BA New First Class??
24/01/10 | Forum post in reply to HighFlyer

I'll be in bmi's J class to the middle east next week. Having never tried it before, it will be interesting to see how it is. It looks good on paper, will post some thoughts the week after next.

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BA New First Class??
24/01/10 | Forum post in reply to HighFlyer

Senator Thanks for sharing, very interesting read. I know what you mean about the 'cocoon' effect :-) I like NCW, but my equivalent of the 'cocoon' is stepping over or being stepped over, unless you get 62K upstairs or an...

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BA New First Class??
24/01/10 | Forum post in reply to HighFlyer

VK The Concise Oxford Dictionary says.... hate · v. feel intense dislike for or a strong aversion towards. Seems reasonable to me that he feels intense dislike or aversion to something he perceives as a dormitory. Maybe you are...

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BA asks office staff to volunteer as cabin crew
23/01/10 | Forum post in reply to BusinessTraveller

kmcottrell and continental club You can rationalize the action however you wish, but the cabin crew empowered their union to take industrial action and the union chose to announce a 12 day strike. Only through legal action was this strike...

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BA asks office staff to volunteer as cabin crew
23/01/10 | Forum post in reply to BusinessTraveller

I understand what you are sayng, but if the cabin crew were prepared to strike for 12 days at Xmas, what chance do you think that they will accept a radical change like that?

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BA asks office staff to volunteer as cabin crew
23/01/10 | Forum post in reply to BusinessTraveller

Perhaps the most likely outcome is a negotiated settlement (with netiher side really satisfied) and BASSA living to fight another day. Meaning that the threat of industrial action will still be simmering under the next time the union feels...

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BA New First Class??
22/01/10 | Forum post in reply to HighFlyer

FC Traveller Interesting your read of your experiences. My long haul travelling pattern is distinctly at the short end of the spectrum these days, 6- 8 hours and I find it very difficult to rationalise the value of F over the excellent J...

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BA New First Class??
22/01/10 | Forum post in reply to HighFlyer

HKGdirector That is exactly my initial response to the picture - even the video screen appears smallish by contemporary standards. So the question remains what physically differentiates this seat from the Jet Airways seat? Vintage Krug...

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BA Cabin Crew Strike - Consolidated Thread
22/01/10 | Forum post in reply to JonathanCohen09

Austline I feel the same way as you and have recently booked Star Alliance instead of BA.

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