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Old Jan 2, 2018 | 2:41 pm
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Originally Posted by kyushuman
BUT-- KLM serves v e r y S L O W L Y-- on a flight time of seven hours 15 minutes, the lights were on for a total of about 4 hours, 30 minutes-- about 2 hours 30 minutes for dinner (9:30pm to midnight) and then after 3 hours of dark, the blazing lights were back on for the last 2 hours for the breakfast service.
Interesting observation, but not sure it is uniform. I've flown the 10 pm or so KL JFK-AMS twice in the last year (747 both times) and on both flights, the meals service was very quick. In fact, it was an abbreviated menu -- appetizer, main course, dessert.
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