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BA apologises for delay

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070008817

British Airways has issued a statement apologising to its passengers for the delay of over 10 hours.

The airlines said: "We apologise to all our passengers for the delay on BA 142 from Delhi to London Heathrow. The flight was delayed in Delhi to ensure that the flight and cabin crew complied with safety regulations governing crew rest.

G-BYGB · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject:

Pilot told that he had lack of sleep it seems ,the other night.Thats why he could'nt fly to LHR.Well after all the difficulties he has caused for the pax,BA will make sure he'll get some sleep with a three day suspension i guess. Laughing

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HAWK21M · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:06 pm Post subject:

A Standby crew should have taken over.If present.
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D-ABTH · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:39 am Post subject:

i know many of you seem sceptical, but this is not entirely unheard of. It has happened where crews have fallen ill. Im sure the pilot had reasons he was unable to rest properly and if that is the case then i fully back the decision not to fly. Saftey is first and the fundamental rule in OPS, be it Flight or Ground Ops.

Standby crews are not positioned for every station that an airline flies to. Depends on how the crew are rotated on the flight. If its the case where the crew of the next inbound flight cannot volunteer to relieve the ill pilot, A delay is inevitable. Importantly however for BA they fly 3 pilots and not 2 like us.
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HAWK21M · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:53 am Post subject:

D-ABTH · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject:

infact.. i think this could well be true, although i dont know where BA puts their crew up, but when one of our trainers was accomodated in the luxurious UPPAL ORCHID hotel in DEL, she often complained that at night the hotel used to rent out their facilities and grounds/halls for marriage events and as a result there would be non stop commotion all through the night right upto 3 in the morning with trademark thumping Bhangra music played by the DJs at the event.

I mean it is really possible, and hence i say this from first hand experience.. it could be possible with the BA crew incident.
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the_380 · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:20 pm Post subject:

To me it looks like another version of Ghosts in a hotel Laughing

Seems like another way of getting their hotels changed... any idea which hotel are the crew members staying and how old has the contract been already?
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victor2alpha · Member Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Posts: 120

Suprisingly, the BLR - LHR flight left like 5 minutes early few days back my friend said.. And that was the day the pax were reading the same news about their counterparts being delayed in DEL the day before.. Twisted Evil

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Nimish · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:33 pm Post subject:

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