Originally Posted by
dcmike
While I do think this is a great story about a crew working well together, I am going to be "that guy" and ask this: Aren't there a lot of pre-flight checklists to go through that the captain should be occupied with instead of serving drinks or hanging coats?
While there is definitely stuff that has to be taken care of, I can assure you that the drink service was not in place of pre-flight duties. Since there are two pilots, one can usually do most of the cockpit duties, assuming there are no time constraints.