Originally Posted by
dan1431
At the last CO IAH Event the topic of FAMs came up and it was pretty clear that CO managment as a whole were not a fan of the FAM program. One of the execs(cannot remember who) actually said something to the effect that CO looses 2-5(something around there)million dollars a year because of FAMs in FC.
He also added that they went ahead and installed those see-through curtains especially for the FAMs so that they could ride in coach but they still prefer to ride in FC.
While I am not a lover of the FAM program(I realize that some form of the program is needed), what bothers me most about it(besides the silly stuff like boarding before the pax, etc.) is their insistance on FC when at least one airline (CO) went ahead and did something that would allow them to sit in coach and the FAMs insisted on sitting in FC.
Dan
See through curtains? That does not have anything to do with FAM positioning on any airline or individual flight. Why would they be a concern one way or the other? They don't help a fam in any way. I personally don't like them, and yes I have sat behind the "sheer blue curtains" on many occasions on the job, popular myths aside.