Originally Posted by
ACYYZ/SD
The SD is an integral part of the service in Y. The lone F/A is not expected to oversee the comfort and service for 88 passengers. As mentioned, the SD will be required to return to the galley a dozen times on a typical flight and in doing so, observes and attends to the needs of J.
And I totally agree with you. Let me put it this way.
Because there's now 2 FA's on a E90, it makes 150% sense that the SD will now have to help out in Y during BOB. I think it would be completely ludicrous and inappropriate to say that the SD should remain in J. (like say, on a A320 with 3 FA's, one being a SD).
I think the opportunity for an improvement would be this: The SD serves J, plonks down a meal and drinks, goes to Y to help out with BOB, and then returns on J every so often to keep the J cabin....served. I mean, to be fair, it's what you do, and if it was done consistently, at the very least I'd be fine with it. What is currently done is not that, and I don't complain for the purpose of being a troll, I do so to try and provide feedback, and I guess my $0.01 CDN cent would be....other than checking my thighs for my phone underneath it, that this would go a long way
I think there is a happy balance for 2 FA's on a E90, I really do.
Some of my most memorable flights were on YYZ YQR, and SEA YYZ and on those flights, the SD, like you, found a great balance. This isn't a [expletive] fest, but just something I really hope gets more consistent across the board (wrt service on a E90). I hope you take no offense to my comments, because
none was intended.