Originally Posted by
Braniff
I asked the crew about this on a recent flight from Seoul.
They said the practice was to keep the doors locked (open!) until after the main meal service at the start of the flight was complete. This speeds up the service to everyone’s benefit. I think this is entirely reasonable.
That's not unreasonable I suppose. And it's a relatively small inconvenience, unlike say when crews lock the windows on 787s.
I wonder if they have the ability to (un)lock individual seats so that someone who indicates they just want to go to sleep asap can have it closed and skip the service.