Got to fly on 747s several times BOS-LHR and back on BA. Usually business or first class over then cattle class back. That was hard. BA first class was VERY nice, starting in the lounge. Rode the upper deck a coupla times, back then the pilots left the door open so it was possible to wander in and chat a bit. That was fun.
The food and drink in biz and first was quite pleasant and one could start in the lounge before the flight. Toward the end of when I was flying some of the lounges had showers to clean up after red-eyes, that was quite indulgent. I always found that chatting up the FAs was the best way to be especially pampered. They usually got bored on the longer flights and a lot of the passengers were assholes so they appreciated nice. Got to fly a brand new 777 once, was on its 3rd flight from US to UK. That was really nice too. --R Sent from iPhone > On Nov 22, 2017, at 3:11 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I only flew in the main cabin on a -400 once. DTW to KSI, a 14+ hour flight. > Wow. That was ugly. > > I had to be in Seoul on short notice for a three letter agency, and it was > the quickest way to get there. Business and first class seats were sold out. > Military transport would have taken too long. > > Made me appreciate those upper deck seats all the more. > > -D > >> On Nov 22, 2017, at 2:59 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I got to fly back from Entebbe, Uganda to London on one. British Airways. >> It was a full house. Very snug. I wanted to see the upper deck, but no >> dice. >> >>> Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> November 22, 2017 at 1:56 PM >>> I’ve flown on most, if not all, of the variants. -200, -300, -400. As you >>> might expect, the -400s were the nicest. Got to make the trip across the >>> Pond to the UK in the bunk room on the top deck one time because my >>> business class seat back broke. Upper deck was full and I wasn’t about to >>> go sit with the common folk downstairs. The cabin crew asked if I could sit >>> in the crew bunk room since it wasn’t occupied (trans-Atlantic flight, only >>> one crew) and they said, “Sure!” >>> >>> That was nice. Like having a private, albeit very small, suite. >>> >>> They are big honking aircraft, that’s for sure. You should stand on the >>> tarmac under one some time to get an idea of their incredible size. >>> >>> -D >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
