New aircraft design has rows of passengers sitting face-to-face

James Silverton wrote:
William wrote on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:29:45 +0100:

Hatunen wrote:
On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:06:41 +0100, William Black
wrote:

Tofu wrote:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/ar...el-option.html

No lap straps, no TV, no way to deliver food or drinks, no
way to get to a sick passenger...

Food? Drinks? You haven't been paying attention to the latest
developments,
have you?

I just fly in them...

If I don't get offered free food and drink I find another
airline...

Unfortunately, you may have to travel first-class to do that on many
routes.

Then I'll get on a boat or a train.

I like saving money as much as anyone but is that the only thing
that matters? The arrangement does not look particularly safe for
turbulence or an emergency landing.


They're painfully obviously what happens when an economist is allowed to
talk to a graphic designer without either of them being allowed access
to an engineer or anyone who knows anything about aircraft.



--
William Black

"Any number under six"

The answer given by Englishman Richard Peeke when asked by the Duke of
Medina Sidonia how many Spanish sword and buckler men he could beat
single handed with a quarterstaff.

Brrrrr only martin would.
Ugh.

"Tofu" a écrit dans le message de
...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/ar...el-option.html

"John Levine" wrote in message
...
Now that BA have announced that they will stop I know of no airlines at
all
that give free food to standard economy pax within Europe.

Lufthansa gave me dinner on MAD-FRA last week. It was some sort of
chicken, not great but not awful.

I haven't flown LH since 2005, they had stopped serving food by then. There
must be something special about this route

tim

It's bad enough getting out of a non-aisle seat to go to the toilet;
think about getting across that many legs!!!!!

--
Erilar, biblioholic

bib-li-o-hol-ism [Gr biblion] n. [BIBLIO + HOLISM] books, of books:
habitual longing to purchase, read, store, admire, and consume books in excess.

http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo

Now that BA have announced that they will stop I know of no airlines at
all that give free food to standard economy pax within Europe.

Lufthansa gave me dinner on MAD-FRA last week. It was some sort of
chicken, not great but not awful.

I haven't flown LH since 2005, they had stopped serving food by then. There
must be something special about this route

MAD-FRA is more than twice as long as LHR-FRA. Longer routes get more
food.

R's,
John

erilar wrote:
It's bad enough getting out of a non-aisle seat to go to the toilet;
think about getting across that many legs!!!!!


Not to mention the disabled people who now have the legal right to
access public transport.

Mind you, Ryan Air have been pulled up before for being nasty to people
in wheel chairs...


--
William Black

"Any number under six"

The answer given by Englishman Richard Peeke when asked by the Duke of
Medina Sidonia how many Spanish sword and buckler men he could beat
single handed with a quarterstaff.

Alan S wrote:

On showing my age, I saw him perform "USS Codfish" and "The Driving
Instructor" in Melbourne in the mid-60s; now I'm in the early 60s
myself:-)

I still have that vinyl album: From The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart

On 21 sep, 20:48, John Levine wrote:
Now that BA have announced that they will stop I know of no airlines at all
that give free food to standard economy pax within Europe.

Lufthansa gave me dinner on MAD-FRA last week. *It was some sort of
chicken, not great but not awful.

KLM, CSA, Air France, Tarom served free food out of BCN/VLC over the
last 3 months.

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:29:45 +0100, William Black
wrote:

If I don't get offered free food and drink I find another airline...

pretty rare now where I fly
--
Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.

In article ,
Alan S wrote:

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:29:45 +0100, William Black
wrote:

I just fly in them...

If I don't get offered free food and drink I find another airline...

Presumably that means you drive a lot and often need to take trains?
Or you pay quite a premium for your travel by air.

Personally, I much prefer trains, but none run between the US and Europe.

--
Erilar, biblioholic

bib-li-o-hol-ism [Gr biblion] n. [BIBLIO + HOLISM] books, of books:
habitual longing to purchase, read, store, admire, and consume books in excess.

http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo