kermatu
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Crew was great. Really friendly and seemed to have a good rapport. I assumed they knew each other well but later discovered that was not the case. While the cabin remained dark after take-off, there was no pressure to eat quickly and/or sleep. Crew were happy to delay commencement of my meal for about 45 minutes.
Also again no problem being served anything I asked for on waking up even though we were well within the 90 minutes before landing. No pics but had caviar and the tandoori chicken salad for breakfast! It was good.
Nothing to do with Emirates but my very last experience was sadly disappointing. Having successfully avoided any remote stands and bus transfers in Dubai, in all places we park at a remote stand in MEL. While landed bang on time there were no available gates (saw two Qantas 737s at gates 10 and 11 (I think) which was pretty frustrating). So we parked opposite.
I know the EK A380 isn't used again for several hours (and it's probably more complex than it looks), but surely it's better to allow an A380 to disembark and have a 737 use a stand?
Took 20 minutes before the front door opened and stairs were in position. I was the 4th person off the plane. Bus crammed to capacity (I later understood why). 18 minutes on the bus to drive maybe 300 metres (during which time both 737s pushed back and left the apron). I was lucky. 45 minutes later sitting in the F lounge having my corn fritters and they had just finished offloading the last pax, including several in wheelchairs from the one door. Pretty pathetic organisation from MEL airport. The Captain announced that we'd be parking at a stand half an hour before landing so it shouldn't have been a surprise. Oh well.
Also again no problem being served anything I asked for on waking up even though we were well within the 90 minutes before landing. No pics but had caviar and the tandoori chicken salad for breakfast! It was good.
Nothing to do with Emirates but my very last experience was sadly disappointing. Having successfully avoided any remote stands and bus transfers in Dubai, in all places we park at a remote stand in MEL. While landed bang on time there were no available gates (saw two Qantas 737s at gates 10 and 11 (I think) which was pretty frustrating). So we parked opposite.
I know the EK A380 isn't used again for several hours (and it's probably more complex than it looks), but surely it's better to allow an A380 to disembark and have a 737 use a stand?
Took 20 minutes before the front door opened and stairs were in position. I was the 4th person off the plane. Bus crammed to capacity (I later understood why). 18 minutes on the bus to drive maybe 300 metres (during which time both 737s pushed back and left the apron). I was lucky. 45 minutes later sitting in the F lounge having my corn fritters and they had just finished offloading the last pax, including several in wheelchairs from the one door. Pretty pathetic organisation from MEL airport. The Captain announced that we'd be parking at a stand half an hour before landing so it shouldn't have been a surprise. Oh well.
. I on the other hand much prefer F and of no particular order in JL, CX, QR, SQ F (777) and QF (sleeping) over EK or SQ suites, I am just not a big fan of doors and don't know what all the fuss is about.
