Originally Posted by
BamaVol
I tend to agree. I'm not sure if I would prefer no pre-flight drink or having to guard it from being bumped by 150 Y pax carryons going past.
I agree. Consider, during "normal" boarding, that the F FA has to go "upstream" to the front Galley to fill drink orders. That slows everything as he/she must stop Y passengers from boarding to get there and then cut y them to get back to serve the drink.