British Airways Dreamliners

[pauljdh]

Just returned from Canada on one of BA's new 787-8 Dreamliners and what a disappointment.

I bought a world traveller ticket but was given a double upgrade outbound, but not on the return.

The cabin / seat pitch in world traveller is a joke configured for ramming people in and sod the comfort.


I have worked for RR for nearly 40 years and been around the Dreamliner project for 11 years - probably flown transatlantic 150+ times with every carrier out there (we supply some stunning Trent engines for this airframe) - the ethos that we were told was that this craft would be a game changer for passenger comfort....higher humidity, lower effective cabin pressure and lower nose with mood lighting etc such that we'd be dancing off the plane all fresh as a daisy.

Im sorry BA, the way you have gone means you have negated all that and its just another bus.

Last time I was as uncomfortable as that was on an Air Transat A300 charter flight 25 years back

I really was surprised about how unpleasant it was.

Please don't screw up the A350XWB in the same way when you get that!

[pauljdh]

think you didn't read my post properly.......the 787 was purported to be a very pleasant aircraft regardless of cabin...the way BA have configured it screws it up.

Try an A380 economy.......excellent

[pauljdh]

No the carbon fibre structure allows the delta P (internal cabin pressure compared to outside) to be much greater than on a conventional metal aircraft as the low cycle fatigue cycling is largely eliminated ...therefore you can have a lower more comfortable pressure in the cabin flying at the same altitude......

Ayahuasca said:

Shirley you mean higher cabin air pressure?


I flew a Thompson Dreamliner Birmingham - Bridgetown and have to say it was very pleasant.