Originally Posted by
formeraa
Also, NW staffs the 757-300 at FAA minimums. There are only 5 FA's to serve 24F and 200Y passengers. In particular, 3 FA's must serve 200 passengers -- even from West Coast to Hawaii.
IIRC, NWA only puts 1 FA in F, even on the 753.
NWA's F is from the cart service, so they don't need to do a lot of running back and forth. One pass of the cart for drinks, one pass for the meal, then the carts go away, and they do refills and cleanups as needed.