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So Emirates have introduced the facility to have a shower on their A380.
How pathetic. I thought airlines were trying to LOWER their carbon footprint not increase it.
One cubic metre of water weighs one tonne!!
Surely the lazy b*stards could shower before or after the flight!!. |
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"So Emirates have introduced the facility to have a shower on their A380.
How pathetic. I thought airlines were trying to LOWER their carbon footprint not increase it.
One cubic metre of water weighs one tonne!!
Surely the lazy b*stards could shower before or after the flight!!."
Ryanair are introducing this too. Person has to go out on the wing and the pilot flys through a cloud. Very quick, very efficient. |
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"So Emirates have introduced the facility to have a shower on their A380.
How pathetic. I thought airlines were trying to LOWER their carbon footprint not increase it.
One cubic metre of water weighs one tonne!!
Surely the lazy b*stards could shower before or after the flight!!."
One tonne is not a lot in an A380 when its max take off is 560 tons, and it’s not often they’re at max takeoff weight either…
Coupled with an efficient wing design and very efficient engines, it’s probably one of the cleanest aircraft currently flying. |
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"So Emirates have introduced the facility to have a shower on their A380.
How pathetic. I thought airlines were trying to LOWER their carbon footprint not increase it.
One cubic metre of water weighs one tonne!!
Surely the lazy b*stards could shower before or after the flight!!."
Calm down. Airlines aren’t dumb - they’ll be losing weight somewhere else to counteract that.
Also there’s far bigger issues to do with the climate other than flying. |
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"So Emirates have introduced the facility to have a shower on their A380.
How pathetic. I thought airlines were trying to LOWER their carbon footprint not increase it.
One cubic metre of water weighs one tonne!!
Surely the lazy b*stards could shower before or after the flight!!.
One tonne is not a lot in an A380 when its max take off is 560 tons, and it’s not often they’re at max takeoff weight either…
Coupled with an efficient wing design and very efficient engines, it’s probably one of the cleanest aircraft currently flying. "
The point is, it’s a novelty thing.
One that almost all flyers could live without if it makes their ticket cheaper.
That one tonne of water still has to calculated for, and extra fuel to accommodate the increased gross takeoff weight. Even the most efficient engines will need to burn more fuel carrying extra mass. |
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"So Emirates have introduced the facility to have a shower on their A380.
How pathetic. I thought airlines were trying to LOWER their carbon footprint not increase it.
One cubic metre of water weighs one tonne!!
Surely the lazy b*stards could shower before or after the flight!!.
One tonne is not a lot in an A380 when its max take off is 560 tons, and it’s not often they’re at max takeoff weight either…
Coupled with an efficient wing design and very efficient engines, it’s probably one of the cleanest aircraft currently flying.
The point is, it’s a novelty thing.
One that almost all flyers could live without if it makes their ticket cheaper.
That one tonne of water still has to calculated for, and extra fuel to accommodate the increased gross takeoff weight. Even the most efficient engines will need to burn more fuel carrying extra mass."
Whilst that’s true, you have to keep in mind a couple of things.
Emirates, it’s a UAE airline based in Dubai, everything has to be “gold” or “one up” everyone else, it’s why I refuse to fly them, it’s incredibly tacky and I agree, it’s a novelty. Give me Singapore Airlines suite rather than a shower.
Secondly, the fuel burn for carrying one ton of water is, at best, marginal when they’re not flying with full tanks anyway (no airline does). |
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"So Emirates have introduced the facility to have a shower on their A380.
How pathetic. I thought airlines were trying to LOWER their carbon footprint not increase it.
One cubic metre of water weighs one tonne!!
Surely the lazy b*stards could shower before or after the flight!!."
This old news, Emirates have had this facility on their A380 aircraft for many years now, BUT it’s only accessible to first class passengers |
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"So Emirates have introduced the facility to have a shower on their A380.
How pathetic. I thought airlines were trying to LOWER their carbon footprint not increase it.
One cubic metre of water weighs one tonne!!
Surely the lazy b*stards could shower before or after the flight!!.
One tonne is not a lot in an A380 when its max take off is 560 tons, and it’s not often they’re at max takeoff weight either…
Coupled with an efficient wing design and very efficient engines, it’s probably one of the cleanest aircraft currently flying. "
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"So Emirates have introduced the facility to have a shower on their A380.
How pathetic. I thought airlines were trying to LOWER their carbon footprint not increase it.
One cubic metre of water weighs one tonne!!
Surely the lazy b*stards could shower before or after the flight!!.
This old news, Emirates have had this facility on their A380 aircraft for many years now, BUT it’s only accessible to first class passengers "
This is what I was coming to say. |
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It does seem a rather umessecerary gimmick. Although I get the advantage to few being able to shower before landing and cracking on nice and fresh straight out of the airport. However the benifit seems to be far outweighed by the implications or the few extra tickets this gimmick will attract. |
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"So Emirates have introduced the facility to have a shower on their A380.
How pathetic. I thought airlines were trying to LOWER their carbon footprint not increase it.
One cubic metre of water weighs one tonne!!
Surely the lazy b*stards could shower before or after the flight!!.
One tonne is not a lot in an A380 when its max take off is 560 tons, and it’s not often they’re at max takeoff weight either…
Coupled with an efficient wing design and very efficient engines, it’s probably one of the cleanest aircraft currently flying.
The point is, it’s a novelty thing.
One that almost all flyers could live without if it makes their ticket cheaper.
That one tonne of water still has to calculated for, and extra fuel to accommodate the increased gross takeoff weight. Even the most efficient engines will need to burn more fuel carrying extra mass."
I was once told that cargo and economy pay for the flight, upper class is all profit. |
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"Maybe it's to join the mile high club in the shower? 
By the way, search for the couple who recently got caught on an Easyjet flight. They must bolt the door next time!  "
It’s a giggle for certain but I’m sure you must know that attendants, or anyone else for that matter, can open the locked door from the outside..?
Just lift the little flap and slide the latch. 
I’m sure the easyshag passengers had locked the door. |
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By the way, search for the couple who recently got caught on an Easyjet flight. They must bolt the door next time! "
Her mother was so embarrassed to see the video that she went to the newspapers and on breakfast TV to say how embarrassed she was |
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"They're fantastic! You only get afew minutes though ofcourse.
Much nicer to join the mile high club in too
And I guess you get to have a wee at the same time saves queuing for the smelly loo  "
Thankfully, the loos on these flights is usually quite alright. Always go business, never ecom! It's worth the extra usually |
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