Pillow bori se več zabave na 36,000 noge!
Ne vem, kdo je začel in zakaj. Ampak nekdo naredil, tako smo začeli spuščati v Paine Field v petek polnopravni blazino boj izbruhnil. Nenadoma se je kabina napolnjena z blazinami (in odejo ali dve) pluje naprej in nazaj. Precej zabavno gledati in sodelovati pri:
Goodbye, Poslovilni, Nasvidenje ...
Dvajset-urni ur po odhodu Paine Field, da je varno reči, Star Mega DO2 je konec. Listina se je vrnil v Houston; FlyerTalk so moderatorji, so v Seattlu, in vsi ostali sipanje na veter. (Končno sem imel priložnost, ta teden, da zaslužite nekaj milj na Delti. Da, Sem da moški.)
V imenu uradne blogger-in-Residence, Rad bi se zahvalil Tommy, Oliver in Reb, ker me je ob, Seth za pisanje smešno prispevke, ko sem napisal tiste dolgočasne, vsakdo, ki je prišel na pot, in vsi naši sponzorji (še posebej, Starwood, ki je pripravil super obrok za 200 izčrpane, evforičen letaki). Bom videli vse na naslednjih pogost potnik Awards, če ne prej, in pustite, odštevanje do Star Mega DO3 začne… zdaj.
CO Flight 1905 Prihod na Paine Field
Matt Cawby na Paine Field blog nam je podelila dovoljenje za razmnoževanje garantirano svoje fotografije naših prihodu na PAE petek, ki smo jih storili hvaležno:
Inside ZA003: Še ena za StarMegaDo
Ko sem videl izvirno pot za današnji slovesnosti sem mislil, da je pristanek na Paine Field v Everett, Washington je, da bo vrhunec dneva. To je letališče, ki ne vidi komercialne letalske storitve, in plujejo v na curkom je zelo redko, če ste preskusni pilot Boeing. Ko smo paniko poskuša najti voznika za prtljago podjetja dostave (to celoto "Drug zgodba) Bil sem tudi klepet z enim od organizatorjev Boeing in me pustil v na dodatne podrobnosti poti: Bili smo bo v notranjosti eden od 787 Dreamliner preizkus letala.
Boeing je sprejela nekaj 787s na turnejo v zadnjih nekaj mesecih, vendar v resnici ne dovolite le kdo na krovu, da pogledam okoli. Dejansko, več od naših turističnih vodičev danes opozoriti, da nikoli niso bili znotraj enega bodisi. Still, nekako mi je uspelo prepričati, da je dobra ideja za nas, da se znotraj. In so bili neverjetno milostiv v kar nam omogoča, da to storijo.
Imamo omejena po stopnicah in v kabini in, v tistem trenutku, postala del knjigo rekordov. Bili smo prvi, ki niso industrije ljudje v biti znotraj letalom. Z našimi blizu 200 Udeleženci touring letala tudi znatno povečala skupno število ljudi, ki so jo turnejo na splošno. Nismo imeli popolno vožnjo letala, kot smo storili na A380 v Frankfurtu, predvsem zato, ker je še vedno preizkus letala in še vedno uporablja predvsem za zagotavljanje, da se stvari res deluje po pričakovanjih, tako da se lahko dostavi na letala. Ni bilo niti v celoti opremljen z notranjostjo.
To je pa dovolj bitov nameščen, Vendar pa, da bi naše sprehod skozi resnično nepozabno. Moramo suniti naše glave v pilotski kabini. To je vse steklo in velike digitalni zasloni namesto tradicionalnih instrumentov. Precej sprememb v primerjavi s Bonanza Sedel sem v na določen dan v času mojega obiska Phoenix. Celotna glavna konzola je LCD zasloni in elektronske pilotski kabini, se vključevati v pilotski kabini, ne pa v velikih veziva. Kokpit je tudi precej prostoren, z nekaj skok, sedeži in stalni prostor za drugo osebo ali dva.
Posadka počitek - nameščen v prostor nad potniški kabini - je bilo presenetljivo veliko. Mislim, da so ga razrežite na tri postelje z dveh pa bi prišlo do izredno utesnjen. Namesto tega se je zdelo zelo prostorna in udobna.
Kakšni so zabojniki so očitno spec'd, da imajo štiri vreče vsak po 12 "x16" X25 ". To je ogromen. Ni videti, da mi kot 25 "dimenzija je bil pravi, vendar nisem imel trak ukrep priročen in ne bi mi lesti v enem, da preverim (fant teče ta del dejansko ugotovljeno, da bi bil opozoril o meni in nadzemnih posode, ko sem ga vprašal o tem).
