Hauling Cargo only below decks. LAX- SYD B-777 IOE Complete! Details soon. Jb. Live update from Sydney: • Live From Sydney Au. 7... Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=5295000
Awesome :) I'm old enough to remember being able to get up and find a seat in the back to have a smoke in :) Things were so much more relaxed back then.
I remember my parents trying to get seats as close to the back as possible on transatlantic flights so they could keep an eye on us from the smoking area. It’s just the way it was back then. It was only when they gave up, about a decade ago, that they realised how not very pleasant the smell is.
If I had been the lone passenger on this flight i probably would collect the 300+ unused pillows from all the seats and made a gigantic bed in the back galley. Now THAT is a first class upgrade.
That fore-to-aft walk lets us hear how the sound changes through the otherwise silent cabin. That's something that those of us in the cattle section don't usually get to appreciate.
Imagine, flying across the Pacific, you might have been some of the most geographically isolated people on the planet! At least you have some people at the pointy end..
I came from NAIA to LAX, last July after 6 months in the PHs. I believe was a Boeing 777-300, all seats were occupied. Paying for a business class seat was the best way to travel during this world crisis. So surreal seeing this big beautiful machines empty. Maraming Salamat for sharing, keep doing what you do best. I have enjoyed your informative channel over the years. Thank You
Hey Juan, Think about doing a little clip or side bar to one of your videos, describing loading of cargo, how it is secured, as a P.I.C., what are your pre-flight routine(s) on a cargo mission, do you have to go thru some training and obtain "type certificate" training specific to cargo, and how it is loaded on the plane, and secured... It is pretty obvious I am not a pilot, (from my terms in describing stuff above), most of my information is from what I have gotten from watching your videos and yes, I confess some others here in RU-vid... Thank your sir.
I remember in the 70’s a classmates father flew for Delta and he went with his dad to pick up a new 747. He had a great time playing in the empty cabin.
Reminds me of check ride day when 8 or 10 of us pilots waited our turn to take control in the 330.....massive cabin, it is heartbreaking to see them so empty...another good video, Juanito !
I enjoy your channel so very much! I hope you and your family are doing well and safe! Love from the home of the Blue Angels ! Pensacola , Florida. The Blue Angels practice on Tuesday and it is amazing to watch them!🌞🇺🇸✨💙
Juan, I spent 17 years flying the 777 and 787 to Asia and Eurpoe - some of it in that very airplane. It breaks my heart to see what you all are having to deal with these days. My thoughts, hopes and prayers are with you all! Hang in there and take care of each other the best you can!
As you walked through the cabin, I remembered how much I liked using my, then, Platinum status to get the Main Cabin Extra seat over the wing on the 777-300.
Flew an LAX SYD in an a350 two weeks ago. Austrailian govt limits passengers to 50 max (306 seats). Then they’re locked in a hotel room for two weeks! No lobby, no visiting other rooms, no kidding. (Fortunately our crew was only there for 24 hrs). A cop escorts everyone up to their floor and down and uses a key to run the elevator!
I've seen pictures of a 777, I've read about them, I even remember Boeing building the plane with all its testing, but I still didn't really understand just how big of a twin engine aircraft it really was. Thanks for the aerial tour!
First class, business class, coach, sub-coach (aka super economy). But you didn’t show the class behind the aft galley, steerage. No windows and no seats. Just subway style hand holds for standing room only. Love your channel, thank you for the humor on this post. The comments on this one are worth the scroll. Really looking forward to flying as a passenger again. 🐑 baa. 😬
I once flew an empty 777 into Norton AFB - or whatever it is called now days - for a repaint. There was just the two of us; captain and first on a 3 hour flight. It was very strange being on an empty aircraft that big. At cruise, I left the cockpit on an emergency mission for coffee. I found a packet in a drawer, there was of course no catering, and brewed a pot. The coffee was fabulous but it was creepy-empty in the back.
Tim McCoy wife's account. All my time in Airtankers,DC6/7's I never get tired of the sound of good running engines jet or piston. Good to be in the place where you belong.🛫
JUAN I ONLY flew on a 777onebroundbtrip. It was CONTINENTAL, IT was the PETER MAX SPECIAL , 2001, left EWR ON SEPT 9 2001, TO FRA for 2 weeks . Cheers 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I have a similar photo of a 737 which was actually a passenger flight back in March from Santa Ana to Seattle. It was a Delta flight. There were only 3 passengers and 4 cabin crew. They upgraded all 3 of us to 1st class and at the end, they gave us all the kid's wing pins lol. I snapped a photo of the empty plane behind me (I was in row 3. There was nobody behind me except crew.) I also snapped a photo of the empty Sea-Tac airport when I arrived.
Back in 1978/1979, I boarded a 747 in Copenhagen on my way to Houston. There were about 12 passengers on the inaugural flight aboard a spanking brand new airplane. Needless to say, as soon as I found my seat in the wayback (deep economy), I was quickly ushered upstairs to first class, as were the other passengers. Nice trip... Then too, the 747 looked like this 777.
My friend and I had those 2 far rear left seats once on United. If you have to fly coach on a full 777, those are the best seats on the plane! The lavs are right there and there's plenty of room to get up and stretch your legs too.
A friend of mine is a chief stewardess for SWA. She told me of one f flight from Seattle to SF, and there were 3 or 4 people on board. She asked the captain why they even took off. Response: it's not the passengers in the seats, it's the cargo down below that is paying for the flight....
I was on a United flight from Geneva to Zurich in a MD11 that had 4 passengers including me, with a full flight crew. The needed to ferry the aircraft and I guess figured they got some revenue from the flight.
