Originally Posted by
ACYYZ/SD
The expectation is that the SD (where feasible) is to welcome the SE/MM's on board when seated in Y/C.
On occasion, there are F/A's on board who take a peek at the final flight manifest and ask "Who are my SE's in the back"? I simply assume it's their way of giving an extra TLC to our most valued customers.
The drink-in-the-exit-row scenario? Outlined perk - no. Nice gesture - yes
Thanks, but I have never "felt any love" from FAs when flying in the back even when sitting in the so-called preferred seats, be it in the first row of economy or the exit rows. Often it is more a sense of the more typical AC disdainful service in the back cabin... If I'd ordered a drink, it was never comp'd!
Last week on a flight to LAX, sitting in 12C I was chastised by an FA for listening to my iPod while waiting for passengers to board. She claimed it was DOT rules that these could not be used while on the ground. First time that I had been told this in all my years of flying with one of these devices...on any airline (other than PORTER). I always turn it off once boarding is complete and the door closed. But this FA was adamant and exuded that AC "we welcome you aboard" condescension!