Originally Posted by
FlyPointyEnd
There are several airlines who have stopped using trays in business class, setting the cutlery and plates on a cloth laid directly on the table. Even on CX, they do this in First Class; ultimately it's about manpower or the lack of it. Let's not pretend its solely about safety and turbulence.
Yes, maybe CX would like to do so to, though did you ever have a look at the size of the LH J class table ?
It's to small to comfortable put cutlery, plates, glassware, etc on it. So, yeah, there is a reason one gets trays with CX.
And yes, I once tried to put the tray aside, put all items direct on the table and found out myself, what I write
Why do you think, there is a table cloth underneath the tray ? Ever thought about the tray departing the table ?