Way back when we flew Etihad Abu Dhabi to JFK there were 6 of us in economy. Stew left all the snacks out all the way. Mostly slept in the middle seats. We can always dream of flights like that.
777-300ER. Nice aircraft. I used to work at the Boeing Everett, Washington factory as a interior mechanic before I retired in 2017 Sad that the plane is flying without passengers but I am going to assume that is because of Covid and the need for the pilots to remain proficient
In either late 1985 or early 1986 I took a red-eye flight from JFK to Los Angeles. It was a TWA 727. I was the only revenue passenger. As I boarded the flight attendant told me to sit anywhere I wished, so I chose a comfy seat in first class. As we took off into the darkness the bored flight crew gave me excellent service. Then, I asked why no other passengers. The crew looked at each other, like, "Should we tell him the secret?" The senior attendant said, really quietly, "Well, you see, this plane was just put back in service. This is the first flight. It was hijacked in June, you might have read about it. We were flying when some attackers forced us to go to Beirut, then Algeria, then back to Beirut. A young Navy sailor was beaten up and shot, then thrown out of the plane to the tarmac. It was horrible.. . . . You're sitting in the same seat he was in." I was completely creeped out and have never forgotten that " ghost ship" flight.
Its actually cheaper at some times of the year to do it that way and it allows you to take more baggage. I'm planning to do 8t if 8 buy a motorbike in the US one day. Fly out and cruise back. Mates who do us events and cosplay stuff often do it if they are travelling with high value heavy stuff like armour builds.
@@jediknight1294 QM2 across the North Atlantic maybe. But the commoners with their 30 days of vacation? Muhahahaha we saw to that they can't do anything like the Pacific....
@@Duffman-zn7ku its only 5 days. So if you can get 2 weeks leave plus the weekends then you will still get 11 days in the US one way flight and a ship back if you take a cruise ship thats the fast trip to New York from the UK with no stops. Given the next range of tax and emissions stuff will hit the airlines and a passenger boat is better than the planes. Especially when you consider fuel/emissions against weight. The record for the Hales trophy/Blue Riband which is a cruise liner/passenger vessel for fastest average speed in knots across the journey is 2 days 20 hours and was done in 1989 for the eastbound crossing CatlinkV and Westbound 3 days 10 hours the SS United States which was a different design and ship builder. Westbound is slower because of conditions and weather. Now those records were set in 1989 and 1990 we have had 30 years of development into engines, fuel, Hull design. Branson did it in just 48 house UK-US in a boat that was fairly comfortable in the early 2000s. Given the shift in travel to greener and the shift to work from home which = work from anywhere with a net connection and the way that in a world with emissions restrictions tightening a week in the US every year could easily shift culturally to less frequent but longer holidays and for that an experience which is far more comfortable far less stressful let's you face jetlag before you arrive and takes 3-4 days is utterly achievable. If we take the money thats going towards small nuclear reactors and combine that with the 50 years there or there abouts of military nuclear powered large vessels you could EASILY make an average speed of 50 knots given the Nimitz Aircraft carriers top speed is 35kt and thats far bigger than pretty much any cruise liner. 50kt is 10kt over the record for a cruise liner. Now 35kt to 50kt is 35mph - 57mph. Which is a 65% speed increase dropping you to a 51 hour crossing eastbound. So yes its a big ask of your leave for one big holiday and it leaves you a week in the US if you boat there and back it has huge potential for the future.
@@Duffman-zn7ku its a concept im really hoping actually happens tbh. Plus something I've had planned for years as 2 of my partners are in the US. Do a 90 day trip and cruise back. 3 suitcases of stuff I cannot get affordable shipped pays for the cruise tbh so I've got the numbers to hand.
I had no idea the 777 was so large! I'm used to 707, 727, MD80 and 757s. (With the odd A320 and other smaller commuters thrown in!) I haven't flown for a while. lol
Reminds me of the CRAF flying we did at Ryan International. Hopped an empty 767 from Rockford to Stanstead repositioning, then back 4 days later on the same just as empty 767. :) Heady days, those!
It would be interesting to hear the extra duties the pilot team needs to take on when there's no cabin crew aboard. Perhaps this was a periodic walkabout to make sure things aft of the cockpit door were ship-shape? At any rate, great to know you are getting your wings back!
Seems tragic that with still so many Australians stuck overseas awaiting flights and or government permission to return and there are so many vacant seats making the trip.
My favorite is 'middle' class. To me, 1st/business is claustrophobic, but middle class is 8 wide, reclines, and has footrests. Vs the terrible cattle class in back.
@@daniels2761 because there is only two seats, it is easy to get in & out, only the 1st Lady & me. Sometimes a wild side to side ride on landing as Juan tromps on the rudders at Kablammo time. Lol. Fantastic bit of kit the 777, those two engines are enormous.
That was pretty cool. Liked the window shot at the end. Probably a stupid question but would the airline charge a great deal more with no passengers to haul that freight or roughly the same as if the flight were full?
Flew back from LHR on 777 that only had 43 people on it and I was in the back section all alone. Flipped up the arm rest and slept in the last row all the way home to DFW.
You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead- your next stop, the Twilight Zone!
Juan , if you have more flights like that you guys that are not flying could jog freely . That is a bit unsettling for sure . Juan is " back in the saddle again " .
Hope you had a great time in Sydney....in quarantine! Never mind, this will not go on forever. Building up to Summer in Australia now, bushfire season.
I'm watching this in the morning and imagining waking up to finding oneself onboard a jet like that with no one to be found and no way to make it into the cockpit , just cruising to places unknown on an unknown aircraft with an unknown crew (hopefully there's a crew ) but what if everyone in the cockpit is dead , get me off this plane now ! Hi my name is Tim and I have anxiety . lol......
