Originally Posted by
flight62
My DREAM GALLEY
Rip out the current galley. Make it more of a cafe look like Amtrak with a display for snacks/bevs with a counter on top. One part of the counter would flip up so the f/a could man the bar. Beverages, coffee, a sink, and ice would be on one side and snacks on the other, pillows, blankets, and IFE's on the other side., along with the display counter. One f/a mans the counter. One makes sure trash is picked up. Passengers would come to the back to purchase items. One could buy as they choose without the f/a's having carts in the way.
Couldn't vending machines accomplish much of that (minus the trash collection), with far less cost? True, the initial cost would be high, but the mainentance would be far less than an employee. I'm really surprised that airlines don't just have food, drinks, and other things like headphones, etc in vending machines.
Generally, I'd be happy to be without IFE. I usually find it distracting, as I usually have work, an iPod, a book, my own magazines, and/or other things to keep me occupied when I fly. Otherwise, I sleep, and put on my own headphones and music to try to keep out noise. When I get upgraded to F, I usually ask the FA to give my headphones to any employees flying standby; when I was an employee I always appreciated them when this happened to me.