Hall of Rants: Whats the Most Random and Pathetic Thing You Can Complain About?
Feb 23, 2017, 3:24 pm
#1096
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When someone is watching the same movie as you are and their screen is in or close to your line-of-sight, and they're "ahead" of you in the movie. Spoiler alert!
Feb 24, 2017, 1:59 pm
#1098
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Seattle
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Did a quick trip to SEA<>SFO this week, both on E175s but on two different regionals. SEA-SFO was on Compass, SFO-SEA was on SkyWest.
I usually get pretty good service with all the various Delta Connection carriers, but these were memorable for their poor service.
On SEA-SFO, we boarded on time, but were held at the gate for weather at SFO. No PDB was offered, no water bottles at each seat. We started our taxi, and we held at the north end of the airport again for about 45 minutes. Again, no beverages or anything else offered. During both delays, the FAs were in the galley chatting away.
On SFO-SEA, which was listed as a "breakfast" flight, we boarded on time, got PDB service. Airborne, They passed around the standard snack basket, with peanuts/pretzels/Biscoffs. In Y they distributed the Luvo Breakfast Packs.
I asked, "Wasn't this supposed to be a breakfast flight?" to the FA in F and she said, "Oh, yeah, I forgot" and then proceeded to hand out Luvo Packs to everyone in F.
About 45 minutes from landing, she opens the catering cart in the galley, (I was in 1A so I could clearly see what she was doing) and pulls out a meal tray, grabs a standard ceramic "square bowl" full of cut fruit, and proceeds to eat the contents.
In the grand scheme of the world, not a massive deal, but wow that was a pretty blatant display of poor service.
I usually get pretty good service with all the various Delta Connection carriers, but these were memorable for their poor service.
On SEA-SFO, we boarded on time, but were held at the gate for weather at SFO. No PDB was offered, no water bottles at each seat. We started our taxi, and we held at the north end of the airport again for about 45 minutes. Again, no beverages or anything else offered. During both delays, the FAs were in the galley chatting away.
On SFO-SEA, which was listed as a "breakfast" flight, we boarded on time, got PDB service. Airborne, They passed around the standard snack basket, with peanuts/pretzels/Biscoffs. In Y they distributed the Luvo Breakfast Packs.
I asked, "Wasn't this supposed to be a breakfast flight?" to the FA in F and she said, "Oh, yeah, I forgot" and then proceeded to hand out Luvo Packs to everyone in F.
About 45 minutes from landing, she opens the catering cart in the galley, (I was in 1A so I could clearly see what she was doing) and pulls out a meal tray, grabs a standard ceramic "square bowl" full of cut fruit, and proceeds to eat the contents.
In the grand scheme of the world, not a massive deal, but wow that was a pretty blatant display of poor service.
Feb 24, 2017, 2:02 pm
#1099
Join Date: May 2015
Location: DCA
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Posts: 6,712
Did a quick trip to SEA<>SFO this week, both on E175s but on two different regionals. SEA-SFO was on Compass, SFO-SEA was on SkyWest.
I usually get pretty good service with all the various Delta Connection carriers, but these were memorable for their poor service.
On SEA-SFO, we boarded on time, but were held at the gate for weather at SFO. No PDB was offered, no water bottles at each seat. We started our taxi, and we held at the north end of the airport again for about 45 minutes. Again, no beverages or anything else offered. During both delays, the FAs were in the galley chatting away.
On SFO-SEA, which was listed as a "breakfast" flight, we boarded on time, got PDB service. Airborne, They passed around the standard snack basket, with peanuts/pretzels/Biscoffs. In Y they distributed the Luvo Breakfast Packs.
I asked, "Wasn't this supposed to be a breakfast flight?" to the FA in F and she said, "Oh, yeah, I forgot" and then proceeded to hand out Luvo Packs to everyone in F.
About 45 minutes from landing, she opens the catering cart in the galley, (I was in 1A so I could clearly see what she was doing) and pulls out a meal tray, grabs a standard ceramic "square bowl" full of cut fruit, and proceeds to eat the contents.
In the grand scheme of the world, not a massive deal, but wow that was a pretty blatant display of poor service.
I usually get pretty good service with all the various Delta Connection carriers, but these were memorable for their poor service.
On SEA-SFO, we boarded on time, but were held at the gate for weather at SFO. No PDB was offered, no water bottles at each seat. We started our taxi, and we held at the north end of the airport again for about 45 minutes. Again, no beverages or anything else offered. During both delays, the FAs were in the galley chatting away.
On SFO-SEA, which was listed as a "breakfast" flight, we boarded on time, got PDB service. Airborne, They passed around the standard snack basket, with peanuts/pretzels/Biscoffs. In Y they distributed the Luvo Breakfast Packs.
I asked, "Wasn't this supposed to be a breakfast flight?" to the FA in F and she said, "Oh, yeah, I forgot" and then proceeded to hand out Luvo Packs to everyone in F.
About 45 minutes from landing, she opens the catering cart in the galley, (I was in 1A so I could clearly see what she was doing) and pulls out a meal tray, grabs a standard ceramic "square bowl" full of cut fruit, and proceeds to eat the contents.
In the grand scheme of the world, not a massive deal, but wow that was a pretty blatant display of poor service.
Feb 28, 2017, 10:08 am
#1103
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Treasure Coast, FL
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Two things today:
Does Delta ever wash their planes. The MD-88 on today looks like it has been out mudding.
Offering the snack basket before drinks when in row 4 on an md 88. Been about 30 minutes and I'm thirsty. No PDB due to delayed inbound.
Does Delta ever wash their planes. The MD-88 on today looks like it has been out mudding.
Offering the snack basket before drinks when in row 4 on an md 88. Been about 30 minutes and I'm thirsty. No PDB due to delayed inbound.
Feb 28, 2017, 10:22 am
#1104
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the FlyDelta app giving me 40 (yes, by actual count) instances of the "It's Time to Check In" notification for my Sun night SEA-ATL flight
Feb 28, 2017, 11:22 am
#1106
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,885
Completely agree that this is worth writing for. DL would be very interested to hear about this considering these are flights that are highly competitive against AS. From my previous conversations with FAs about routes, the SEA-California routes are the premier routes for the regionals. As a result, generally you have the most experienced and most professional crews, which is what DL wants. Although the regionals sometimes leave a lot to be desired, I have never had a bad experience with the regionals on these routes.
Feb 28, 2017, 12:51 pm
#1108
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Feb 28, 2017, 2:56 pm
#1109
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Atlanta
Programs: DL SkyMiles Diamond, IHG Spire Ambassador
Posts: 86
As an alternative to full DND mentioned above, you can also go Settings, Notifications, Fly Delta, and toggle just the sound, just for the Delta App.