Brussels-Atlanta-Brussels on Delta w/pics

MSS658 · Post by **MSS658** » 14 Nov 2004, 15:07

pics can be seen on
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/airfrance ... /my_photos
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Hello,
i fly between the Belguim and The USA 3 times a year and here is a report about my flight to the Atlanta

1.Departure in Brussels

we arrived at the airport at 7.30 we left earlier because it was rush hour in Brussels the check in went very smoothly and well organized there where 3 lines 1 for Biz.Elite 1 for DL 141 Economy (Flight to JFK) and 1 for DL 125 Economy (ATL) at 7.50 we went to the ticketing desk cuz i was flying as an UMNR there i had to wait 4-ever because there was a defect in the computer finally at 8.15 we went to the BGS desk and at 8.40 we went thru passport control at this point we went shopping for 20mins at 9.00 we went thru security from this point i spotted

Hewa Bora Airways: L1011-500 to Kinshasa
SN Brussels Airlines: A330-300 to Nairobi,Mombasa,...
(This is al what i remember)

at 9.30 we went thru the US flight security after this i went B34 and they said we are not boarding yet so i went spotting again here i saw

Delta: Boeing 767-300ER to Atlanta
Continental: Boeing 767-400 to Newark
American Airlines: Boeing 767-300 to Chicago ORD

at 9:40 we started to board in zones

the flight

TH 8/7/2004
Airline+flight#: Delta 125
Type+Registration: Boeing 767-332ER N1602
Cabin+seat: Economy 32C Aisle
FRom: Brussels B34 10:20 GMT+1
To: Atlanta E36 14:00 GMT-5
Pushback: 10:35
Start Taxi: 10:42
Takeoff : 10:52
Landed: 14:10
At Gate: 14:12
CPT: MR Walles

1nce i got seated they said something and imiadtly said this is flt 125 to ATL once we left the Gate we taxied to 25R and at the point of takeoff i saw another DL B763 at the gate i guess it was the JFK plane after takeoff we climbed to FL 320 where the service began
i had

Pretzels with orange juice
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Chicken with water
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a Sandwich with water

the route was from Brussels to the Belgian Coast and then towards London,Manchester,Dublin,Shannon and over the Atlantic

The Crew was very professional but not so friendly

The Main meal was OK but not so Good

THe entertainment : very good movie Scooby doo 2 after that I watch a movie on my personal DVD

we hit land about St johns and then we went to Halifax and we hitted US land just north of Boston after that we went west of New York,Philly and Washington where we flew to Raonke where we got Turbulence and flew 2 FL 330 where it was better after that we went to Asheville NC where we started to descent to Atlanta

we landed on 26R and had a short taxi to our Gate

Arrival in Atlanta

i wet thru Immigration had to wait 4 ever before my bag came out i rechecked it and met a friend of mine who picked me up after a train ride i picket up my bag again and left about 15:30

overall
it was an ok flight but if i don’t have to fly DL economy on a 763ER i will not do it anyway i travelled from door to door about 17,5 hours

My return still to come
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After a long stay in the US it was time to head back to Europe

1.Departure in Atlanta

We arrived in the Airport about 1500pm ad we went to the Biz.Elite counter Because i was a Skyteam elite member there they sended us to the First Class Medallion Check in where i got checkt in
The lady at the check in was friendly
then went thru Security then to the train to Concourse E where i spotted

Lufthansa A340 to Frankfurt
Air France A340 to Paris
Delta: B767-300 to Amsterdam,Munich,Stuttgart,...,777-200 to Paris,Frankfurt,... 767-400 to Lima, 737-800 to Colorado Springs
Aeromexico: 757 to Mexico

i preboarded the plane about 1700PM

2. theFlight
TU 10/8/2004
Delta 124
Boeing 767-332ER N1201P
Economy seat 33C Aisle,33A Window,34A Window and 15G Window
Atlanta: 17.45 GMT-5 E1
Brussels: 8:30+1 GMT+1 B33
PB: 17:47
Taxi: 17:50
TO. 18.10
Landed: 8:20
At Gate 8:27
CPT: MR Steven .....

i boarded thru door 1L and i went thru the Biz. Elite at the 2nd Galley there was one FA who worked on my outward Flight after that i went to 33C after 25 mins i noticed that 31-34 AB seats where Empty until 6 people boarded but they went to row 38 i guess and soon after that i went to seat 33A and sat there 2 Girls who where in 32 A and B and wanted to watch TV so I Offered my seat and went to 34A and looked thru the window they played the safety video but it stopped when it began this happened 3 more times at 4th time it worked on my way to 9L I spotted allot o delta B763s and B772s i also saw one B764 and a 762 and M80 i also saw one Independence Air CRJ after that i went to FL 330

and i had

Pretzels with Oranjejuice
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Beef with Water
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Breakfast with oranjejuice

The route went from ATL to Hartwell GA continuing to Charlotte,Raleigh,Virginia Beach we went just East of DC,Philly,NYC,Boston and south of St-Johns we hit land over Brest thenwe went to Amiens where we started our descent into Brussels

The Crew was very Friendly

The main meal was delicious

THe entertainment was ok but for a night flight like this is this not so a big factor

While we descended the Crew offered me to sit in the Crew Rest and i did so i saw the landing from 15G we landed on 25L and we went to the Gate

3.Arrival in BRU
awful they controlled us at the door but after that i went thru immigration and baggage claim

