Zaco, given the amount of training, investment in new equipment, and increased spend on the F&B offering I'm thrilled you were that enthusiastic about it. Great news and I bet Rob Fyfe will be over the moon to hear that from you.
To clarify, yes pre-takeoff drinks have been removed from PE on the 773. I can understand why - 2 crew to serve 50 passengers in addition to doing all the pretakeoff galley prep and checks while 242 Y passengers are trooping through the cabin would be extremely difficult - but I agree it is a shame. (the bottle of water will still be preset at the seat).