Long Overdue - SQ F/R MEL-SIN-FRA

[Cruiser Elite]

First drinks offering post takeoff also accompanied by satays:

 

[Cruiser Elite]

How remiss of me - Champs In J today:

And quite acceptable I might add

But more importantly delivered by the gorgeous Madelene - just check out her smile:

 

[drron]

Ah you old charmer.
Sorry but I am glad you are flying J on the A380 as I was a bit late booking LHR in August so we are in J both ways.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

FFS - I just do not believe this - so as posted above no printed menu onboard - to access the menu you have to login to a web site via onboard WiFi - double FFS - older pax with no smart phone or those not tech savvy have no access to menu - 3 x 4 x double triple FFS - how hard would it be to include this into onboard entertainment system? Menus change seasonally not daily - OMG Jerry - I am full of stagger! I smell feedback coming up

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Currently experiencing pretty severe turbulence- in all my years flying I have never seen Crew Members running to lock themselves into a seat

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Ah you old charmer.
Sorry but I am glad you are flying J on the A380 as I was a bit late booking LHR in August so we are in J both ways.

Dr Ronny it ain’t J or F but SQ J still a mile in front of all others - best part is the Crew - interact with them and they will give you the world

 

[boomy]

Being so long since in J you forget so many things - like how small the J seats are compared to F or R - like how pox the size of storage space on upper deck 380 is as o/h buns are just so small - about how when you lean on those fricking buttons each side shyte just happens that you don’t want like seat going forward - lights coming on - crew coming and asking ‘what can I do for you?’ - far from complaining as I have done >400 long haul sectors in SQ Y - all is good

Actually bulkhead on 777 or 350 Int config is quite spacious even compared to F. Off course Suites is in a whole different/crazy category which can probably only be compared to EY apartments. At least they fixed the odd angle seating on 380 J so there’s a positive.

Have a safe flight back home and thanks for the TR.
Seeing the photos I’m looking forward to fly R again soon, been way too long…

 

[Cruiser Elite]

OK another chat with CM Gavin - apparently cannot load menus into IFE system as aircraft goes to many destinations - FFS - 380 only goes to <10 destinations so how hard would it be to list destinations on the touch screen and tap where you are going?

Or am I getting carried away here - would non-tech savvy pax not understand to tap the screen or access vis handset?

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Actually bulkhead on 777 or 350 Int config is quite spacious even compared to F.

Not 100% correct my friend - 11D/F and 91D/F have full ottomann in front - 11A/K and 9A/K still have footwell to front - avoid these - 96A/F/D/K all have full ottoman to front - best you grab these if you can.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

At least they fixed the odd angle seating on 380 J so there’s a positive.

Again not correct my wise old red wine drinking medium rare steak eating fiend - apart from seat numbers in previous post ALL A/F J seats are arrrse to the left / feet to the right design and ALL D/K J seats are arrrse to the right feet to the left design

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Red wines on offer J today:

 

[boomy]

Not 100% correct my friend - 11D/F and 91D/F have full ottomann in front - 11A/K and 9A/K still have footwell to front - avoid these - 96A/F/D/K all have full ottoman to front - best you grab these if you can.

I would if I could but 350/777 (to which I was referring) don’t have row 96, I think you are referring to 380 seating. Must be all that free flowing champagne onboard

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Appetiser - Iberian ham ham with mozzarella and heirloom tomato with pesto sauce:

Iberian ham is another thing I don’t get? I grew up in the bush - we never had pigs but great family friends the Trenerys’ had 1,000s of them - indeed Cyril’s best boar won Grand Champion Large White at Royal Melbourne Show years on end - poor old Cyril would turn in this grave if you told him this Iberian cough was real ham

 

[Cruiser Elite]

I would if I could but 350/777 (to which I was referring) don’t have row 96, I think you are referring to 380 seating. Must be all that free flowing champagne onboard

Oh shoot I didn’t read that too closely - I know what you are like and you wander off on a tangent regularly - but if I be am reporting on a 380 flt WTF you talking about other metal - you need to take serious look in the mirror and get to MEL and sit with penegal and myself in OT so you can clever up again

 

[Lemon_Party]

OK another chat with CM Gavin - apparently cannot load menus into IFE system as aircraft goes to many destinations - FFS - 380 only goes to <10 destinations so how hard would it be to list destinations on the touch screen and tap where you are going?

Or am I getting carried away here - would non-tech savvy pax not understand to tap the screen or access vis handset?

My folks flew in from Blighty over the weekend and couldn’t figure out how to download a menu! Turbulence was dreadful then too apparently…

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Main course - Burgundy braised lamb with ratatouille barley and lamb jus:

Barley? Nah spuds would always trump barley - barley in soup yes but on a main plate nah can’t have that

See the small glass of red to the left?

If they ever bottled Mortein I reckon it would taste like this

 

[boomy]

Oh shoot I didn’t read that too closely - I know what you are like and you wander off on a tangent regularly - but if I be am reporting on a 380 flt WTF you talking about other metal - you need to take serious look in the mirror and get to MEL and sit with penegal and myself in OT so you can clever up again

Next time I will keep it simple for you, one metal at a time.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Dessert was a choice between salted caramel ice cream or chocolate raspberry cake:

Now the Ette has me on a diet so if any of you ‘blabber mouthes’ feel compelled to enlighten her that I destroyed both you will be summarily cut from the will

 

[lovestotravel]

Well basically hard product doesn’t vary / soft product hardly misses a beat from pre Covid - service still spectacular just some adjustments to way it is delivered - no written menus etc / WiFi was very hit and miss but that was the case before also - all in all very much same same IMHO except obvious Covid forced changes

SIN Lounges just a zoo at moment but now they are hoping for end May completion if Covid doesn’t force more delays

End of May wow..

I'm off with the family in F and then R on the same route as you shorly

Tempted to go via SYD to get R the whole way though

Great report and thanks

 

[lovestotravel]

FFS - I just do not believe this - so as posted above no printed menu onboard - to access the menu you have to login to a web site via onboard WiFi - double FFS - older pax with no smart phone or those not tech savvy have no access to menu - 3 x 4 x double triple FFS - how hard would it be to include this into onboard entertainment system? Menus change seasonally not daily - OMG Jerry - I am full of stagger! I smell feedback coming up

Yep the no printed menus is just a cost cutting exercise, nothing more, nothing less. R/F/J should be printed. Y can be anything for all I care