sluggoaafa

Ever since the pilots received their electronic flight books, technology reporting has advanced so much since the days of yesteryear. During briefings, pilots will use their tablets to show the crew the route of flight, weather, and real-time reported turbulence areas. Yes, they still rely on ATC reports too from the other aircraft, however they have the info at their fingertips at all times.

With the turbulence areas, it's interesting to see in real time the pockets of turbulence across the flight path.

Small jolts...possibly tapping the iPad, or it being moved, will result in a white circle
light turbulence will be yellow,
Moderate will be orange
Severe will be red.

It definitely gives a better perspective than it did 5+ years ago where the pilots would just say "we have 2s and 3s along our path today" which basically didn't mean much to the cabin crews. With this app, they can show our altitude and the areas of real-time reported turbulence from other aircraft of all airlines.

Turbulence showing along a ORD-LAX route

Dr. HFH

Air transport from origin to destination?

Flyloha

I was on LAS-LAX in F tonight and I switched seats with a mother so she could sit with her daughter which the cabin crew was aware of. The FA went around after take-off by status to take drink orders and completely forgot that I had switched (she had no status) and he completely skipped my row. First-world problems for a 37-minute flight, but I was pretty annoyed. So yes, no service for some on a short flight.

lrdpenn

It has been a couple of years, but when I see these examples I always think of the FA who did a drink service plus provided a fig bar (no idea where she found those, there was no snack basket) in F on PHL-LGA. That is under 100 miles.
It's totally up to the FA and those that don't care bring down the entire group.

mxracer95

Don't get me started with AA's horribly poor F&B service. Since the pandemic it's literally any excuse not to offer F&B, even paid. Any short hop I expect nothing, even in F, so if I get even a drink I'm pleasantly surprised. Nevermind, as someone else mentioned, you can get a full hot meal on a 1 hour BA flight.

I frequent LAX/SNA-DFW-Anywhere and it irks me to no end that a 3-3.5 hour flight (LAX/SNA-DFW) has no food for purchase in Y, and DFW to almost anywhere East only has a snack tray in F. But that's a whole other topic.

PUCCI GALORE

I was about to say the same - but that does not help the fact that there is no service. It is also worth pointing out that with the Eurobusiness cabin that Americans so dislike - there could be up to 36 people to serve.LHR-MAN (under 200 miles) I can truthfully say that I have never heard this turbulence nonsense being trotted out as an excuse to do nothing. We sometimes had to stop serving but it was not that often.

TechMarauder

most likely this is the difference between PM-US and PM-AA crews. While it�s starting to go away, it�s still noticeable in many areas.

HGH

I rarely get service either direction CLT-BHM. Since I always carry a water bottle, and just want to read in peace, it's not a big deal. And, since I'm in first 100% on upgrades, I'm happy enough for the extra space. The one time there was service was very memorable. The woman behind me got fairly hammered and had a lovely temper tantrum in the middle of the aisle when we were stuck on the tarmac and she really needed to use the bathroom.

bridge29

Interesting, I've also had snack/drink service on PHL-LGA. Very attentive FAs both times for such a short flight. (not a route I'm proud of flying, it was for a connection obviously!)

mike_gigs

I fly NYC-BOS a good bit and usually don't expect much on that short route but I am constantly surprised. A couple days ago I was on JFK-BOS and we got a full drink/nits service and the FA actaully did a second round of drinks (plus a PBD)!

F16wannabe

I was served 4 rum and diet sodas ORD-DSM (Envoy). 1 pre-departure and after 2 more in flight she asked me if I wanted another even though I could tell we were already descending. Her response was, "I'll bring it in plastic so I don't have to take it from you before we land" This flight is normally less than an hour in the air. My experience is that I get better drink service on the regionals.

card1953

In the old days, when EQMs mattered, I flew DFW-AUS-DFW a lot, and as I recall I always got a drink and maybe even a snack. But those days are behind us.

onenorth

Then perhaps AA should charge the same as Avelo or Breeze? I dunno. Hawaiian can serve drinks and snacks (albeit a very limited selection) on 20-minute flights between the islands. It's not that hard to do the basics.

HaleiwaFlyer

You mean the work culture just got lazier.

If low cost Whizz Air can serve food and drinks for a one hour flight, pretty sure it�s a US carrier cultural issue.

SkyTeam777

I fly GSO-CLT multiple times a month. Eagle flights have no problem doing PDB and beverage service with snack in the air. It's a rush, but it's doable, especially since flight time is said to be 20 mins, but is usually 30-35 given runway clearance timing. Mainline on the same GSO-CLT (sometimes with fewer FC seats) won't do PDB or inflight service, even without turbulence.