Originally Posted by
Ben Lipsey
Thanks SparseFlyer. I really do take this as an affront against our aircraft cleanliness, and rightfully so. It is a problem we need to address, and I can only tell you this thread has made its rounds internally - there is a significant effort underway to increase the attention to this kind of detail. As much as I hate to see it, you're right in that posting pictures/details with FIN or flight/date really does help as we can target those aircraft specifically needing attention.
I appreciate your personal efforts in this but I too wonder what is the point of specific fin/seat postings. Most of us won't bother/forget/stay unknown etc but that doesn't mean the problem isn't there. If one fin is filthy, that is usually a lot of grime build up over many flights. Many stations would have failed to clean it.
So I'm half joking when I say the following fins need it most
731-747
701-706
640-685
931-938
I also appreciate those posting photos as they are a bit entertaining but I'm wondering what the real value is in having 1/42 J seats cleaned when reported etc. And if the entire plane is then scheduled for a deep clean if we were to report a seat, why aren't all aircraft automatically scheduled... and if they
are, it is probably time to hold managers/supervisors of aircraft grooming teams responsible. On a less-than-busy-day, maybe you can rush onboard after the aircraft is groomed and right before boarding so you can see for yourself/discipline as necessary
(or as Allvest says, have SDs/FAs do it). And if
they too fail in QC, well... back to my Ben L plan lol