Originally Posted by
newsmanhoss
On my recent flights that include BOB, I have noticed that al the signature passengers get served both meals and drinks before moving to Saver. in my experience, the F/A selling meals comes through signature first, sells/serves meals, then stops at Row 11 to fill the drink orders in Signature before again moving on to Saver.
I've seen a lot of variation on the how/who/when of the onboard service. Serving front to back is consistent, and I've seen what you have described, but also other variations in who serves what, when, and in what order. I guess that I understand giving the F/A some flexibility to respond to specific circumstances (passenger load, flight duration, time of day, etc). Were I an employee I would probaby like some latitude. But on the other hand it used to seem so much more scripted back in the days when they put an extra F/A onboard strictly for service. I remember on my first M88 nonstop to the west coast being a little disappointed that the hot towel service was with disposable paper towels rather than terrycloth as used on the DC9's. Those days are long passed, of course.