4. overall

and excellent flight it took me about 16 hrs from-door to door

the results are:

DL 125:
Brussels Ground Staff 8/10
Aircraft 7/10
Catering: 3/10
Seat 4/10
Entertainment 8,5/10
Crew: 6/10
Atlanta Ground Staff: 9/10

8+7+3+4+8,5+6+9=45,5/7=6,5/10

Overall 6,5/10

DL 124
Atlanta Ground Staff: 7/10
Aircraft: 7/10
Seat: 10/10 (34A)
Entertainment: 3/10
Catering: 10/10
Crew: 10/10
Brussels Ground Staff: 2/10
7+7+10+3+10+10+2=49/7=7/10

overall 7/10

short view of the flights

Brussels
not a very big airport but convenient the DL staff there always seem relaxed and happy. there is only one bad point about BRU the ridicules amount of security

Atlanta
well it is one of the biggest airports in the world but it is still good except that the BRU flight leaves at a gate with no window the staff is very pleasant

DL 125
actually after this flight i thought "do i know DL like this"
in the beginning the staff wasn’t very friendly but as we got near to ATL they got friendlier and friendlier also the seat and catering was horrible

DL 124
on this flight I cannot complain all the minuses on the outward flight. made it up on the inbound flight

i hope you like it

P.S i am flying again this route in January is there anything that haves to be improved compared to this topic

feel free to tell

OrientThai · Post by **OrientThai** » 14 Nov 2004, 15:43

Hi Airfrancefan,
Very nice report! Can you tell me how was the load factor on both flight?
Thanks in advance.

MSS658 · Post by **MSS658** » 14 Nov 2004, 16:04

OrientThai wrote:Hi Airfrancefan,
Very nice report! Can you tell me how was the load factor on both flight?
Thanks in advance.

the outboud flight had an 100% load factor

the return flight looked like it had a 90% load factor

OrientThai · Post by **OrientThai** » 14 Nov 2004, 16:35

Thanks for the information; it's nice to see that DL is having some good loads out of BRU

MSS658 · Post by **MSS658** » 14 Nov 2004, 17:23

ive done this flight 3 times in the last year
(2 in BizE ,4in Y)
the Bize flights where 100%
2 of the 4 Y flights also had an 100%

DL also dos not have any competetion on this route
i hope they reroute this flight soon with a 777

killerwhale65 · Post by **killerwhale65** » 14 Nov 2004, 17:37

unreadable report because of the absence of points, comma's ....

Post by **sn26567** » 15 Nov 2004, 09:17

Thanks for nice detailed report, Airfrancefan. You seem to be a very reasonable guy who does not drink booze on long-haul flights. that helps keep you fresh!

killerwhale65 wrote:unreadable report because of the absence of points, comma's ....

With a little effort it is perfectly readable. The important is in the content, not so much in the format, although I also appreciate a nice presentation.

waldova · Post by **waldova** » 15 Nov 2004, 11:32

Thanks for the nice report. Don't look at hose criticing you text. I know that making such kind of reports takes a lot of time. The most important thing here is the contentst. We are not in an English class here.

Saw the photos too.

Jense · Post by **Jense** » 15 Nov 2004, 11:37

Thanks for the transatlantic report!

we climbed to FL 320

i went to FL 330

It surprises me about the low flightlevel, since a lot of atlantic routes are on FL's above FL360 I think (mines on FRA-DEN-FRA were 390 and 410)

greettzzz

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 15 Nov 2004, 20:53

Thanks for the nice report Airfrancefan.

Chris

MSS658 · Post by **MSS658** » 17 Nov 2004, 20:01

thanks for all the nice comments

Jense: it is strange that those flights operate that low
i have done this trip 3 times in the past year and we never came above FL 340 while a 763ER can go up to FL 440

mainly transatlantic flights operate around FL 350

ive also red your reports and that is a nice report

Greetings,
Airfrancefan

Post by **luchtzak** » 17 Nov 2004, 20:04

Thanks for the nice report airfrancefan, and thanks for the airlinemeals:

http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/displayim ... ?pos=-3820
http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/displayim ... ?pos=-3819

MSS658 · Post by **MSS658** » 17 Nov 2004, 21:05

luchtzak wrote:Thanks for the nice report airfrancefan, and thanks for the airlinemeals:

http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/displayim ... ?pos=-3820
http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/displayim ... ?pos=-3819

cool but the hot meal was taken on DL 124 from ATL-BRU

nwa757 · Post by **nwa757** » 26 Nov 2004, 07:22

Nice report Airfrancefan. I really enjoyed that cockpit shot of N1602 and that pic of the Indy Air CRJ.

VC10 · Post by **VC10** » 26 Nov 2004, 17:04

I quite enjoyed reading this report, despite lack of punctuation, the sense of the report does come through quite well.

MSS658 · Post by **MSS658** » 27 Nov 2004, 14:31

thanx for all the nice comments

MSS658 · Post by **MSS658** » 13 Feb 2005, 20:38

pics changed

Post by **luchtzak** » 13 Feb 2005, 20:44

Airfrancefan wrote:pics changed

Airfrancefan,

apparently you need to be a member to watch those pictures, any chance to place them on free webspace so everyone can enjoy your pics?

MSS658 · Post by **MSS658** » 19 Feb 2005, 11:41

thank you for noticing i put the pics back on
http://www.jetphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=13854