Greetings.
JFK-MAN return
posted as some of this info might be useful to others
JFK-MAN seat 1A
the FA couldn't figure out how to turn the cabin lights above 1A off, for the first 3 1/2 hrs of a 5 hr night flight. not the personal light, the cabin light. the rest of the cabin was dark. there were no other available seats.
finally, and after my repeated insistence that this was not "just broken", someone realized it was in the programming for "crew rest seat lighting" and 2 taps on the bulkhead control touch screen and the lights were off. but too late to get much sleep.
landing at MAN, no jetway. ... remote stand only. havent seen this TATL for years. FA hold back other PAX to let UC pax off first. However, it ends there. UC pax wait in the bus as it sits on the tarmac and fills to the gills with all other pax. no VA supervison at all, so people shove to get on the bus. last on first off, so UC pax now behind everyone else. UC ends at the plane door, evidently.
MAN-JFK seat 1K
self printed UC BP. HBO . denied access to security fastrack at MAN because no sticker from check in. told to get to the back of the coach class line or go back downstairs to the check in to get a sticker. then denied priority boarding by VA at the gate, because I haven't checked in at the desk first... BP reprinted
so what's the point of a fastrack/priority self print boarding pass, and checking in online?
VA gate agents rude " its your fault, you should have checked in at the desk" "I checked in online"
some of the plane toilet fixtures themselves were literally held together with masking tape. that's just appalling.
no fastrack arrival at JFK
enough has been written about the lousy UC seats in the 33 config.
CC were good both ways. These issues are systemic, not circumstantial
Hope some of this info helps others
JFK-MAN return
posted as some of this info might be useful to others
JFK-MAN seat 1A
the FA couldn't figure out how to turn the cabin lights above 1A off, for the first 3 1/2 hrs of a 5 hr night flight. not the personal light, the cabin light. the rest of the cabin was dark. there were no other available seats.
finally, and after my repeated insistence that this was not "just broken", someone realized it was in the programming for "crew rest seat lighting" and 2 taps on the bulkhead control touch screen and the lights were off. but too late to get much sleep.
landing at MAN, no jetway. ... remote stand only. havent seen this TATL for years. FA hold back other PAX to let UC pax off first. However, it ends there. UC pax wait in the bus as it sits on the tarmac and fills to the gills with all other pax. no VA supervison at all, so people shove to get on the bus. last on first off, so UC pax now behind everyone else. UC ends at the plane door, evidently.
MAN-JFK seat 1K
self printed UC BP. HBO . denied access to security fastrack at MAN because no sticker from check in. told to get to the back of the coach class line or go back downstairs to the check in to get a sticker. then denied priority boarding by VA at the gate, because I haven't checked in at the desk first... BP reprinted
so what's the point of a fastrack/priority self print boarding pass, and checking in online?
VA gate agents rude " its your fault, you should have checked in at the desk" "I checked in online"
some of the plane toilet fixtures themselves were literally held together with masking tape. that's just appalling.
no fastrack arrival at JFK
enough has been written about the lousy UC seats in the 33 config.
CC were good both ways. These issues are systemic, not circumstantial
Hope some of this info helps others