Originally Posted by nrr

I was flying from lax to las on Fri. 9/17/10 in fc. Shortly after takeoff the fa went around to ask for drink orders, addressing each pax by name (read from her flight manifest). When she went to distribute the orders she had memorized everyone's name[she did not use manifest, now]. On my return from las to lax on 9/19/10, she was also on my flight and recognized me. I asked her about her memory skills and she noted she uses mnemonics to associate pax with their names. She even pronounced names correctly.^