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Meggiebea
Joined: 20 Oct 2006
Location: Uijeongbu, South Korea
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 Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject: Korean Air |
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OK so I am taking my first Korean Air flight in two weeks. Heading into Korea for the first time.
My question is, do they supply a power plug-in if you have a laptop?
did that make sense? Put another way, can i plug my laptop in while in flight so I get more than two hours out of it?
I haven't travelled by plane for years. Are there places to plug in at the airports as well? I have a three hour lay over. It's going to be a long, long, long long day. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Good question. Call them up. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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DanielP
Joined: 25 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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| People who have flown Korean Air, what has your experience been with them? I, as a soon-to-be passenger with them, would love to know. |
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bobbyhanlon
Joined: 09 Nov 2003
Location: 서울
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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| its just a standard airline. doesn't reach the dizzy heights of singapore air but on the whole its not bad. |
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Beej
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Location: Eungam Loop
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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| DanielP wrote: |
| People who have flown Korean Air, what has your experience been with them? I, as a soon-to-be passenger with them, would love to know. |
They are long overdue for a crash. |
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migooknom
Joined: 10 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:08 am Post subject: |
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| their food sucks...at least on economy class |
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Meggiebea
Joined: 20 Oct 2006
Location: Uijeongbu, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:09 am Post subject: |
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| Beej wrote: |
| DanielP wrote: |
| People who have flown Korean Air, what has your experience been with them? I, as a soon-to-be passenger with them, would love to know. |
They are long overdue for a crash. |
What a sick thing to say, I'd be really offended if I weren't laughing so hard, you jerk! |
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Meggiebea
Joined: 20 Oct 2006
Location: Uijeongbu, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:15 am Post subject: |
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| Hollywoodaction wrote: |
| Good question. Call them up. |
I did call them, the lady did not speak English well. She said something about a power bar, didn't know if that meant I could plug into it or if she was talking about another battery. So has anyone had the experience of plugging in a laptop while in flight? |
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:22 am Post subject: |
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| Beej wrote: |
| DanielP wrote: |
| People who have flown Korean Air, what has your experience been with them? I, as a soon-to-be passenger with them, would love to know. |
They are long overdue for a crash. |
Last weekend they landed on a taxiway at Akita (it was in the Chosun online, I believe, although I'm too lazy to provide links). Taxiway isn't as wide as a runway. Not a crash, but qualifies as an incident, and would get the pilots fired at many airlines. |
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aarontendo
Joined: 08 Feb 2006
Location: Daegu-ish
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:29 am Post subject: |
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| Hope ya dont got a Dell or Sony laptop, didn't they just ban them from flights cause of the power supplies? |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| periwinkle wrote: |
| Beej wrote: |
| DanielP wrote: |
| People who have flown Korean Air, what has your experience been with them? I, as a soon-to-be passenger with them, would love to know. |
They are long overdue for a crash. |
Last weekend they landed on a taxiway at Akita (it was in the Chosun online, I believe, although I'm too lazy to provide links). Taxiway isn't as wide as a runway. Not a crash, but qualifies as an incident, and would get the pilots fired at many airlines. |
That's not a very comforting thought...  |
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ez2engage2
Joined: 19 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:09 am Post subject: |
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| Big_Bird wrote: |
| periwinkle wrote: |
| Beej wrote: |
| DanielP wrote: |
| People who have flown Korean Air, what has your experience been with them? I, as a soon-to-be passenger with them, would love to know. |
They are long overdue for a crash. |
Last weekend they landed on a taxiway at Akita (it was in the Chosun online, I believe, although I'm too lazy to provide links). Taxiway isn't as wide as a runway. Not a crash, but qualifies as an incident, and would get the pilots fired at many airlines. |
That's not a very comforting thought... |
What a sick comment to say - they are overdue for a crash.
KAir did have a bad history of accidents but they drastically re-engineered their operational processes. Their SkyTeam member pilots/consultans (Delta/Air France/NWA) came in after last incident and made changes/recommendations/follow-ups which KAir embraced and went beyond the requirements set by the aviation agencies.
I would be concerned if they didn't do much about it but you have to give them credit for all the improvements they've made.
Landing in taxiway is a bad error and you can dig up any major/minor errors on any airlines that most people don't know about, such as:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10312006/news/regionalnews/airline_pilot_in_blunder_land_regionalnews_murray_weiss_and_jeremy_olshan.htm
October 31, 2006 -- A catastrophe was narrowly averted when a jetliner landed on a narrow taxiway at Newark Airport instead of on the runway, The Post has learned.
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_032603WABrunway.9bf44b16.html
A place lands safely at Sea-Tac, but not on runway
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_032603WABrunway.9bf44b16.html
SEATTLE (AP) - Alaska Airlines and federal officials are investigating why one of the carrier's jets took off from the wrong runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
http://www.komotv.com/news/4536186.html
The point is pilots, air-traffic controllers, etc are human and as long as human factors are involved nothing is 100% safe. I do believe it's safer to fly, even in Kair, than riding the bus or driving a car.
To the OP:
I used to fly over 250k miles a year and I only saw laptop ports in business or first class. With newer planes coming in, some airlines are putting them in economy in limited seating basis. I believe Kair only has in F and biz. This link might help.
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Korean_Air/Korean_Air_Boeing_747-400.php
You'll find outlets at the airports, usually behind the ticket counter walls or round support pillar at many airports. Or smile and talk your way into the airport lounge.
To answer Kair experience:
They are above average. If you're in economy, most airlines are the same in getting you from point A to B. But I find their service a lot more attentive than N American carriers.
Their new 777 have AVOD systems (movies on demand) which is great for long flights. But you have to know which routing has what type of plane and what ammenities. This is true with most airlines since they all have different aircraft with age/model within each airline.
For me, having AVOD makes a big different on long flights. That's why Singapore is rated so high since most of their aircraft has AVOD. Unfortunately most U.S. carriers lag behind in having AVOD in economy.
Hope this helps. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:09 am Post subject: |
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| migooknom wrote: |
| their food sucks...at least on economy class |
Don't they all?
(And Singapore is not that great either btw) |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| Big_Bird wrote: |
| periwinkle wrote: |
| Beej wrote: |
| DanielP wrote: |
| People who have flown Korean Air, what has your experience been with them? I, as a soon-to-be passenger with them, would love to know. |
They are long overdue for a crash. |
Last weekend they landed on a taxiway at Akita (it was in the Chosun online, I believe, although I'm too lazy to provide links). Taxiway isn't as wide as a runway. Not a crash, but qualifies as an incident, and would get the pilots fired at many airlines. |
That's not a very comforting thought... |
From a pilots' board:-
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| In fairness, Korean haven't had a hull loss since 1999 and haven't had a passenger fatality since 1997. As bad as they were in the 1990s, I thought the general consensus was that they had made important strides in improving their corporate and safety culture since those days. |
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=258765&highlight=akita
And this error is more common than you might think:-
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| Exactly, anyone remember the Continental 757 back in October that landed on the taxiway in Newark, and thats not an airport you would ever want land on a taxiway... |
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?id=NYC07IA015&rpt=p |
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