September 7: The Flight

The plane was a Boeing 777, one of the newest, biggest planes flying. For international flights it is segregated into three classes in decending order of service, first class, business class, and the rest of us.
Wolseley flys their families over business class at the beginning of the assignment, and then again at the end. But not in between.
We had five seats in a row of only seven. The seats were larger and each had a video screen that came up out of the arm rest on which we could watch any of about 10 channels of movie / TV, or another similar number of audio channels. I think other than the placement of the screens, it's the same as coach class.
The seats were very comfortable. In each seat was a package that included a quilt, a pillow and earphones. The earphones were the same as those provided in coach. In the pocket of the seat in front of you was a little package that included a bag for your shoes, some socks, earplugs and an eyeshade.
The service started right away, and was continuous the entire flight. They kept the beverages coming the whole flight. The brought the menu by to collect our orders for later, both a dinner menu and a breakfast menu. Mom and I had lamb for supper, Amanda had a steak, John had chicken, and Britty had ravioli. For breakfast they gave you a choice of a meal an hour before landing, or you could sleep later and have a smaller snack. Warm breads, yogurt, fruit and juice. The food was amazingly good when it came. Served, of course, on a white 'tablecloth.'
Just before dinner, they came around with these little leather cases for everyone. You unzipped them and inside was a pair of Bose noise cancelling headphones. Absolutely incredible quality of sound. They cut out about 75% of the plane noise and the music and movie sound was crystal clear.
After dinner they cut the lights down and we realized our seats had more surprises. They tilted back farther than those in coach (but not horizontal), but the best part was a leg rest came out with a foot rest on the end. Once you'd fully tilted your chair, extended your leg rest, put on your wool socks, pulled on your eye shade, and wrapped yourself in your quilt, you were ready to sleep - and we all did. If you know us well, you could guess that Amanda slept the most, and John the least.
I'm told that the cost of business class is 3 or 4 times that of coach, but my goodness, what a way to fly!