BA sat corpse in first class

Re: BA sat corpse in first class

On 20 mrt, 14:26, Mxsmanic <mxsma...@gmail . com > wrote:
> yaofeng writes:

> There are lots of petty people in the world. I find it especially easy to
> imagine on BA.

During Mixi's absence I imagine maybe some people were thinking
"perhaps we were a bit mean, always picking on him". Now I'm sure
those people are feeling a lot better about themselves.

B;

Re: BA sat corpse in first class

Padraig Breathnach writes:

> There are passengers who would object very strongly to crew taking
> seats in first class.

Such passengers are some of the best arguments for eliminating first class.

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Re: BA sat corpse in first class


"Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@gmail . com > wrote in message
news:h9mvv2po85vp8eg29hjrnlbkjtq0dn6hn1@4ax . com ...
> Padraig Breathnach writes:
>
>> There are passengers who would object very strongly to crew taking
>> seats in first class.
>
> Such passengers are some of the best arguments for eliminating first
> class.

Why?

JohnT

Re: BA sat corpse in first class

Mxsmanic wrote:
> Padraig Breathnach writes:
>
>> There are passengers who would object very strongly to crew taking
>> seats in first class.
>
> Such passengers are some of the best arguments for eliminating first class.

What might the other arguments be?

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Re: BA sat corpse in first class



Padraig Breathnach wrote:

> "ps" <pravin@ozemail . com .au> wrote:
>
>>"Lennart Petersen" <lennart.petersen@swipnet.se> wrote in message
>>news:nqALh.36683$E02.14817@newsb.telia . net ...
>>
>>>But aren't there some areas for the crew in the big airliners ?
>>>Or having the corpse in a closed toilet ?
>>>
>>
>>That' the final indignity.
>>Anyway, travelling on long haul in both business and cattle class, airlines
>>do have a curtained off area for crew to rest. If pilots could give up their
>>rest area for corpses, surely they could use the FC seats for themselves?
>>Unless, of course, all seats are taken up.
>>
>
> There are passengers who would object very strongly to crew taking
> seats in first class.

Why? One would think they'd have the same objection to the
"lower classes" PAYING for seats in first class, in that
case! (If I could afford first class for LONG journeys -
now that coach has become so damnably cramped and
uncomfortable - I certainly would do so, but not out of
snobbery.)
>

Re: BA sat corpse in first class



EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:

>
>
> Newby wrote:
>
>> "Padraig Breathnach" <padraigb@MUNGEDiol.ie> wrote in message
>> news:fqprv29vk3c8nqumsofu8qb3r7qlq32duj@4ax . com ...
>>
>>> "Newby" <nobody@nowhere . net > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Why didn't they keep the body in Coach and move some live passengers
>>>> into
>>>> First Class to make the needed space?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why should they? Because people in the back of the plane paid less
>>> than £3000 for their tickets?
>>>
>>
>> [snipped]
>>
>> No, it keeps the dead body in the seat that it paid for. What is the
>> rationale for moving it to first class instead of moving living
>> passengers
>> to first class?
>
>
> Considering the "spaciousness" of coach, would YOU like to be seated
> next to a corpse just because it was your seatmate when it was alive?
> The obvious place for a body would be the hold, but quite apart from the
> sensibilities of the grieving relatives, I suspect that's not accessible
> during flight.

Then again the staff beds were probably available.

Re: BA sat corpse in first class


>> Considering the "spaciousness" of coach, would YOU like to be seated
>> next to a corpse just because it was your seatmate when it was alive?
>> The obvious place for a body would be the hold, but quite apart from
>> the sensibilities of the grieving relatives, I suspect that's not
>> accessible during flight.

Why would anyone other than the relatives have to be seated next the
corpse?

Re: BA sat corpse in first class

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:12:45 -0700, Mike Hunt <postmaster@localhost>
wrote:

>Why would anyone other than the relatives have to be seated next the
>corpse?

your wife dies, you sit next to the body for 10 hours?
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Re: BA sat corpse in first class

Make credence recognised that on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:16:14 +0000, The
Reid <dontuse@fellwalk.co.uk> has scripted:

>On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:12:45 -0700, Mike Hunt <postmaster@localhost>
>wrote:
>
>>Why would anyone other than the relatives have to be seated next the
>>corpse?
>
>your wife dies, you sit next to the body for 10 hours?

Take her into the toilet and join the necrophile high club.
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Re: BA sat corpse in first class

On 21 mrt, 13:09, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
> Make credence recognised that on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:16:14 +0000, The
> Reid <dont...@fellwalk.co.uk> has scripted:
>
> >On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:12:45 -0700, Mike Hunt <postmaster@localhost>
> >wrote:
>
> >>Why would anyone other than the relatives have to be seated next the
> >>corpse?
>
> >your wife dies, you sit next to the body for 10 hours?
>
> Take her into the toilet and join the necrophile high club.

LOL :-)

Re: BA sat corpse in first class

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:09:46 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

>>your wife dies, you sit next to the body for 10 hours?
>
>Take her into the toilet and join the necrophile high club.

that's both disgusting and very funny.
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Re: BA sat corpse in first class

Deeply Filled Mortician <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
wrote:

> Make credence recognised that on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:16:14 +0000, The
> Reid <dontuse@fellwalk.co.uk> has scripted:
>
> >On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:12:45 -0700, Mike Hunt <postmaster@localhost>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>Why would anyone other than the relatives have to be seated next the
> >>corpse?
> >
> >your wife dies, you sit next to the body for 10 hours?
>
> Take her into the toilet and join the necrophile high club.

Is that like the forMALdeHYde club ?

I'll get my coat ...

B;


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Re: BA sat corpse in first class

You are having trouble trimming your responses. While it shows as a
response to my message in the thread your post contains nothing of my
message.


Mike Hunt wrote:

>
>>> Considering the "spaciousness" of coach, would YOU like to be seated
>>> next to a corpse just because it was your seatmate when it was
>>> alive? The obvious place for a body would be the hold, but quite
>>> apart from the sensibilities of the grieving relatives, I suspect
>>> that's not accessible during flight.
>
>
> Why would anyone other than the relatives have to be seated next the
> corpse?

Re: BA sat corpse in first class

Newby wrote:

>> All major airlines have had experience with mid-air fatalities. There
>> are procedures in place, the cabin crew are so trained, and it looks
>> like this airline followed those procedures.

> Why didn't they keep the body in Coach and move some live passengers into
> First Class to make the needed space?

The airline explained that quite thoroughly in some of the cited articles.

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Re: BA sat corpse in first class

On Mar 18, 7:20 pm, "Newby" <nob...@nowhere . net > wrote:
> "Craig Welch" <c...@pacific . net .sg> wrote in message
>
> news:UglLh.13092$8U4.1147@news-server.bigpond . net .au...
>
>
>
>
>
> > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
>
> > > Rubba Luva wrote:
>
> > >> "It was a complete mess - they seemed to have no proper plans in place
> > >> to deal with the situation," said Trinder, 54, a businessman from
> > >> Brackley, Northamptonshire.
>
> > > No "proper plans in place"? How often does ANY airline have a passenger
> > > die in transit? (It really doesn't seem the sort of event for which
> > > advance planning would be given priority!)
>
> > All major airlines have had experience with mid-air fatalities. There
> > are procedures in place, the cabin crew are so trained, and it looks
> > like this airline followed those procedures.
>
> > --
> > Craig
>
> Why didn't they keep the body in Coach and move some live passengers into
> First Class to make the needed space


The woman is dead, she deserves a little comfort.