Glassware back on US East F in December
Dec 4, 2006, 6:02 am
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Flying transcon next week. Any reports?
Dec 4, 2006, 6:07 am
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Dec 4, 2006, 7:12 am
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What did they serve for the meal service? The last several meal flights that I've had on US (the latest being over Thanksgiving weekend) have been pretty good with decent HOT meal choices. ^
Dec 4, 2006, 7:32 am
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Wouldn't be a bad service on a midcon. Well if they had glasses. But on a transcon, esp. without glasses, pathetic.
Dec 4, 2006, 9:31 am
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Delta is still all plastic for domestic First - flew F from JAX to ATL on Saturday, and have been up in Delta's F cabin about 20 times this year, and it's been all plastic, all the time.
International flights on 767-300s/777s have glass in BusinessElite, and I'd guess that when those planes do domestic turns they use glass, but the rest of the fleet doesn't have it.
International flights on 767-300s/777s have glass in BusinessElite, and I'd guess that when those planes do domestic turns they use glass, but the rest of the fleet doesn't have it.
Dec 4, 2006, 10:45 am
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Good to hear. I hope that's an industry standard that stays. Really, if US short-haul F had glassware it would be the leading product in the country with the snack basket. Of course when I mean short-haul I mean sub-90 minutes. Glass and a snack basket wouldn't beat UA, AA or CO on 700 mile flights.
Dec 4, 2006, 11:48 am
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Good point re: NW. Still doesn't beat UA, AA and CO which actually serve meals on 2 hour flights. I agree, US would do well if they put a fruit option or two into the basket a la NW. Oh that and glass on all flights.
Dec 4, 2006, 5:07 pm
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Well i just got back PHL to SFO and SFO to CLT. The Food has actually quite good from what I expected, had the calzone thing and omlet and fruit. No silverware or glassware.
Dec 4, 2006, 6:01 pm
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Flew US1437 on 12/1 CLT-SFO and it was plastic the whole way.
That said the service was not bad, IMO. Good NYC based crew.
That said the service was not bad, IMO. Good NYC based crew.
Dec 4, 2006, 6:16 pm
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Glassware in FC transcon has been delayed. There will be no glassware on shorthauls...sorry.
Dec 4, 2006, 6:34 pm
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Dec 5, 2006, 2:36 am
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No reason given right off. I'll post it when I here something.
Dec 5, 2006, 5:09 pm
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YYZ to PHX on 10/5
I was bumped up to first on 10/5 YYX to PHX and there was glass on that flight. Since it was an HP flight, that might explain the glassware there.
Also that was a Lunch flight, Pasta w/ Chicken or Salad w/ Chicken, not sure if that had anything to do with it.
Also that was a Lunch flight, Pasta w/ Chicken or Salad w/ Chicken, not sure if that had anything to do with it.
Dec 5, 2006, 5:22 pm
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The fact you were on HP (or US West metal, if one prefers) has everything to do with it; they've had glassware for some time on all flights with meal service. It's the East side that has been all plastic, all the time (domestically, anyway).