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Old Oct 23, 2017 | 10:22 pm
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jcatman
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Originally Posted by IvanCU
My observation is that the former US Air routes rarely will offer a PDB. Seems to be much more common on flights that have been AA for a long time. On the other hand, a lot of it seems to be due to general apathy and the flight attendants being too busy chatting with each other or not paying attention. Sometimes I have to ask to have my jacket hung up, which I'm holding as obviously as I can on my lap.
Apathy? Surely you are mistaken.

Doug Parker recently gave the flight attendants an unscheduled pay increase. That raise had to be issued as a reward for superior job performance.
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