Korean Airlines vs Asiana

[Justinf]

Forgive me if I have posted in the wrong place or if this has been discussed before - I did do a search.
i‘m needing to book a flight from Shanghai to Seoul one-way.
both Korean Airlines and Asiana are very competitively priced at around AUD$200. Some of the other carriers are asking for $500-plus, such as China Southern and China Eastern.
it’s only a two-hour flight so I’m not overly fussy.
both aircraft are A300-300.

 

[jb747]

Well, Asiana have directly tried to kill me, so not at the top of my personal pop chart.

 

[Justinf]

Well, Asiana have directly tried to kill me, so not at the top of my personal pop chart.

Korean Airlines it is then

 

[AIRwin]

both aircraft are A300-300.

A330-300?

 

[Justinf]

A330-300?

That’s what it says on the search engines and even then mock bookings I have done.

 

[Wanderlust_tim]

Well, Asiana have directly tried to kill me, so not at the top of my personal pop chart.

That is a story that i would like to know more about...

 

[jb747]

That is a story that i would like to know more about...

On the ground in Singapore. We'd been pushed back and were finishing up the start and disconnect. Asiana were taxiing in. We were in a "Y" shaped bit of taxiway. We were pointed up the Y, near the junction, and he was coming in from the left. The bay he was going to was on our right, and our nose gear was actually on the lead in line he'd need to use. Basically his bay was totally blocked until we moved. He'd been cleared in by ATC, once we were clear. Instead of waiting for us to get clear (as ATC had told him), he taxied ahead and entered his bay at an angle. His right hand wing tip got extremely close to us (i.e. the coughpit), whilst his other wingtip very nearly hit the tail of the aircraft adjacent to his assigned bay. He was told to stop, and his response was "it's clear". That was purely wishful thinking on his part, as you cannot see the wingtips from the 767 coughpit.

He ended up with his nose gear at about the normal stop point, but at an angle, so that the bridges couldn't be attached. He was also over the obstruction area, and his aft fuselage was obstructing the push back of the aircraft on his left (which he'd barely missed).

When I got my heart out of my mouth, some words were said on the Singapore ground frequency that had probably not been heard before or since. They (Asiana) are total morons in space.

 

[Justinf]

On the ground in Singapore. We'd been pushed back and were finishing up the start and disconnect. Asiana were taxiing in. We were in a "Y" shaped bit of taxiway. We were pointed up the Y, near the junction, and he was coming in from the left. The bay he was going to was on our right, and our nose gear was actually on the lead in line he'd need to use. Basically his bay was totally blocked until we moved. He'd been cleared in by ATC, once we were clear. Instead of waiting for us to get clear (as ATC had told him), he taxied ahead and entered his bay at an angle. His left hand wing tip got extremely close to us (i.e. the coughpit), whilst his other wingtip very nearly hit the tail of the aircraft adjacent to his assigned bay. He was told to stop, and his response was "it's clear". That was purely wishful thinking on his part, as you cannot see the wingtips from the 767 coughpit.

He ended up with his nose gear at about the normal stop point, but at an angle, so that the bridges couldn't be attached. He was also over the obstruction area, and his aft fuselage was obstructing the push back of the aircraft on his left (which he'd barely missed).

When I got my heart out of my mouth, some words were said on the Singapore ground frequency that had probably not been heard before or since. They (Asiana) are total morons in space.

This is far more interesting than my original post.

 

[flyer89]

On the ground in Singapore. We'd been pushed back and were finishing up the start and disconnect. Asiana were taxiing in. We were in a "Y" shaped bit of taxiway. We were pointed up the Y, near the junction, and he was coming in from the left. The bay he was going to was on our right, and our nose gear was actually on the lead in line he'd need to use. Basically his bay was totally blocked until we moved. He'd been cleared in by ATC, once we were clear. Instead of waiting for us to get clear (as ATC had told him), he taxied ahead and entered his bay at an angle. His left hand wing tip got extremely close to us (i.e. the coughpit), whilst his other wingtip very nearly hit the tail of the aircraft adjacent to his assigned bay. He was told to stop, and his response was "it's clear". That was purely wishful thinking on his part, as you cannot see the wingtips from the 767 coughpit.

He ended up with his nose gear at about the normal stop point, but at an angle, so that the bridges couldn't be attached. He was also over the obstruction area, and his aft fuselage was obstructing the push back of the aircraft on his left (which he'd barely missed).

When I got my heart out of my mouth, some words were said on the Singapore ground frequency that had probably not been heard before or since. They (Asiana) are total morons in space.

I don’t think many in the industry were surprised by their SFO incident however, I assume you much less so.