Is FC the new coach?
Sep 30, 2012, 5:00 pm
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You most assuredly were not in LH first class. This is what Lufthansa markets as first class: http://www.lufthansa.com/online/port...en&cid=1000390
People need to quit equating the front of the plane as being FC. In the case of short-haul intra-European or intra-Asian flights, it's not, and it isn't represented as such.
Toto, you're not in Kansas anymore.
People need to quit equating the front of the plane as being FC. In the case of short-haul intra-European or intra-Asian flights, it's not, and it isn't represented as such.
Toto, you're not in Kansas anymore.
Sep 30, 2012, 7:09 pm
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Sep 30, 2012, 7:25 pm
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You most assuredly were not in LH first class. This is what Lufthansa markets as first class: http://www.lufthansa.com/online/port...en&cid=1000390
People need to quit equating the front of the plane as being FC. In the case of short-haul intra-European or intra-Asian flights, it's not, and it isn't represented as such.
Toto, you're not in Kansas anymore.
People need to quit equating the front of the plane as being FC. In the case of short-haul intra-European or intra-Asian flights, it's not, and it isn't represented as such.
Toto, you're not in Kansas anymore.
Oct 2, 2012, 7:09 am
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The walnut muffin was good though and I think wine was offered but I don't recall.
Oct 2, 2012, 7:59 am
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Thank you for your opinion; I'm quite sure that it's the correct one.
Oct 2, 2012, 9:45 am
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Oct 2, 2012, 10:00 am
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There was a bit of inflation in that period. Something had to give.
Oct 2, 2012, 10:20 am
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I see people comparing today's service to the "good old days" and while there are many differences, were things really that much better in the 70's and 80's?
Look at this old Delta Ad from the 60's. Would you really want to spend your flight with these people? ;-)
http://www.departedflights.com/DLfollowthesun62.html
This is what business class used to look like:
http://www.departedflights.com/TWnotacrowd83.html
http://www.departedflights.com/PAnowyoucan80.html
Kinda interesting, here's a DL annual report from 1982. Notice the load factor was close to 50%!!! That would bankrupt an airline today.
http://www.departedflights.com/DL82reportp1.html
**I just looked, DL load factor was around 82% in 2011.
Look at this old Delta Ad from the 60's. Would you really want to spend your flight with these people? ;-)
http://www.departedflights.com/DLfollowthesun62.html
This is what business class used to look like:
http://www.departedflights.com/TWnotacrowd83.html
http://www.departedflights.com/PAnowyoucan80.html
Kinda interesting, here's a DL annual report from 1982. Notice the load factor was close to 50%!!! That would bankrupt an airline today.
http://www.departedflights.com/DL82reportp1.html
**I just looked, DL load factor was around 82% in 2011.
Oct 2, 2012, 10:49 am
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Noticeably, even shorter flights of 700/miles or 90+ minutes are now getting some kind of meal service at meal times, including hot bagel service on equipped aircraft in the mornings... I routinely fly on DL on a 721 mile 2hr10 minute segment during breakfast where the only offering in F is Biscoff or Peanuts (no fruit, no regular snack basket, nada). Apparently this is because DL doesn't want to pay for a catering contractor at this station and the aircraft overnights so the previous provisions like fresh fruit etc. are disposed of.
Ultimately, it's not the end of the world, but UA is trying to revamp the domestic F offering and certainly for meal service, they will relegate US and DL into the bottom of the heap once the service upgrades are fully rolled out.
This all said, there is something to be said about boarding into F on a hot summer day, and being able to get on first, enjoy a tasty alcoholic beverage to cool off and unwind after the stress of the airport terminal, with pillow/blanket/water all preset at the seat if I need them. Little things can still make big difference to making travel just that little bit more bearable, dare I say it, enjoyable even?!
