That crash in Indonesia sort of ****ed my fear of flying method of booking

[Billy Goat Sverige]

It's easily the most comfortable commercial aircraft in service, f. I've done about 10 trips on the 787 now and if travelling long haul I'll choose one operator over another if they're using it. It's so quiet and the environment is so much nicer because of the pressurisation being set so much lower. After dinner just set your seat to flat, get your blankie and pillow from a hostie, and I guarantee you'll sleep like a baby all the way there.

I usually fly from Stockholm to Heathrow on the new A320s with the quieter engines. It’s quite a weird feeling on takeoff hearing a high pitched whistle rather than a roar.

[Pat Vegas]

I watched a video on YouTube of a business class flight on one of the Middle East airlines. They had separate rooms for each ticket and for the ones in the middle of the plane they installed fake windows that were screens being fed images from cameras outside of the plane. So they were getting a view of what they’d have seen were they actually in a window seat. ****ing mental.

was it whenitraveltheworld on youtube? he is a friend of mine.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

was it whenitraveltheworld on youtube? he is a friend of mine.

Can’t remember the account. It was a Chinese looking fella.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

Well it has happened before... I wouldn't say it's common.

I've done it myuself several times

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[Pokster]

Looks like they might have taken off with the pitot covers still on.

Daft búggers.

Now obviously we all know what you are talking about... but for anyone logging on for the first time, what the hell are you on about?

[Sir C]

Now obviously we all know what you are talking about... but for anyone logging on for the first time, what the hell are you on about?

Little tube which pokes out of the aeroplane to determine how fast you're going. On the ground you put a little condom on it to stop waspies and so forth from entering the system. If you forget to remove said condom, you can't tell how fast you're going and soon enough, soankeroo will occur.

[Burney]

Now obviously we all know what you are talking about... but for anyone logging on for the first time, what the hell are you on about?

Pitot tubes. Effectively flowmeters that sit under the plane and measure airspeed. So if you have the covers on, you don't know how fast or slow you're going. This can end badly.

[Sir C]

Pitot tubes. Effectively flowmeters that sit under the plane and measure airspeed. So if you have the covers on, you don't know how fast or slow you're going. This can end badly.

It's a pressure differential sensor to be honest.

[Luis Anaconda]

Pitot tubes. Effectively flowmeters that sit under the plane and measure airspeed. So if you have the covers on, you don't know how fast or slow you're going. This can end badly.

Reminds me of Theo

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

What do you mean you can't tell how fast you are going? Just look out the feckin window and see how fast the clouds and birds are zipping by. Do you Airplane Johnnies ever actually fly sober?