789/388 Broken Business Suites Rife - PAX Involuntary moved

[madrooster]

Some extra corn for the Rooster.

did OLCI. What do you know, all of a sudden my seat is now 2A (so not totally shocked).

I think you might have VH-ZNM. I'm guessing you're on QF21/13SEP.

 

[Quickstatus]

All these broken J seats.
Are we saying the QF J pax are more robust than what the designers envisaged?

 

[AIRwin]

All these broken J seats.
Are we saying the QF J pax are more robust than what the designers envisaged?

Seats are not match fit

 

[jrfsp]

Seats are not match fit

Seats get broken - nothing new, except QF scrapped the majority of the cabin maintenance engineers .....opps

 

[RichardMEL]

I think you might have VH-ZNM. I'm guessing you're on QF21/13SEP.

indeed.

Sheesh -ZNM is pretty new (into service). to have inop J seats like this is a bit rubbish (I know, supply chain for parts etc)

 

[dairyfloss]

I don't think I've found a QF business suite that has worked perfectly for me - and that's across all the airframes they are installed on (except the 789, which I've not tried yet). I give the first 2 pre-set recline positions a try, early on, invariably resulting in the patented 'jerk-stop-spasm' reaction from the thing, after which I'll only move it about and into positions when not seated in it. If I get up and do it, it glides beautifully into position without a fuss. They're simply too weight sensitive; though to be fair, I am built a bit like a brick sh@#house.

Cheers,
Matt.

 

[Quickstatus]

Seats get broken

I dare say a design fault. The SkyBed II on the A380 had issues very early on and it seems like the 787 ones are also failing prematurely.
One celebrity designer was involved in both...

 

[RichardMEL]

Probably better to add to the IT problems thread, but for S&G I note that my app has one seat assignment, the MNB seat map has another - which also agrees with the website version of MNB which still claims I'm in 1A. Good ol' QF - Consistently Inconsistent(tm). Just have to laugh really.

 

[dairyfloss]

I dare say a design fault. The SkyBed II on the A380 had issues very early on and it seems like the 787 ones are also failing prematurely.
One celebrity designer was involved in both...

Yes - perhaps should limit involvement going forwards to the crockery... although even there...

 

[Quickstatus]

I note that my app has one seat assignment, the MNB seat map has another

Perhaps they are blocking both?. So that no one else can barge into either.

 

[RichardMEL]

I just want to get there on time at this point. I saw QF93/10SEP MEL-LAX was delayed, stuck at the gate till 0300 (about 6 hours), then crew timed out it seems, so everyone was booted and are trying again tonight at 7pm (they get -ZNA). Not too sure what the issue was, except that they couldn't take off at that 3am point or something as MEL were doing maintenance on the main 16/34 runway and only had 9/27 available, which couldn't be used for that flight. Damn!

 

[jrfsp]

I just want to get there on time at this point. I saw QF93/10SEP MEL-LAX was delayed, stuck at the gate till 0300 (about 6 hours), then crew timed out it seems, so everyone was booted and are trying again tonight at 7pm (they get -ZNA). Not too sure what the issue was, except that they couldn't take off at that 3am point or something as MEL were doing maintenance on the main 16/34 runway and only had 9/27 available, which couldn't be used for that flight. Damn!

Its fairly sad when 24 hour delays at an airlines home base are becoming regular occurrences

 

[Quickstatus]

24 hour delays at an airlines home base

I dont think home base provides any protection/benefit because all the aircraft are fully utilised with a time table that does not allow any time in reserve and QF long haul aircraft tend to spend more time on the ground far from home base such as LAX, LHR

ZNA departed LHR 2:20 late, departed PER 2:05 late, arriving in MEL 1 minute before it was scheduled to depart for LAX
If it were on time it only had 1:45 on the ground in MEL (home base) based on the schedule.

 

[jrfsp]

I dont think home base provides any protection/benefit because all the aircraft are fully utilised with a time table that does not allow any time in reserve and QF long haul aircraft tend to spend more time on the ground far from home base such as LAX, LHR

ZNA departed LHR 2:20 late, departed PER 2:05 late, arriving in MEL 1 minute before it was scheduled to depart for LAX
If it were on time it only had 1:45 on the ground in MEL (home base) based on the schedule.

Agree with the utilization (which is essentially maxed out), but if the issue becomes crew timing out (which i believe it did last night), then finding new crew at a home base should be much easier than at an outstation.

 

[RooFlyer]

Amusingly, or not, when I go in to select seats, the seat map still has me in 1A, with 2A blocked. I know that's an illusion, but gee.

I think @JohnM experienced something similar, recently.

 

[Quickstatus]

then finding new crew at a home base should be much easier than at an outstation.

Agree,
Definitely for pilots
Though for CC it would depend on where they are based
The QF 9/10 CC is London based. and QF3/4 AKL based
Are any CC US based?

 

[RichardMEL]

MEL is not home base for QF. Everyone knows it is SYDair

 

[Peasant]

I just want to get there on time at this point. I saw QF93/10SEP MEL-LAX was delayed, stuck at the gate till 0300 (about 6 hours), then crew timed out it seems, so everyone was booted and are trying again tonight at 7pm (they get -ZNA). Not too sure what the issue was, except that they couldn't take off at that 3am point or something as MEL were doing maintenance on the main 16/34 runway and only had 9/27 available, which couldn't be used for that flight. Damn!

I was on the QF10 inbound. 2hr tech delay in London, but we were told in PER that the Captain was “anxious” to get going quickly to make up some of the time. We pushed back, started engines, then sat for 25 minutes. It turns out another QF aircraft at the bay next to us had pushed back but had its own mechanical failure, needing to be towed back in.

When we arrived in MEL last night, there were three engineers at the door, along with at least 12 cleaners on the aerobridge waiting to get aboard. Obviously they knew there was an issue with the aircraft but were expecting to dispatch QF93.

These mechanical problems and cabin defects with refrigeration and non-functioning J seats are getting worse and worse.

I thought it was a miracle I was only two hours late on both flights, practically ahead of schedule by QF standards!

 

[JohnM]

I think @JohnM experienced something similar, recently.

Nothing to do with broken seats and on a whY-only QLink A320. Complete mismatch of what I had selected, what we got at OLCI and what EF was showing. I could see no rhyme or reason to it.

 

[jrfsp]

Sadly my turn to have broken seat issue on QF93 tonight - after requesting and clearing upgrade to J, boarded to find someone else in my seat - number of broken seats which meant re seating pax after boarding.
Sadly as an upgrade pax I had to trudge back to Y - taxing now - only 14 hours to go….