A good summary in the Herald https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...ectid=12044353
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A good summary in the Herald https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...ectid=12044353
It was the Rolls Royce AGM today (Thursday).
Apparently everything is wonderful:
http://m.londonstockexchange.com/exc.../13628110.html
Well - they "sincerely regret" the disruptions caused by their cock up. that's a nice gesture from them, isn't it?
On a different subject - at what stage turned the tiger into a panther to be reincarnated as leopard? As well - isn't SE Asia a bit hot for snow leopards, or did you stay in Tibet behind the big Chinese firewall?
Comment from niece who flew on AIR Dreamliner from Brisbane to Auck last week for family bereavement:
outrageous $800 for a o/w way ticket & the seats were simply terrible - very narrow & could hardly fit in them, no legroom at all - she & her mother are both slight build.
Then return flight to Syd was cancelled and alternative offered was a 2 leg dogleg.
Air NZ customer service was v unhelpful when she rang asking for alternatives - they tried to charge her another $50 for changing flight !!
In her Sydney job she is a heavy booker of corporate travel and has vowed to never book her anyone on another Air NZ flight. Very poor experience.
I think AIR are struggling.
Disc: sold our AIR last month
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...ectid=12044375
I haven't had the time to read the full incident report but what I find especially concerning is that there are now two separate area's of those engines that are known weaknesses. NZE sounds like it was sprayed with a fair bit of debris from the failure of the turbine blade towards the rear of the engine.
One wonders what would have happened if a fan blade had come off the front section of the engine where they're now having problems with the compressor blades ?
I have no desire to fly on one of AIR's so called dreamliners now.
It is a truth universally acknowledged in the transit by enclosed airborne tube business that the one person you try very hard not to piss off is the corporate travel booker.
A fail for Cullen Airlines CRM system if it did not flag her as a very very important person. If she was flagged but not accommodated I expect the contact centre supervisor will be dragged backwards and forwards across the carpet in the sales managers office.
"Madam wishes at short notice to have a spare seat beside her for a mink coat and diamond studded handbag. Of course madam no trouble at all."
Boop boop de do
Marilyn
Got notice today from Air NZ that my flight from AKL to HKG next week was delayed due to Dreamliner issues - even though it is on 1 777-200.
It goes out of Auckland at 1.35am - the local residents will be thrilled!