BehyBill wrote:Can I ask how many meals they serve on that flight?
Just a side comment don't underestimate how tough life in Liverpool
[ I enjoyed Liverpool, my first ' home' town in UK after nomadic childhood
]
ISTR from article about the new service: it was Business and Premium Economy only. Premium Economy got 3 meals at fixed times. Business could get meals whenever they wanted.
I assume crews, both flights deck and cabin, were completely duplicated, with appropriate bunks for off duty ones; so not exactly "20+ hours duty". ISTR reading about inaugural Qantas Perth-London nonstop 787 (17 h) having 4 pilots, and presumed equivalent cabin crew. Even on the 1-stop London Sydney services, typically 12+8 or 8+12 ish hours depending on stopover place, the 12h flights seem to have change of Captain making announcements and of cabin crew between beginning and end.
Oh, and of course, both 787 and A350 have Gloucestershire undercarriage
(.. and, to trump Lefty, I have not only worked and flown at Goose but flown
South into Thule
)
(mere guide at) Jet Age Museum, Gloucestershire Airport
http://www.jetagemuseum.org/TripAdvisor Excellence Award 2015
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction ... gland.html