Mega Club Europe cabins
Dec 9, 2020, 3:51 am
#77
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 346
Long time lurker, rare poster but am also crew. BA has been operating on min crew for all flights both long and short regardless of pax loads since covid with no top ups. Apart from flights which require covid testing ex LHR to allow for some not to pass the test.
Dec 9, 2020, 5:00 am
#78
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Thank you for that - they sound excellent credentials to me! I wonder if that will change after normal catering is resumed in January.
Dec 9, 2020, 6:01 am
#79
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: UK
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Dec 9, 2020, 1:50 pm
#80
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Welcome to Flyertalk and welcome to the BA forum delibag. It's always good to hear from crew members, I am always grateful for those who pop into FT on top of their day job. Passenger numbers do appear to be rising slightly, so hopefully this will see more crew coming off furlough before too long.
Dec 9, 2020, 5:32 pm
#81
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 614
Welcome to Flyertalk and welcome to the BA forum delibag. It's always good to hear from crew members, I am always grateful for those who pop into FT on top of their day job. Passenger numbers do appear to be rising slightly, so hopefully this will see more crew coming off furlough before too long.
Dec 10, 2020, 2:38 am
#82
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 3,061
CE service is permitted to be delivered from a trolley where appropriate.
Dec 10, 2020, 3:38 am
#83
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,596
Yes I'm aware of that. It was an example of an inefficiency when things perhaps don't go as well they could/should do - you chose not to embolden the important part that I'd mentioned - in a large Club cabin
Dec 11, 2020, 11:40 pm
#85
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: BKK
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Dec 13, 2020, 2:39 am
#86
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: U.K.
Programs: BA Exec Club Gold, Hilton Honors Diamond
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If you’re on a Gatwick flight number (four digits, beginning with 2) but operating from LHR, then the crew can’t access the E-PIL (electronic passenger information list) and therefore can’t see the status of pax unless they’ve been given a paper copy by ground staff. I doubt this issue has been fixed.
Dec 13, 2020, 1:14 pm
#87
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 389
If you’re on a Gatwick flight number (four digits, beginning with 2) but operating from LHR, then the crew can’t access the E-PIL (electronic passenger information list) and therefore can’t see the status of pax unless they’ve been given a paper copy by ground staff. I doubt this issue has been fixed.
Dec 14, 2020, 2:03 am
#88
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 847
If you’re on a Gatwick flight number (four digits, beginning with 2) but operating from LHR, then the crew can’t access the E-PIL (electronic passenger information list) and therefore can’t see the status of pax unless they’ve been given a paper copy by ground staff. I doubt this issue has been fixed.
Also some of my flying friends are saying that most of them have stopped those greetings as they had rather negative experiences this year with social distancing and Customers simply do not want any unnecessary interactions. You wouldn’t really want the inflight Manager or Lead to greet and welcome you back to the whole cabin as he/she stands in the aisle announcing who you are, behind a face mask would you?
To be fair I think Gold Card holder greetings are not high on the list of priorities at the moment and I certainly wouldn’t expect one in these crazy times.
Dec 14, 2020, 2:49 am
#89
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Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: DE
Posts: 265
If choosing to fly during Covid, both at the airport and during the flight you’ll likely have many pinch points where social distancing rules go out the window, and also come across a fair few who don’t care for the rules. Just the way it is. You can’t expect crew to police this and if you’re concerned for your well being flying maybe isn’t for you (not the OP, just folk in general 
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)On the ground, it's more of a mixed bag. You've got the illogical situation in most places that despite covid-19 becoming more prevalent (and not becoming less dangerous), fear of covid and adherence to rules has fallen. But compliance varies from place to place. Protocols vary from country to country, too (temperature checks, limits on the number of people in busses etc.)
I wear FFP2 masks on the ground as well as on the plane. Overall, though, it's easier to distance yourself from covidiots on the ground than in the air. Of course, on the plus side, planes have got HEPA filters. But on the other hand, you potentially could be sitting there for several hours in close proximity to someone irresponsible and have no option to get out of the way.
Dec 14, 2020, 6:27 am
#90
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 346
I think it's totally unacceptable when covid rules go out the window on a plane. It can be policed and several airlines get this nearly 100% right. And I'm not thinking East Asian carriers (which I haven't been able to fly since March) but European ones.
On the ground, it's more of a mixed bag. You've got the illogical situation in most places that despite covid-19 becoming more prevalent (and not becoming less dangerous), fear of covid and adherence to rules has fallen. But compliance varies from place to place. Protocols vary from country to country, too (temperature checks, limits on the number of people in busses etc.)
I wear FFP2 masks on the ground as well as on the plane. Overall, though, it's easier to distance yourself from covidiots on the ground than in the air. Of course, on the plus side, planes have got HEPA filters. But on the other hand, you potentially could be sitting there for several hours in close proximity to someone irresponsible and have no option to get out of the way.
On the ground, it's more of a mixed bag. You've got the illogical situation in most places that despite covid-19 becoming more prevalent (and not becoming less dangerous), fear of covid and adherence to rules has fallen. But compliance varies from place to place. Protocols vary from country to country, too (temperature checks, limits on the number of people in busses etc.)
I wear FFP2 masks on the ground as well as on the plane. Overall, though, it's easier to distance yourself from covidiots on the ground than in the air. Of course, on the plus side, planes have got HEPA filters. But on the other hand, you potentially could be sitting there for several hours in close proximity to someone irresponsible and have no option to get out of the way.