Exhausted FA's build 'fort'
Oct 7, 2011, 9:58 pm
#106
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I would fly CX before making a decision if I were you. The service IMO is professional and attentive from my experiences. If coming around to see if you want a re-fill is hovering as opposed to sitting on the jump seat reading US Weekly then I'll take hovering. On CX, generally, if you want to have a chat with the FAs, they are happy to engage you, but if you want to watch a movie, they certainly aren't there interrupting you, etc.
Oct 18, 2011, 7:19 am
#107
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They definitely will not sleep.They will hover over you constantly providing a level of service that it, basically, intrusive, overbearing and annoying...while being very courteous and professional. I was less impressed with CX F service than many here as I don't need that level of obsequiousness.
I mean, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't "all that," IMO.
Cheers.
I mean, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't "all that," IMO.
Cheers.
On the fort idea, if any FA on the flight knows carts are just sitting out while not being used for service, I would expect them to resolve the issue or be disciplined for not doing so.
The carts are either supposed to be attended or stowed.
Nov 15, 2011, 2:58 am
#108
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)
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Honestly when I read threads like this I just thing to myself how glad I am that 125,000 airline jobs have been slashed in the past decade, how many flights have been outsourced to regionals, and the stagnant pay and deteriorating working conditions for the FAs. While it's never good to paint everyone in a workgroup with the same brush the fact is lately good service is the exception not the norm on AA.
I wish people would try to think of ways to improve service and improve pay and benefits, rather than this vicious cycle of cuts to one leading to cuts in the other.
Wow! When was that?
Jul 25, 2012, 11:45 am
#109
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Evidently the Delta FA's have taken up this tactic recently:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...rtress-fc.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...rtress-fc.html
Jul 25, 2012, 6:58 pm
#110
Join Date: Aug 2008
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Evidently the Delta FA's have taken up this tactic recently:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...rtress-fc.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...rtress-fc.html