coolfish1103

I am suspecting Spicy wontons?

紅油抄手

They removed lots of things, I am not sure if this is what you are talking about. The lounge has degraded to the point having Gold is enough.

tris06

Actually did some searching and found the old menu from 6 years ago (Feb 2013).

I think it was Taiwanese meatballs. With a bit of spicy sauce on the side was really nice.

Just the food now is well average and actually in T1 I think you have more options in the business lounge.

Anyway still this Saturday morning I will wish I was in a CI lounge as will be again using the CZ domestic members lounge out of Shenzhen on Saturday morning.

username

It sounds like a jet plane just landed (about 12:20 AM on 2/2/2019) at Taipei Song Shan TSA/RCSS. It is past curfew time and not on Flightaware or the Flight Status for the airport. Anyone can find out what it was?

Thanks.

bzcat

Probably a military flight. Taiwan Airforce operates ferry flights from TSA to Kinmen for military families to join service members stationed at Kinmen during Lunar New Year. What you heard may be a positioning flight to TSA for early morning departure to Kinmen (or a returning flight from Kinmen). Military flights are not subject to curfew at TSA.

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username

That seems like a plausible explanation but it sounded like a jet, not the propeller...

hayzel7773

Strike preparations have begun. IF a strike occurs, 900/1300 pilots will walk off the job and the effects will be worse than the flight attendant strike (you can have less cabin crew but not less flight crew). The ~400 are expats that cannot join a union and most are only FOs.

tris06

I think the demands issued by the pilot union are definately over the top.

Asking the airline to halt hiring foreign pilots and only hire Taiwan is a big backward step. You can see why the union is asking this so they can be more powerful in the long term and continue to hold the rope around CI's neck.
Many airlines around the world have a very diverse number of expat pilots. Union needs to face the fact that this is the world market and people don't have to fly CI to get where they want to go.

However giving pilots more say on whether to fly or not during extreme weather events seems reasonable. But do note recently as the past 2 years BR has often been flying out in extreme weather when CI had cancelled its flights so I am not so sure.

Finally consumers are paying more for these rises. The airline should remind consumers to gain sympathy that CI has been a loss making business for many years and giving into union demands like this is actually taking money out peoples pockets.

Still think CI should just close the business down if the union declare a strike until the otherside backs down.

I am all for giving people more money for doing a good job in an ideal world but it is not and one has to be realistic.

coolfish1103

It's easier to just vote your wallet elsewhere. Don't have to worry about this.

The pilots have announced a formal strike (finally) starting at 6a reporting time for planes leaving from TPE, KHH and TSA on 2/8. One should expect flights from 8a and on to be cancelled. If you are flying to a destination where there is another airline serving, you should try to get to the airport early and see if you can get your seat switched to another airline.

If the intended 1200 pilots all join the strike, then we should expect the strike to continue for couple days (depending on whether DPP caves in or not). If not enough pilots strike, then it's likely most flights will continue to operate and some flights will be cancelled where the pax get transferred.

26volt

Here's a link with all the flights cancelled due to the strike.

https://calec.china-airlines.com/typ...MATION_en.aspx

coolfish1103

Link has typhoon in it is kind of funny.

It seems the strike is not as big as the pilots wanted to be, as of now only ~100 or so pilots joined.

The amount of flight cancelled are not significant either, maybe more will come? Some of them are chartered flights too.

Scheduled flights:
2/8
CI 934 Hong Kong-Kaohsiung
CI 712 Kaohsiung-Manila
CI 915 Taipei-Hong Kong / CI 916 Hong Kong-Taipei
CI 192 Tainan-Osaka
CI 177 Osaka-Kaohsiung
CI 106 Taipei-Tokyo / CI 107 Tokyo-Taipei (2/9)
CI 112 Taipei-Hiroshima / CI 113 Hiroshima-Taipei (2/9)
CI 024 Taipei-Ontario / CI 023 Ontario-Taipei
CI 921 Taipei-Hong Kong / CI 922 Hong Kong-Taipei (2/9)
CI 837 Taipei-Bangkok / CI 838 Bangkok-Taipei (2/9)

CNY Charter:
2/9
CI 2509 Taipei-Wuxi
CI 2503 Taipei-Pudong
CI 3517 Taipei-Beijing
CI 2527 Taipei-Shenzhen
2/10
CI 2549 Taipei-Xuzhou
CI 2541 Taipei-Wuhan
CI 3505 Taipei-Pudong
CI 2517 Taipei-Beijing
2/11
CI 3521 Taipei-Guangzhou
CI 2509 Taipei-Wuxi

26volt

I agree since in a way a typhoon hit them.

Let's see if any more long haul flights are affected by this.

hayzel7773

26volt

I'm wondering about CI 7...will the pilots do the fly back TPE or follow suit with the pilots from CI 23 since that flight is cancelled.

hayzel7773

CI23 pilots cannot operate CI7. CI23 pilots are A350-rated, not 777-rated. CI23 pilots and crew will most likely be held in ONT so that they can operate the return should flights start again tomorrow. More than a day, they'll be sent home via LAX.

hayzel7773

Pilots are reporting that CI has been bringing in cadet pilots that did not meet rest rules to operate CI flights in the morning in order to present a "failed strike" image. Concerns have been raised to the CAA, as cadet pilots cannot operate without a check airman in the left seat and a backup pilot, and must meet all rest requirements set by AOR.