Flying 1980s Style (757 no IFE, no WiFi - merged threads)
Jan 18, 2017, 9:22 pm
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Flying 1980s Style (757 no IFE, no WiFi - merged threads)
Flew ORD/MIA this evening on a 75L with the new J seats. Of course what I don't understand is why AA ripped out the AVOD. Of course no tablets given out on this flight.
Lead FA makes an announcement " For those of you too young enough to remember days before wifi this is what flying was like in the 1980s. No wifi and no in seat entertainment,"
On a positive note she served full PDBs and bashed the lAAzy FAs that refuse to do so. She said she was "old school" when it came to service.
Lead FA makes an announcement " For those of you too young enough to remember days before wifi this is what flying was like in the 1980s. No wifi and no in seat entertainment,"
On a positive note she served full PDBs and bashed the lAAzy FAs that refuse to do so. She said she was "old school" when it came to service.
Jan 18, 2017, 9:54 pm
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Jan 19, 2017, 9:54 am
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Oh pleeezzzz. The audio (click the dial around through the multiple channels) with the music coming through the airtube headphones was great IFE ^ Of course, how your ears felt after hours of the headphones - priceless.
Jan 19, 2017, 10:12 am
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I will happily trade IFE/Wifi for a full PDB, every time. ^
I occasionally fire up the Wifi to get a connecting flight status. But I can live without that in exchange for a PDB!
I almost never use the airline's screens for anything. On an international flight, maybe the map once in a while.
I occasionally fire up the Wifi to get a connecting flight status. But I can live without that in exchange for a PDB!
I almost never use the airline's screens for anything. On an international flight, maybe the map once in a while.
Jan 19, 2017, 11:03 am
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Of course everyone in the J cabinet was asking about this strange set up. The lead FA said "we now have so many configurations of the 757 we never seem to know what we will be flying."
Jan 19, 2017, 11:19 am
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Then tell your employer to quit being cheap you know what's and give the customer what they want. FA's have to take the blame for AA's incompetence, they should deal with it anyway they want that makes the customer happy.