shropshire 0 #26 March 19, 2007 Do they gat a refund if it was a return ticket? (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #27 March 19, 2007 They probably still serve them out the trolley and take the cash out their wallets Bodies make an awful mess, if I was an airline company manager or whatever I wouldn't want corpses on my plush 1st class seats. They ooze all sorts of crap... literally! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #28 March 19, 2007 QuoteJust what other 'plan' do people expect BA or anyone else to have? It's real easy to complain when a corpse starts stinking up first class, but geeze, there are no good options with Cooper locks on the doors. Hey it's DZ.com you can't use this material anywhere else. Realistically, you could use a bathroom. They can be locked from the outside, and losing one bathroom isn't going to be the end of the world.cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peggs82 0 #29 March 19, 2007 Quote Realistically, you could use a bathroom. They can be locked from the outside, and losing one bathroom isn't going to be the end of the world. Thats what I was wondering. Especially on a 777? If it was a 20% open first class cabin, I would have moved a row of people in the back of the plane up to first, and given the deceased and their companions an entire row away from everyone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #30 March 19, 2007 Quote I guess people are just dying to fly first class. Sick fuck! Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #31 March 20, 2007 QuoteQuoteQuoteI guess that was a rigor-ous journey. It reminds me of the first National Lampoon's Vacation movie where the great aunt dies in the car, and they wrap her up and strap her down on the roof of the station wagon. Or the movie "S.O.B." where Richard Mulligan dies and his buddies put a pair of sunglasses on him, then take him out for one last night on the town. How about the Weekend At Bernie's movies? Those were the funniest I've ever seen with a dead body! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #32 March 20, 2007 QuoteQuoteJust what other 'plan' do people expect BA or anyone else to have? It's real easy to complain when a corpse starts stinking up first class, but geeze, there are no good options with Cooper locks on the doors. Hey it's DZ.com you can't use this material anywhere else. Realistically, you could use a bathroom. They can be locked from the outside, and losing one bathroom isn't going to be the end of the world. Oh? The relatives would be OK with that then? We'll just lock your moms corpse in the khazi. You can stand outside and weep if you like. If you're going for the full Monty Python comedic effect you should have suggested stuffing the corpse in the overhead baggage compartment, stuffing the corpse in the toilet is merely a Carry On gag. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
longtall 0 #33 March 20, 2007 Is the cargo compartment accesable from the galley like in the movies?.......................J................" 90 right, five miles then cut."---Pukin Buzzards Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #34 March 20, 2007 QuoteIs the cargo compartment accesable from the galley like in the movies?.......................J................ Yea, some mood lighting a bit of piped in muzak and some black drapes and it could really work. The fact is that the relatives of the deceased became the focus of concern when this happened and rightly so. If the rest just have to put up with the fallout they have it easy compared with the relatives. BA should have refunded the guy's first class ticket, but it sounds like he acted like a first class jerk. There is no convenient space on the plane to place the relatives with the corpse, if there was, there'd be passengers occupying it already. BA could have left the corpse in coach but there's more privacy and dignity in first class. They're apologizing to the passengers for the inconvenience, not for their actions, they did the right thing. Why anyone thinks they should be criticized for not having a better plan is beyond me, their staff acted impeccably aside from the interraction with the narcissist in first class. It's classic bullshit journalism, these idiots actually train for years to write that shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #35 March 20, 2007 QuoteWait a minute...your jump ship is a piper cherokee? How do you get off the wing?!?! -Wait a minute...never mind that. HOW DO YOU GET THE DOOR OPEN? Me, Shropshire and Woodpecker took a 3-way linked out the door. I personally had never jumped the cherokee and i dont think they had either. It went flawlessly. The door slides open and you just have to be careful not to hit any parts you shouldnt 1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #36 March 20, 2007 Plus there's a skydiver door aft of the wing. I did my 3rd static line jump out of the thing... then I qualified as a S/L instructor by dispatching out of the bloody thing a few years later. Had I known what an arse-ache of a plane it is to dispatch out of I would have tipped my jump master back when I first jumped the thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #37 March 20, 2007 IMO best quote of the entire article comes at the very end. QuoteMost other airlines also use seats after a death, or occasionally lockers altered into temporary cupboards. So BA uses first class... the other carriers just shove the body in a cupboard! I wonder if they have to fold it to make it fit... ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #38 March 20, 2007 I think its a beautiful little jump ship 1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #39 March 20, 2007 QuoteI think its a beautiful little jump ship I fly those; I still don't understand how you'd get off the wing without hitting your head on the stabilator, unless the pilot rolled right pretty hard...~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #40 March 20, 2007 Jump down...not UP! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billeisele 130 #41 March 20, 2007 I just don't get it, you are on a plane, your traveling partner croaks, what else should the airline do? I'd rather have a corpse then some of the live people I've been forced to sit with. What I really want to know is - Do you get their pretzels?Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #42 March 20, 2007 Quote don't understand how you'd get off the wing el no toucho wingo - there's a big door cut aft of the wing - leading edge of door is about level with trailing edge of wing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 9 #43 March 20, 2007 Reading this article- I can't help but feel unsympathetic for the parties involved, except for the family of the deceased. What do you do when a passenger passes away on a flight? Keep them in the crowded seats in coach because those sitting next to them paid less for the flight? It would make sense to me to put them in the least crowded part of the aircraft. Do they have body bags on those flights?=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #44 March 20, 2007 I suppose if it's a short person you could put them in an overhead bin, but it would be really awkward if you opened the door and they fell out. Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #45 March 20, 2007 QuoteQuote don't understand how you'd get off the wing el no toucho wingo - there's a big door cut aft of the wing - leading edge of door is about level with trailing edge of wing. Ok I think I can picture it then...your jump door is where the back right passenger would be sitting in typical configuration of a Piper Cherokee. -So the door is between the wing and the stabilator...you must have to drop straight down to avoid getting clocked by the stabilator, though...right? hey if anyone has a pic of this jump ship with the jump door OPEN, I'd appreciate it! I LOVE flying Warriors (Cherokees), and was about to buy one at one time... The only thing I was kinda bummed about is that you can't jump froma Warrior, but now you're telling me that you can...hmmm. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #46 March 20, 2007 Its not that great but where the far right dude is standing is the door1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #47 March 20, 2007 QuoteIts not that great but where the far right dude is standing is the dooroh it's just like a little Navajo, with a plug doorYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #48 March 20, 2007 We can get 5 in that bad boy 1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #49 March 20, 2007 I know from working on 777's at Boeing that those planes have Crew Rests, i.e. sleeping quarters for working crew. It would seem that the crew, who are being paid for practicing their profession, could buck up and strap a stiff into one of the bunk beds, out of the sight of fellow passengers. Nevertheless, it does present a problem. Over the ocean I suppose you could have an impromptu "Hail Mary & heave-ho" funeral, though not without coming way down in altitude first. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #50 March 21, 2007 QuoteIts not that great but where the far right dude is standing is the door A-ha! Yes then; I think 'twardo said it: jump down not up! Sorry for the hijack, everyone!! ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
