First Airbus A350 Spotted In South African Airways Colors

[ForceFate]

If you are basing their safety record on number of incidents or plane crashes, then I am afraid you are a bad gambler my friend and likely to be one their future victims. It is just a matter of time.

Why not. They're part of safety stats. You can't hide an airliner crash or major incident from authorities, can you?

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

SAA Ain't got money for that

Of course they do, all us taxpayers made involuntary donations.

 

[ForceFate]

SAA is not the cheapest by a long shot.

If you wanna fly jhb-jfk for example your options are limited and i can understand going saa

My comment was largely based on this route (One of the new A350s is going to service this route, isnt it?). Domestically, Mango (subsidiary) isn't too bad either.

 

[Mar Vin]

If you are basing their safety record on number of incidents or plane crashes, then I am afraid you are a bad gambler my friend and likely to be one their future victims. It is just a matter of time.

If "Bad luck" was a Person

 

[Jopie Fourie]

If "Bad luck" was a Person

Name is Karma.... and she's a b!tch.

 

[ForceFate]

Name is Karma.... and she's a b!tch.

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Incidents happen daily across the globe.

 

[Jopie Fourie]

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Incidents happen daily across the globe.

Again, taking a gamble. Some risks may be worth the taking.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Again, taking a gamble. Some risks may be worth the taking.

The lowest risk then is to stay at home and not fly at all...

 

[surface]

you have choices when it comes to saa, eskom not so much unless you are offgrid.

Sure. Do you fly emirates? they have quite interesting laws against women. Many shopping centres in JHB are owned by scientologists - are you ok with those?

Tell me which shopping chains you visit, which flights you use etc. - let us see what we can dig up.

 

[Jopie Fourie]

The lowest risk then is to stay at home and not fly at all...

Naturally, but sometimes flying is necessary. Then you can be a sitting duck or take a proper calculated risk and enjoy your travel.

 

[ForceFate]

The lowest risk then is to stay at home and not fly at all...

Something might fall off a plane and land on top of your house

 

[Jopie Fourie]

Something might fall off a plane and land on top of your house

That too.

 

[Jase]

Presumably it's a 900?

I'm looking forward to my first flight on a 350 in 3 weeks, on Qatar Airways, via Doha to DFW.

I've flown on the Qatari A350. Comfy and spacious even in cattle class.

 

[Jopie Fourie]

I've flown on the Qatari A350. Comfy and spacious even in cattle class.

How did you find turbulence? I believe some people say it does not handle turbulence very well.

 

[Jase]

How did you find turbulence? I believe some people say it does not handle turbulence very well.

I must admit there was quite a bit of turbulence but it did not bother me much except we had to remain seated and belted in and I like to stretch my legs at the back occasionally.

 

[lived666]

Presumably it's a 900?

I'm looking forward to my first flight on a 350 in 3 weeks, on Qatar Airways, via Doha to DFW.

I had a great lounge rest in Qatar - perfect fried eggs made on request, endless coffee and the salmon bagels ****ing awesome.

 

[Arthur]

I had a great lounge rest in Qatar - perfect fried eggs made on request, endless coffee and the salmon bagels ****ing awesome.

Thanks. Never tried last time because of the bacon ban. Qatar do a good job with their planes and airport. Showers are really marve, too.

 

[lived666]

Thanks. Never tried last time because of the bacon ban. Qatar do a good job with their planes and airport. Showers are really marve, too.

They have tons of lounges - I actually walked into the wrong one first, nobody checked or questioned. Anyhow really lack of bacon...more than compensated with the amount of booze available, go figure.

 

[koffiejunkie]

Looks like it landed an hour or so ago.

It has a high bar to meet. I'm nudging a million miles in long haul, and my best ever experience - even better than BA 1st Class in the 90s - is on a Dreamliner.

It on par in terms of atmosphere (cabin pressure, humidity, etc), quieter and roomier, particularly in economy. Dreamliner is awfully tight in economy, unless you're flying JAL - only airline with 8-abreast seating.

SAA Ain't got money for that

They can. The aircraft are leased, as are the A340s they replace. The A340s are great aircraft and vastly cheaper to operate than the 747s before them. But they can't compete with modern 2-engine wide-bodies. The A350s will save SAA a lot of money.

Because I know how gambling and odds work. While the odds will always be against you, there are ways to increase your chances of winning.

Flying isn't exactly gambling though. Despite what you might think of their management and profitability, SAA has very good and well earned safety record, and operate a long haul fleet with a perfect safety record.

 

[Binary_Bark]

Looks like it landed an hour or so ago.



It on par in terms of atmosphere (cabin pressure, humidity, etc), quieter and roomier, particularly in economy. Dreamliner is awfully tight in economy, unless you're flying JAL - only airline with 8-abreast seating.



They can. The aircraft are leased, as are the A340s they replace. The A340s are great aircraft and vastly cheaper to operate than the 747s before them. But they can't compete with modern 2-engine wide-bodies. The A350s will save SAA a lot of money.



Flying isn't exactly gambling though. Despite what you might think of their management and profitability, SAA has very good and well earned safety record, and operate a long haul fleet with a perfect safety record.

Don’t come here with your logic and WMC