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Old Nov 14, 2018, 9:18 pm
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n7371f
 
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B.S. They staff 2 flight attendants in the forward galley and they stand there for a majority of the 40 minute boarding chatting. It has nothing to do with on-time. It's a combination of savings for the airline & AFA. Tell him to fly Delta where often times you're boarding 20 min before actual D0 and they're still serving, even with a FC cabin of 20 people.

Originally Posted by ASMan
A friend of mine is a FA w/AS and he mentioned to me that AS did not (and seems still does not) like to offer PDB because it will mess with the on-time departure (WTH)?! He's already grumpy for having to serve sparkling wine. I advised him I've flown AA/DL/UA plenty of times and received full bar service and we still departed on-time. I, unfortunately, did not get a proper response because his husband changed the conversation (seems that PDB are a sore spot among some AS FA's).
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