I made my way from LAX terminal 4 to the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) - checked in at the Cathay Pacific desk and had no trouble getting my missing boarding cards. I guess there was no need to worry.
I headed back through security so that I could experience first hand the complete and utter dump that is LAX's TBIT. Wires dangling from the ceilings, paint peeling from the walls, and a really nasty smell that I just can't describe. I quickly navigated to the OneWorld Alliance Lounge which was quite nice. Theses photos are linked from the Gensler project decription page becase I didn't want to bother people with my flash:
Cathay Pacific Flight 883 Preview:
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400
Scheduled Departure time: 11:45pm
Flight time: 14 hours 40 minutes (DOH!)
Seat Assigment: 66H, Economy (Double DOH!)
I got bored with the lounge about 20 minutes before boarding time so I headed out to the gate. There was no clear shot of the 747-400 at the gate's window. Here was the scene at the gate:
Boarded a bit late for no aparent reason. The flight was quite full and I didn't get any pictures of the cabin myself. Cathay pacific has a nice slideshow of the new economy cabin here: http://www.cathaypacific.aero/SlideShow/EN/index_en.html
The seats look pretty cool. When you recline, you don't back into the seat behind you, it kind of slides down. Unfortunately, they are seriously uncomfortable. I suppose they were designed to mold to the Asian posterior. My butt was numb in 45 minutes!
The in-seat power outets didn't work :o( no DVDs on this flight for me. The in-flight video-on-demand was pretty good, although the moving-map airshow was broken so there was no map of where we were. I watched Iron Man, The Usual Suspects, The Graduate and a few Episodes of the Amazing Race (the last couple that I missed from last year).
I slept through the meals, but wondered to the galley for a mid-flight snack or two:
I headed back through security so that I could experience first hand the complete and utter dump that is LAX's TBIT. Wires dangling from the ceilings, paint peeling from the walls, and a really nasty smell that I just can't describe. I quickly navigated to the OneWorld Alliance Lounge which was quite nice. Theses photos are linked from the Gensler project decription page becase I didn't want to bother people with my flash:
Cathay Pacific Flight 883 Preview:
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400
Scheduled Departure time: 11:45pm
Flight time: 14 hours 40 minutes (DOH!)
Seat Assigment: 66H, Economy (Double DOH!)
I got bored with the lounge about 20 minutes before boarding time so I headed out to the gate. There was no clear shot of the 747-400 at the gate's window. Here was the scene at the gate:
Boarded a bit late for no aparent reason. The flight was quite full and I didn't get any pictures of the cabin myself. Cathay pacific has a nice slideshow of the new economy cabin here: http://www.cathaypacific.aero/SlideShow/EN/index_en.html
The seats look pretty cool. When you recline, you don't back into the seat behind you, it kind of slides down. Unfortunately, they are seriously uncomfortable. I suppose they were designed to mold to the Asian posterior. My butt was numb in 45 minutes!
The in-seat power outets didn't work :o( no DVDs on this flight for me. The in-flight video-on-demand was pretty good, although the moving-map airshow was broken so there was no map of where we were. I watched Iron Man, The Usual Suspects, The Graduate and a few Episodes of the Amazing Race (the last couple that I missed from last year).
I slept through the meals, but wondered to the galley for a mid-flight snack or two:
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