• General

  • Last boeing 747 rolls off the production line

Dubman Only once and that was a free upgrade on Emirates. If I could afford it I’d do every time.

MC is champing at the bit for your lounge review!

      bosstrabs The Emirates lounge at Gatwick is pretty shit. The Emirates lounges at Dubai are fantastic.

          vinnyt77 The one in Dubai is huge, too big imho, there are so many people it almost feels like cattle class, Qatar lounge at Doha is much better.

          Has anyone done First in Dubai? I’ve heard that is pretty special.

              Hursty The one in Dubai is huge, too big imho

              There are 3 at DXB. Agreed, one of them is huge. I don’t mind that though - but prefer the smaller ones.

              Al Mourjan lounge in DOH is awesome - one of the best.

                  vinnyt77 Al Mourjan lounge in DOH is awesome - one of the best.

                  Yeah, pretty amazing experience that.

                    I’ve had a nightmare with flights - been up to see my dad in Scotland - 5 hour delay on the way up Sunday and then cancelled twice on Sunday and had to stay overnight to fly this morning. I’m on the plane, but even that’s in doubt. Freezing temperatures really shouldn’t be a problem these days.

                      Along_the_Wire
                      When we came back from Copenhagen last year they just sprayed the fucker with de-icer and off we flew.

                      Safe trip. Enjoy the cup of tea and biscuits.

                          I don’t think you were in any danger MC.

                          If, for example, the wing engine failed, the plane could still quite easily be glided home using the endless reels of flannel being somehow generated from your mouth.

                            Mad_Cyril
                            Happened to me once when I was flying to Nepal a few years ago at Istanbul airport. It was snowing . They just sprayed the wings and we went.

                              Take off is never an issue in bad conditions, the issue is always landing and the conditions at destination. Go-Arounds and low-vis conditons stack planes in holding patterns and it slows the whole process down. With the amount of planes in the air nowadays we can expect Winter conditions to cause consistent delays in the future. Welcome to hell.

                                seanc80
                                This is a fair point, thanks for bringing to my attention Sean.

                                Look forward to your funny pic off the Google in 5 days or so

                                  I liked Sean’s latest one about the blokes in the bar with an agenda, that had already been all over the place weeks ago.

                                  Mad_Cyril de-icing, to keep the leading edges aerodynamic and so the slats can move.

                                  • LT42 replied to this.

                                      Given the content in the funny pics thread i thought i had at least 8 years before it was deemed old.

                                      Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

                                      seanc80 If, for example, the wing engine failed, the plane could still quite easily be glided home using the endless reels of flannel being somehow generated from your mouth.

                                      Lol!

                                        Cue Hugo writing a three paragraph explanation about how you wouldn’t need any ‘flannel’ to glide a plane, and if anything it would actually impede the pilot’s ability to control the plane.