Originally Posted by
ESpen36
Wirelessly posted (Apple iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 8_1_2 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/600.1.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0 Mobile/12B440 Safari/600.1.4)
The FAs were probably having a rough night too. I think these routes are still "rockets," meaning that the same crew brought the bird down the night before, then had a ~14-hour break on the ground in GIG before taking the same aircraft home that night. So by the time the flight actually departed, the crew was probably pretty miserable. I would cut them some slack. It sounds like the captain did an incredible job trying to get the flight off the ground.
As far as drinks, BOSE, etc...I am guessing the FAs were trying to avoid unnecessary movements through the cabin at 2:30am to allow the pax to sleep. The same happens on red eye transcons. Usually they make one or two passes through the cabin after takeoff to see if anyone actually wants anything. My guess is that the overwhelming majority of pax were unconscious immediately upon takeoff.
You have to be kidding me. It takes little effort to quietly approach each passenger and ask if they would like the headphones. You don't have to roll the cart through the aisle to do this. And regarding the OP's comment about no drink service, this too is inexcusable, regardless even if the FA's may also be tired. If they are too tired to do this, they surely would also be too tired to "be there for our safety". Bottom line is, especially in IRROPS, this is where the great service focused employees and brands can shine--or not.