Month: June 2008

Back home with ma girls. Quick trip to the park this afternoon was a nice way of reconnecting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So flying on the A380 was all it was cracked up to be, although I think that’s mostly due to Singapore Airlines’ excellent fit-out. Given just how massive this aircraft is, and how wide the body is on the upper deck, to have only four business class seats across is pretty luxurious; many/most airlines would have at least crammed in a fifth, if not a sixth. The seat forms a large, perfectly flat and level bed quite easily, and the environment is SO quiet I slept like I was in my own bed for almost six hours out of the six and a half hour flight, which is nice. Actually, given the kids weren’t there, I probably slept better!

My journey home from Singapore is made notable by the fact that I am flying on the new Airbus A380 super jumbo (the hyperbole is theirs not mine!)… They say this is the most significant aircraft since the jumbo was launched in the early 70’s, but I’m not so sure, it’s all but incremental really… So it is bigger and heavier, but that’s not all that impressive, JAL will run it domestically in full Economy configuration, meaning more than 800 passengers will be on board, but again, so what, the bubble headed 747 takes some 500 in that format, what’s another 300 sardines? No, I’m not ready to be impressed, silly big fat bird will be my bed for the night, and it’d better not be impressive enough to keep me awake, or there will be trouble! Oh, actually, it does have these on board…. they are, eh, interesting.