Stoopidsteve
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BA 208 MIA-LHR, 747-400
64A
Cpt Robert Owens
Massimo and Leigh FAs on upper deck.
We left a few minutes late, after 1 pax + luggage had to be offloaded (no details known). Snagged 64A at T-7, after reading AFF and FT. This seating arrangement is side by side forward/backward facing. Very confronting for shy people (like me, honest) with stranger facing you from about a metre. Backward facing take-off a complete non-issue (and of course all RAF flights are, or at least used to be, backward seats, and I flew a couple of those in the 90’s…not as comfortable as BA J!). Once take off, of course screen goes up, then 64A comes into its own. Like a private mini-cabin, more private that even on A380 QF F. Upstairs 747 on BA has smaller lockers that don’t fit standard roll-ons wheels first, but had enormous window-side storage, so could easily pack all those little bits and pieces required for the flight…laptop, laptop charger, toiletries, clothes I’d changed out of, etc etc etc etc
I got changed immediately into pyjamas…no BA don’t provide jammies in Business, I had my QF F set. Seat goes flat, but not the most comfortable, with some seat cushion sagging/ wear and junction points a little bumpy. Nevertheless, this trip is wearing me out so I got a fair bit of sleep (more than on QF93).
Meals were OK, but I should have realised that scallops wouldn’t be great after cooking and then reheating on aircraft oven. Highlight of course the bacon sandwiches on awakening with less than an hour to go.
Flight path from Miami was “We aim for Land’s End, follow the coast to Isle of Wight, then straight to Heathrow”. Being a window seat, 64A I got a great view of exactly that. Fluffy clouds, and sunshine allowed nice views of English coastline and countryside, but that path none of central London. Rolled past a couple of QF A380’s sitting next to each other at gates on our way to the gate, but couldn’t see numbers or names.
64A
Cpt Robert Owens
Massimo and Leigh FAs on upper deck.
We left a few minutes late, after 1 pax + luggage had to be offloaded (no details known). Snagged 64A at T-7, after reading AFF and FT. This seating arrangement is side by side forward/backward facing. Very confronting for shy people (like me, honest) with stranger facing you from about a metre. Backward facing take-off a complete non-issue (and of course all RAF flights are, or at least used to be, backward seats, and I flew a couple of those in the 90’s…not as comfortable as BA J!). Once take off, of course screen goes up, then 64A comes into its own. Like a private mini-cabin, more private that even on A380 QF F. Upstairs 747 on BA has smaller lockers that don’t fit standard roll-ons wheels first, but had enormous window-side storage, so could easily pack all those little bits and pieces required for the flight…laptop, laptop charger, toiletries, clothes I’d changed out of, etc etc etc etc
I got changed immediately into pyjamas…no BA don’t provide jammies in Business, I had my QF F set. Seat goes flat, but not the most comfortable, with some seat cushion sagging/ wear and junction points a little bumpy. Nevertheless, this trip is wearing me out so I got a fair bit of sleep (more than on QF93).
Meals were OK, but I should have realised that scallops wouldn’t be great after cooking and then reheating on aircraft oven. Highlight of course the bacon sandwiches on awakening with less than an hour to go.
Flight path from Miami was “We aim for Land’s End, follow the coast to Isle of Wight, then straight to Heathrow”. Being a window seat, 64A I got a great view of exactly that. Fluffy clouds, and sunshine allowed nice views of English coastline and countryside, but that path none of central London. Rolled past a couple of QF A380’s sitting next to each other at gates on our way to the gate, but couldn’t see numbers or names.
