat shifts go ahead anyway whilst everything catches up.
Did you check your originally assigned seats? It happens quite often where the system engineering uses to inform the rest of the airline of such issues and their resolution isn’t up to date straight away so the issue can sometimes be fixed but seat shifts go ahead anyway whilst everything catches up.
