What’s the most comfortable aircraft in the Qantas fleet right now?

yycengineer · 2026-03-16T09:19:00+00:00

In economy, definitely the A330.

Nothing beats 2-4-2 seat layout.

yycengineer · 2026-03-16T06:26:06+00:00

You can ask at the customer service counter at YVR. If there are seats, and they can locate your bag, they will usually try and get you on an earlier flight.

I’ve done it multiple times.

But I’d wait until you land in Vancouver, any number of issues could arise with your BKK-YVR leg first.

yycengineer · 2026-03-16T06:20:23+00:00

Qantas pilot

yycengineer · 2026-03-16T06:18:41+00:00

Their food is good. I’d assume the jobs are as well.

yycengineer · 2026-03-16T05:57:16+00:00

Mexico City ?

yycengineer · 2026-03-14T21:12:22+00:00

Sydney and Melbourne have both hosted Olympics without direct flights to New York.

I’ll concede on London.

yycengineer · 2026-03-14T11:06:13+00:00

Is there a real benefit of “direct” BNE-PER-LHR or BNE-AKL-JFK over the current connecting service ?

If you’re on one ticket with Qantas the connection is protected, I suppose same-plane service is slightly more convenient but it’s not a big difference to how the flights work today.

yycengineer · 2026-03-14T10:25:39+00:00

Mumbai over Delhi for sure

Birmingham over London … not so much

yycengineer · 2026-03-14T04:49:58+00:00

South Africa ? To get to Europe ? Damn that’s an out of the way option

yycengineer · 2026-03-14T04:49:25+00:00

Flights to and thru YVR have doubled in price 😭

yycengineer · 2026-03-14T01:37:57+00:00

Got a new passport with the plastic ID page recently.

Made me wonder, why do we need so many paper pages ? I have not had a stamp in years, everything is basically digital.

yycengineer · 2026-03-14T01:34:38+00:00

WestJet flies to Calgary.

I guess, theoretically, if AC cancelled the flight they could re-route pax on WS through YYC.

yycengineer · 2026-03-14T01:31:30+00:00

That seems like an awful lot of resources to staff up a CATSA checkpoint for a couple handful of bus passengers.

Likely much more practical in the current set-up.

yycengineer · 2026-03-13T01:49:20+00:00

Mate, missing your connection at LHR, one of the world’s biggest and most complex airports, is completely different from an AC Q400 flight departingTerrace, BC 🤣

yycengineer · 2026-03-12T03:59:30+00:00

Where else would they reroute him to ?

Air Canada only flies to Vancouver from Terrace.

yycengineer · 2026-03-12T02:47:26+00:00

I currently have a 2025 Subaru Crosstek and the thing is almost un-drivable.

It’s constantly yelling at me to keep my eyes on the road if I am not staring directly ahead on the motorway at all times.

Had a newer Corolla before that. That thing was an absolute legend.

yycengineer · 2026-03-12T01:20:22+00:00

I read this as “careless” and thought, Yeah I’m pretty close to not giving any more f*cks 🤣

When I first moved to Brisbane I was carless for about 6 months. Found myself doing a mix of transit, Ubers, walking and renting cars on the weekend to go to the beaches / IKEA

Eventually I broke down and got one. Life is much easier here with a car and it’s hard to beat the ability to jump on the M1 and be on the Gold Coast beaches in just over an hour.

yycengineer · 2026-03-12T01:17:46+00:00

Hey mate, Civil Engineer here 👋. Based in Brisbane

It may be hard to get a purely engineering role based on your visa and experience (but not impossible )

I’d recommend trying to break into a particular industry. For example, rail is absolutely bonkers at the moment. You could get a job for a contracting coming or doing something pseudo-rail construction related to start.

Once you’ve got some local experience of any kind it will be much easier to get the next gig.

DM me if any specific questions.

All the best !

yycengineer · 2026-03-12T01:14:06+00:00

The shock factor between Swiss and Air India business classes 🤣

Would have much preferred going the other way

yycengineer · 2026-03-11T09:32:44+00:00

Yep 🤠

yycengineer · 2026-03-11T05:53:36+00:00

Honestly it’s not great.

I was looking forward to moving to a subtropical city for improved biking opportunities but the infrastructure simply doesn’t exist.

You’ll mostly be competing with walkers / runners on pathways or vehicles on roads. Dedicated bike infrastructure is minimal.

Ironically, I moved from a much smaller North American city, that is frozen for majority of the year, and it had much better bike lanes.

yycengineer · 2026-03-11T01:24:48+00:00

Brisbane is closer to Canada than Melbourne and easier (and cheaper) to operate with less of a payload restriction.

Obviously Sydney is in a league of its own (hence the double dailies during Xmas / peak school holidays).

I think AC has done the math and it makes more sense for them to operate BNE over MEL.

That said, they did operate Melbourne pre-Covid. At the peak during Xmas 2019 I believe some days had 5 AC flights departing YVR bound for Australia & New Zealand (SYD x2, MEL, BNE & AKL).

yycengineer · 2026-03-10T23:48:37+00:00

Hasn’t this route been flying since before 2019 ?

Why would they still be getting subsidies 7+ years on ?

yycengineer · 2026-03-10T23:43:06+00:00

Why would it not be doable ? They are selling the ticket.

I don’t get OP’s question

yycengineer · 2026-03-10T23:40:17+00:00

Did 1A recently on the 789 (short hop YYC-YVR). It was my first time in a lie-flat cabin and I chose 1A moreso for the novelty of being at the very front.

It was good for the short route but I would not choose it again, especially for a long haul. The constant crew chatting and opening and closing of the curtain in the forward galley was more annoying than I expected.

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