The Short Hop!

These are the "Business Class" seats in the main cabin area of the 747 in the nose area. The one in the 2nd row, center seat was the one i had to take!!! the pic on the left shows the seat itself. the seats are 4" wider than the regular seats! OH my goodness! the blanket is a real blanket! not the blue tissue! and the pillow.... the white folder on the seat is the menu! yes, the menu! you had a choice! real china, real silverware, glass cups, china coffee cup! the pitch on these seats is 50+inches. i put my book in the pocket of the seat in front of me and i couldn't reach it! i had to unbuckle my seatbelt and slide forward off of the seat to reach it! i could stand up straight under the overhead bins!! there was that much clearance! the seats fully recline to about 7-10 degrees of horizontal! without interfering with the seat ahead of or behind you! Sounds heavenly, right!
well, all in all, not bad! there was "significant" turbulence as we flew into Osaka! That means there was going to be "significant" turbulence when we flew out of Osaka too! I didn't care! the seats were adjustable 7 ways from sunday! the length of the seat would extend under your butt to reach your knees! the foot rest would angle and extend. there were two lumbar supports that you could adjust the inflation off! (as well as two "massage" areas on the back!) the seats also have individual video monitors with on demand movies, music selection, and video games that you could play single or multiple player games!! the flight was only 2 hours, i didn't want to waste any time on that stuff!!!!
As the rest of the plane is boarding, "Business Class" has already been seated and served champagne! The steward comes to each person and welcomes you by name! Then takes your dinner order!
we took off and i went near horizontal and to sleep! the start of the flight was so rough that the pilot wouldn't let the cabin crew serve the first beverage run or dinner, he said the turbulence should last about 30 minutes. They had started to, but were really having a tough time even standing. It was at this point that i said enough of this and went to dreamland. When i woke up about an hour later, they had finished serving everyone their meal and were starting to clean up. When the steward saw i was up, he brought me my dinner! outstanding! linen napkins, real china, and a piece of beef that i had to cut with a knife! Oh yea! finished up, cleaned up, and laid back!!!!!
At the end of the flight, while the plane was taxing to the gate, the cabin crew again came to everyone and by name thanked them for flying NWA! very nice touch!
I'll post the menu later! (it also has a wine list!!! no MD-20/20!