Alcohol announcements in cabin
Sep 28, 2021 | 2:28 pm
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Alcohol announcements in cabin
Noticed recently AA has added some announcements in addition to the normal federal mandate for mask wearing. I cant remember verbatim but its something to the effect that bringing alcohol on board and self serving it to yourself is prohibited.
Maybe if they brought back alcohol sales and stop using covid as a cheapness excuse (dont forget F class passengers are immune to covid as alcohol is available) that announcement wouldnt be needed.
Maybe if they brought back alcohol sales and stop using covid as a cheapness excuse (dont forget F class passengers are immune to covid as alcohol is available) that announcement wouldnt be needed.
Sep 28, 2021 | 2:51 pm
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Yeah, on my recent flight (I was in bulkhead Y), the FA said "There is no alcohol on this flight." Fifteen minutes later I watched some of the FC passengers enjoying their mixed drinks! Ha!
Sep 28, 2021 | 2:59 pm
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Noticed recently AA has added some announcements in addition to the normal federal mandate for mask wearing. I cant remember verbatim but its something to the effect that bringing alcohol on board and self serving it to yourself is prohibited.
Maybe if they brought back alcohol sales and stop using covid as a cheapness excuse (dont forget F class passengers are immune to covid as alcohol is available) that announcement wouldnt be needed.
Maybe if they brought back alcohol sales and stop using covid as a cheapness excuse (dont forget F class passengers are immune to covid as alcohol is available) that announcement wouldnt be needed.
Sep 28, 2021 | 3:24 pm
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This is about appeasing the FAs union. Pure and simple. IDK if alcohol will ever be available again in coach. It's a sign of the times and I'll leave it there. The announcements sound more and more like what you might hear after you've boarded a prison bus. See my previous sentence. As soon as I get onboard I put ear buds in my ear and listen to music as not to hear the repetitive prison guard like announcements.
Sep 28, 2021 | 3:47 pm
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This is about appeasing the FAs union. Pure and simple. IDK if alcohol will ever be available again in coach. It's a sign of the times and I'll leave it there. The announcements sound more and more like what you might hear after you've boarded a prison bus. See my previous sentence. As soon as I get onboard I put ear buds in my ear and listen to music as not to hear the repetitive prison guard like announcements.
Sep 28, 2021 | 3:50 pm
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I flew recently and heard this message too. It has nothing to do with covid and everything to do with drunks in coach. From an economic standpoint, i am sure the cost of diverting a flight is higher than the profit from coach alcohol sales on that same flight. They have been hardasses about drinking your own booze for decades!!! Only thing new is that they tell you beforehand.
1. Despite no alcohol on board, people still show up drunk
2. Despite no alcohol, fights and anti mask idiots causing trouble are still happening
3. Alcohol is still served in F, which seems to have no issues
Sep 28, 2021 | 3:55 pm
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I spoke to the lead FA on a recent flight and they were saying that they have absolutely no idea if / when they will bring back alcohol in coach. They implied that as long as the mask mandate remains in force then alcohol will be a no no. They also announced that AA had banned 4000 people from flying as a result of not following the mask mandate and / or being disruptive.
Sep 28, 2021 | 3:59 pm
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I flew recently and heard this message too. It has nothing to do with covid and everything to do with drunks in coach. From an economic standpoint, i am sure the cost of diverting a flight is higher than the profit from coach alcohol sales on that same flight. They have been hardasses about drinking your own booze for decades!!! Only thing new is that they tell you beforehand.
Sep 28, 2021 | 4:04 pm
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UA also announces no self-serve alcohol. That said, at least UA has gone back to limited alcohol sales in coach. The complete ban of alcohol in Y on AA is all about appeasing the union. If the union had its way, alcohol would be banned in F as well.
Sep 28, 2021 | 4:53 pm
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I heard this announcement on a Delta flight yesterday (which does sell alcohol).
IIRC, even pre-COVID, I had heard it on American occasionally. But its much more consistent now.
IIRC, even pre-COVID, I had heard it on American occasionally. But its much more consistent now.
Sep 28, 2021 | 5:18 pm
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Sep 28, 2021 | 5:27 pm
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If the unions had their way, AA would not be flying and getting paid regardless. It almost makes me hope that one day the management gets pissed enough with the unions and liquidates the airline just to get rid of them.
Sep 28, 2021 | 7:28 pm
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There does seem to be an unusual amount of disorder on American domestic flights at the moment, so I can certainly see the reluctance that airlines will have at bringing back the alcohol.
Sep 28, 2021 | 7:30 pm
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If AA was selling alcohol and then this started happening, then sure. But not what's happening.