Question about seat pitch on SQ A380
Aug 3, 2011, 7:39 am
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Having flown on the seats a number of times, I have also never really felt comfortable in them. Reason, due to the design of the seat, it is impossible to fully stretch your legs under the seat in front. Some airlines may have slightly smaller seat pitch but being able to stretch your legs under the seats really makes a lot of difference in comfort.
Aug 3, 2011, 7:58 am
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Plus if you combine the great AVOD and the food, which is generally above expectations for Y - as are the drinks, you probably have one of the best Y products out there. Same goes for J on SQ's A380.
Aug 3, 2011, 9:23 am
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I guess that the drink service is still decent but because of this annoying security at the gate thingie, one is also more dependent on the airline to provide ample liquid.
I still believe that SQ could implement a ways better coach product with a handful of policy changes, such segregating *G from commoners and by being tougher with pax who behave like <expletive> . On our last flight we had singing drunks, families of adults (not minors, sic!) who were blaring around the entire night and the little decoration girls didn't do a thing about it.
Aug 3, 2011, 3:20 pm
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Having flown on the seats a number of times, I have also never really felt comfortable in them. Reason, due to the design of the seat, it is impossible to fully stretch your legs under the seat in front. Some airlines may have slightly smaller seat pitch but being able to stretch your legs under the seats really makes a lot of difference in comfort.
I've done many miles in J class on SQ's A380 too, and whilst it provides a pretty nice bed, the "widest business class seat in the sky" is a very average seat. It's like sitting on a park bench.
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Aug 3, 2011, 8:12 pm
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And the person in front of you doesn't bump your knees when they recline. These are two pretty good features.
..I've done many miles in J class on SQ's A380 too, and whilst it provides a pretty nice bed, the "widest business class seat in the sky" is a very average seat. It's like sitting on a park bench.
Aug 3, 2011, 11:11 pm
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A common misconception about Australians who are actually amongst the most urbanised of all first world inhabitants. Most Australians go into a blind panic if they are more than 10 minutes away from a decent cup of coffee.
Aug 4, 2011, 1:46 am
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I still believe that SQ could implement a ways better coach product with a handful of policy changes, such segregating *G from commoners and by being tougher with pax who behave like <expletive> . On our last flight we had singing drunks, families of adults (not minors, sic!) who were blaring around the entire night and the little decoration girls didn't do a thing about it.
Aug 4, 2011, 10:05 am
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But if you are Aussies with good coffee, they become extremely autonomous organisms who can cycle across the Nullarbor and take a hike to the centre of the Great Sandy desert
.A landing in Iran should have solved the issues of the drunkards ... I reckon.
Aug 4, 2011, 3:18 pm
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Dump most Australians 50kms from civilisation and they'd be dead in 24 hours. The Steve Irwin/Mick Dundee types are indicative of about 0.000009% of the population
Aug 6, 2011, 3:03 am
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!Anyone who can survive QF coach food would be fit to make it in Europe's wilderness.
Aug 6, 2011, 4:37 am
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Is it that bad? 
The last time I flew with QF was over a decade ago...
Getting back to the original subject, if I was to fly long-haul in coach... my first pick of all airlines+planes would be SQ's A380.
The last time I flew with QF was over a decade ago...Getting back to the original subject, if I was to fly long-haul in coach... my first pick of all airlines+planes would be SQ's A380.
Aug 6, 2011, 7:17 am
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In short: yes.
Unless there is a premium coach available of course.
If SQ really will cripple the A380 and no longer offer UD coach seating, I will probably make a major effort not to fly SQ anymore. Bad, bad move
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Getting back to the original subject, if I was to fly long-haul in coach... my first pick of all airlines+planes would be SQ's A380.
If SQ really will cripple the A380 and no longer offer UD coach seating, I will probably make a major effort not to fly SQ anymore. Bad, bad move
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Aug 7, 2011, 12:00 am
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It's a shame that SQ are going to change the Upper Deck of the A380's into another area for Business passengers. I guess they think Business passengers are more important than Economy passengers.
The really sad thing is that having the Upper Deck being used for Economy passengers was one thing that made their A380's different from those used by other airlines.
Out of curiosity, do Emirates use A380's on their flights from London to Singapore and is it a direct service or is there a stop on the way there and back?
On another note, I'm also surprised SQ don't offer a Premium Economy service like a lot of airlines do.
The really sad thing is that having the Upper Deck being used for Economy passengers was one thing that made their A380's different from those used by other airlines.
Out of curiosity, do Emirates use A380's on their flights from London to Singapore and is it a direct service or is there a stop on the way there and back?
On another note, I'm also surprised SQ don't offer a Premium Economy service like a lot of airlines do.