I flew them regularly to Europe (KLM) and Asia (Northwest) in business class. I’ve never flown in a 747 in coach, thank goodness.
One of the best flights I had in one, a -400 variant, was on a flight to Schipol (Amsterdam) from Chicago. About 20 minutes into the flight my seat back broke. The purser came up and was all pissed off because they apparently put an emergency repair order in during the turnaround in Chicago and the FBO folks claimed to have fixed it. Apparently not. First and business were full, so they told me I could go to coach on the main deck. Nope, sorry, not an option for what the company was paying. The cabin crew huddles, the purser goes into the flight deck and comes back out. “Would you come with me, please?” Since it was a trans-Atlantic flight there was only one crew on board, so the crew bunk room on the upper deck just behind the flight deck was unoccupied. They let me crash in there for the remainder of the flight. It was a little cramped, but far more comfortable as I got to lay down in a bunk and watch the movies. They were very apologetic and kept bringing me all sorts of goodies to eat during the flight (I never drink when I fly, especially on business.) Even got a really good nap or two in, too. Best flight ever. -D > On Jul 16, 2021, at 6:19 AM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Yeah, that 747 was something else. > > I had the best and the worst seats in Tourist class on a trip to Germany -- > back in those days you got your seat assignment at checkin, and I had lots of > time in Chicago on the way over. Got a nice seat in the emergency exit row > over the wing, a row of seats is removed for that. Infinite foot room. > > On the way back, my sister screwed around and I got to the Frankfort airport > pretty late for an international flight, so got stuck in the last row, window > seat. The fuselage taper intrudes on the floor space there, so I had a > little triangle for my feet maybe 16x14x6". Horrible flight, left at 1:30 pm > local time and arrived at 3:30 pm local time, passenger next to me chain > smoked the whole trip. > > Great plane though, pilots loved them. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
