Meal-taking order in J/F? I know I read it somewhere on... (FEBO!)
Dec 5, 2007, 5:15 pm
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Meal-taking order in J/F? I know I read it somewhere on... (FEBO!)
Can anyone direct me to information regarding the order in which FAs seek meal requests from first class passengers?
I recall that it depended upon the flight number but cannot for the life of me find the thread.
Thanks,
I recall that it depended upon the flight number but cannot for the life of me find the thread.
Thanks,
Dec 5, 2007, 5:17 pm
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On even # flights, they start at the front of the cabin, and from the back on odd # flights.
Dec 5, 2007, 5:27 pm
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The term is "FEBO" which is short for "Front Even Back Odd".
Dec 5, 2007, 5:30 pm
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Febo
FEBO=F(ront) E(ven) B(ack) O(dd)
Oops! previous posters beat me to it while I was taking 10 minutes to highlight the FEBO letters
Oops! previous posters beat me to it while I was taking 10 minutes to highlight the FEBO letters
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Dec 5, 2007, 6:17 pm
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Thanks Everyone...Committing it to Memory
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Dec 6, 2007, 9:45 am
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In international J this is also the procedure done and probably 99% of the time. It is done only for the main (first) meal. The second meal is always (snack) done front-to-back.
International First tends to use FEBO yet there is typicaly sufficient catering for the pax load that 'running out' of a selection is less likely (has never happened to me).
Flights to/from Japan in premium cabins can now pre-select Japanese meals.
The OP stated 'first' but did not mention flight being a domestic or international.
Dec 6, 2007, 12:48 pm
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While FEBO is the rule, on most flights I find it easier to remember that they (are supposed to) start from the east end of the cabin.
Dec 6, 2007, 12:54 pm
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Dec 6, 2007, 1:59 pm
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Dec 6, 2007, 2:33 pm
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Mostly true but there are exceptions. Earlier this year before AA discontinued their ORD-SNN flights the same flight number AA92 was used ORD->SNN (via DUB) and for the return SNN->ORD. I took this flight a few times and it was the FEBO rule rather than the East End rule that was followed.
Dec 6, 2007, 2:58 pm
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If you mean "what do they do on a widebody <2 aisle> plane?", then FEBO becomes ELFORB (at least in theory). Even-Left-Front / Odd-Right-Back. Except if there's two of them taking orders, in which case it's back to FEBO.....
Dec 6, 2007, 3:11 pm
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Edited to add:
And I thought I was directionally challenged.
Dec 6, 2007, 5:42 pm
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Obviously I didn't "get it" - but that's because I was probably subconciously thinking "LAX-JFK" rather than "MIA-JFK" but, more particularly, because I was attempting to provide what might be useful information to the OP, rather than simply adding to the collective drivel.