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ESpen36
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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.
My guess is that you didn't coin the term "rockets," but since you used it I'll pose this question to you: How can a flight that still provides ~14 hours of downtime/rest be termed this and looked at as miserable? Even after leaving the plane, traveling to crew hotel, and checking in they'd still have ~11 hours rest. That's more than most people who work M-F 8-5 get. Plus GIG-MIA is AA's shortest GIG flight (vs DFW & JFK) no? I sure wish my corporate job allowed for this "rocket" type schedule
