The Admirals Club lounge is on the mezzanine level above the moderate chaos of the concourse below. It looks like you only get in the lounge with status, not just because you are travelling First. So the Cathay Pacific Gold card - which equates to BA Silver and OneWorld Sapphire was the entry ticket. I could be wrong. Plenty of plugs and charging points, a bag of nuts, some water and the World Cup is on the TV, so watched the first 20mins of Netherlands vs Costa Rica. Of the few people that I have talked to, Costa Rica has been recommended, especially a Danish guy whose father had a property there.
Or so we thought. One of the escape slides was showing as u/s when we closed the doors, that delayed us another 30min while the mechanics fixed it by cleaning dirt and dust out of the door. A common problem according to a white haired grumpy old man. No, not me, Captain Speaking.
There's 4 rows of 2:2 seats in the forward section of the 757. Today, only 6 customers.
Soon after we passed over Los Angeles heading out over the Pacific, there was a 'is there a physician on board?' PA request. I briefly thought about volunteering my A Level Physics knowledge before remembering that Lizzie seems to be able to do her GCSE science papers better than me. There's a 4-5 yo girl who's not well in 14A; I'm wondering whether we press on or divert back....we press on....
CBs over Palm Springs |
US Airways 'premium' beverage and snacks with a list of additives so long it fills the whole reverse of the packet |
Chicken Tarragon |
Short final for 08L at Honolulu; Hickam AFB is a segregated area of the same airport, sharing the runways with Pearl Harbor top left.
Medics met the aircraft, the girl was whisked off and I went off to pick up the car from Dollar and drove the 100m to the Best Western, where I asked politely for a nice airport view room, got a furrowed brow, then an upgrade to rm1120 which is the only one left with a view. Of the airport of course.
As I'd emailed Dr Emily Morse from the aircraft on the way over with some feedback on her podcast - it keeps me amused while at work and she talks a lot but it's sense - I was delighted to get a reply!
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