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Old Apr 28, 2009 | 2:20 pm
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knope2001
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Originally Posted by newsmanhoss
From my own personal experiences, 11E and 11F are the best. You get extra legroom and full recline. Plus, there is no middle seat and the aisle is wider in that section. You're kind of tucked away into a little corner.
That reminds me of something funny the other day coming back from MCI on the 717. It was a cookie flight (425...in the evening) and we were nearly full. F/A #1 pushed the beverage cart ahead of him and started serving from the front. By the time he reached row 5, F/A #2 came with a cart to serve cookies. Because drinks take much longer than cookies, I figured the cookie cart would catch up to drinks quickly, which it did.

Because F/A #2 was blocked by her own cookie cart, and then the drink cart itself, she couldn't get to the other side of the beverage cart to help serve either. I figured that F/A #1 would get stuck serving all the drinks (which would take a long time on a full 717) and F/A #2 would slowly serve cold cookies behind.

Instead, the cookie cart actually passed the drink cart at row 11...the first row of Saver which is only 2x2 instead of 2x3. It was quite a sight to see them try to squeeze one cart past the other, and the person seated in 11B ended up getting exceptionally cozy with one of the F/A for about 15 long seconds. But they managed to do it.
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