Morda najpomembnejši je, da je zrakoplov opremljen z nekaj vrsticami gospodarnosti razreda sedežev v 3-3-3 konfiguracija. Tam je bilo veliko skrb v pogostih skupnosti nagrajevanja, kot večina letalskih prevoznikov napovedala svojo namero, da gredo na tekočem 9- 787 namesto 8-sledili Boeing, ki je prvotno trdil, je bil zasnovan za letala. Sedenje na sedežih danes sem bil prijetno presenečen, kako udobna kabina čutil. Vem, da obstaja veliko več kot le to Širina sedeža, vendar pa se stvari morda ne bo čisto tako strašne, kot se bali.
In da je bilo. Obisk je bil kratek - le okoli 15-20 minut - ampak neverjetno zabavno in res neverjetna izkušnja. In še ena najprej za StarMegaDo.
Ni fotografij (od nas) zaradi poslovnih varnostni politiki, vendar njihove ljudje so nekaj naše skupine, ki upam, da kmalu objavljati.
Field trip in First Class
I’m pretty sure that the first class service on today’s LH440 from Frankfurt to Houston was not typical. With eight people hanging out in two of the seats upstairs at one point it was much more reminiscent of a field trip than a flight. Even with the extra bodies up there is was a quite fun and pleasant experience.
As we sat around sharing travel stories and canapés it was an opportunity to truly enjoy some of the best that air travel has to offer. At triple the normal capacity seated in the first class beds, it was still quite a bit more comfortable than my assigned seat in the economy cabin. And the food and beverage choices were definitely a few steps above.
There was plenty of champagne to be had, as well as a few bottles of Baileys consumed, several beers and a glass or two of Johnnie Walker Blue, and that was just during the bit of the flight that I was invited up to visit.
The food spread was quite impressive, too. From finger sandwiches to fresh fruit to a quite impressive caviar presentation, everything I saw was top notch.
Oh, and some fun with the amenity kits, too:
It really did seem much more like summer camp or a field trip than a 10 hour flight across the Atlantic.
Kaj ste zamudili (Ali pa samo spomnim tiste, megleno) Zadnje leto
With less than a week to go until the trans-Atlantic kick off of Star Mega DO, first-timers may be wondering exactly what they’re in for. So for your sake, here are links to two accounts from last year’s trip.
Scott McCartney’s “A Travel Junkie Field Trip,” published in the The Wall Street Journal offered a nice overview:
The Mega DO—which started in Chicago—gave the road warriors an education in how airlines work. Na vsakem postanku, airline executives greeted them with singers and dancers, mechanics and pilots, ample food and drink and tours of engine shops, training facilities, airplanes and hangars.
Like kids on a school field trip, they filed through crew briefing rooms at UAL Corp.’s United Airlines in Chicago, quizzed maintenance experts at Continental’s engine shop in Newark, practiced flight-attendant skills at Lufthansa’s training center in Frankfurt and were photographed sitting in various aircraft cockpits opened for them at hangars.
They asked airline workers about snow plows at O’Hare, bird-strikes in engines, access to airport clubs and the environmental impact of deicing fluid. They learned how airlines cycle engines and airplanes through scheduled maintenance, how company workers assign gates and direct aircraft movement around terminals, how pilots prepare for long journeys and how Airbus puts together its giant double-deck plane.
My own “Triumph of the Air Warriors,” published in (Ameriška) Condé Nast Traveler, tried to be more philosophical about what it all means, as seen through the prism of Up in the Air:
“If you hate flying, you’re not doing it right,” says George Clooney as Ryan Bingham. Doing it right demands miles. Garner enough to hit the airlines’ targets and you’ll receive elite status with a bevy of perks: priority boarding, waived baggage fees, mileage bonuses, private lounge access.
They’re hackers, really, cracking fare codes and exploiting seams until they’ve twisted the airlines’ own bewildering rules inside out. FlyerTalkers get a kick out of this, and brag among themselves. They use the same freely available tools as travel agents do, peel off the lids of the reservations systems and peer inside, taking detailed notes on ways to fly well and practically for free.
At this point, you might be forgiven for wondering what these people do all day to have this much time on their hands. They are consultants, salesmen, CEOs. The old-school air warriors lived in hotels and first-class lounges—work demanded it. FlyerTalkers are a different breed, masters and captains of their own lives. Rebelling against being herded like sheep, they banded together to assert their flier rights—exploiting loopholes, pooling information, leading a jailbreak from coach to the front of the plane. They made the airlines sit up and return some of their passenger dignity.
The media (including me) is tagging along again this year. Who will be immortalized on the emergency slide this time around?
