beverage policy in coach for "short" flights
Aug 11, 2023, 4:04 pm
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Just flew CMH-BWI-MYR. Both flights were slightly under an hour take off to touchdown. Got a beverage service on each , even with the captain telling the FA’s to sit down for about 10 minutes on BWI-MYR for turbulence.
Edit: My bad. Wrong forum. Obviously, these flights were on WN. Interesting point of comparison though.
Edit: My bad. Wrong forum. Obviously, these flights were on WN. Interesting point of comparison though.
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Aug 11, 2023, 5:19 pm
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Time and time again, the industry studies suggest that the "hide in the galley" behavior portends unacceptable performance during life threatening scenarios. I hate to say it, but I actively avoid routes where we've regularly had this behavior from FAs. For folks like us with serious medical considerations, the typical FA laziness can be fatal.
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Aug 11, 2023, 5:27 pm
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Does "no beverage service" mean that they don't go around with the cart or that you can't get a drink? Because when they don't come around with the cart I either flag someone down or push the button, and ask for the drink. I've never been refused.
Aug 12, 2023, 2:49 pm
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This could not possibly be more accurate. Time and time again, the industry studies suggest that the "hide in the galley" behavior portends unacceptable performance during life threatening scenarios. I hate to say it, but I actively avoid routes where we've regularly had this behavior from FAs. For folks like us with serious medical considerations, the typical FA laziness can be fatal.
Is there a place that tracks behavior like this, or do you just avoid the entire city pair on AA after one or two experiences by various crew members?
Aug 12, 2023, 6:33 pm
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I do wonder if it has anything to do with where the crew is based...the crew on my flight that chose to not provide beverage service on my 90 minute flight were based at LGA.
Aug 14, 2023, 7:57 pm
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I did notice that there is no snack basket in F on PHX-BUR and back. I'm not sure if this is new since I've only flown PHX-LAX before (and there was always a snack basket there). This was mainline, not American eagle. I was on a 320 there and a 319 back.
As for drinks, I got a PDB as well as one in-flight so there were no issues there. But there was nothing to eat on the way there and just a bag of nuts on the way back.
As for drinks, I got a PDB as well as one in-flight so there were no issues there. But there was nothing to eat on the way there and just a bag of nuts on the way back.
Aug 14, 2023, 8:07 pm
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Aug 14, 2023, 8:21 pm
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Given that particular FA's don't fly a given route every time it is scheduled (every day every month), how does one "avoid routes where we've regularly had this behavior"?
Is there a place that tracks behavior like this, or do you just avoid the entire city pair on AA after one or two experiences by various crew members?
Is there a place that tracks behavior like this, or do you just avoid the entire city pair on AA after one or two experiences by various crew members?
(Full disclosure, though, I'm not sure if this is really relevant in Y; my original post was made in a different thread which related to F service and it certainly didn't pertain to "coach" and had nothing to do with the length of the flight, so I'm having a difficult time understanding how a mod chose to move it here.)
Aug 15, 2023, 8:32 am
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I did notice that there is no snack basket in F on PHX-BUR and back. I'm not sure if this is new since I've only flown PHX-LAX before (and there was always a snack basket there). This was mainline, not American eagle. I was on a 320 there and a 319 back.
As for drinks, I got a PDB as well as one in-flight so there were no issues there. But there was nothing to eat on the way there and just a bag of nuts on the way back.
As for drinks, I got a PDB as well as one in-flight so there were no issues there. But there was nothing to eat on the way there and just a bag of nuts on the way back.