Originally Posted by magexpect
Flymeaway, thank you for your post.
And thank you for taking it well...I worried that my words might have been a little too pointed, not wanting to be dismissive of your experience. I'm glad that your love of flying hasn't been diminished by it, too.
The plane that we were using was brand new. It was its first flight with passengers and a first for the crew too. I had one of the last seats in F and heard what was going on in the galley. There were a lot of comments from the crew as to what was where and how to open this and that, etc.
We were all new, once.
And we're all new to new aircraft types when they enter our fleet. With US carriers, FA's can't work flights on new aircraft types until they've met certain requirements for that aircraft such as emergency operation of the doors, etc. New is still new, though, and it is always exciting being on a brand new airplane...