Well as predicted I've found it hard to get any sleep on this leg of my trip.
Once again the flight is quite lightly loaded and this time I've got a block of three seats by the window all to myself. So even though sleep has alluded me I have been able to stretch out and get some 'rest'.
When I was settling in to my original seat after boarding one of the flight attendants said that the flight would be something like a half or two thirds full (I can't remember exactly). It was then a slightly agonising wait as boarding progressed to see which seats around me would eventually be occupied. It was a relief when finally the announcement was made that “all doors are closed”. As it happened I had a spare seat next to me, but that is trumped by having a block of three seats where you can actually lie down. I was lucky that the only block of three without anybody in it in my section of Economy was just across the aisle from my original seat. I moved quickly to occupy it!
We had a bit of a faff leaving the gate. We were all boarded and ready to go ahead of the scheduled departure time. The pilot had been on the PA and made his initial welcome announcement and said we would be 'pushing back' on time. Well this didn't happen. He came back on the PA to say we had a 'technical problem' with the steering and that an engineer was looking at it. This is where I had visions of a big delay or even worse of having to transferred on to another aircraft or flight – I'd lose the seats I'd claimed!
In the end the delay was only about 20 minutes.
As I write this we've got an hour and three quarters until we land in Melbourne.
[NB - Just relised I hadn't published this]
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