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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 8:49 pm
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Originally Posted by IAH_FLYER
Unless you pre-heat the mugs, the coffee gets cold pretty quickly. I guess the ceramic absorbs heat easily.

The galley FA on my flight last week filled all of the mugs with hot water to warm them before pouring in the coffee. Nice touch...I guess it helped.
This is actually what we are trained to do... the half day they actually devote to F service in training, as opposed to the other 4 1/2 weeks we spend on safety/security...
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Old Sep 22, 2009 | 5:54 am
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Originally Posted by craz
When flying BA in 1st the FAs always went Nuts when I said just bring it as is when its ready and I ate out of the tin rather then use the plate (I order special meals so I have to do the transferring to make sure the plate was the 1 that came with my tray)
That is the only reason we would ever allow First Class passengers to eat out of the tin foil dish. Next door's dog eats off better than that.

One afternoon for F service? No FA with us is allowed to serve in First Class with under 2 years service or special training.
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Old Sep 22, 2009 | 5:59 am
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Originally Posted by Billiken
Twice in the past few months I've had to remind the FAs in CO F about the chocolate chip cookies.....
They still offer cookies? I haven't hade one since March.
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Old Sep 22, 2009 | 7:16 pm
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Originally Posted by trm2
They still offer cookies? I haven't hade one since March.
That's because they don't serve cookies on ERJ's
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Old Sep 22, 2009 | 7:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Steve GadFly
That's because they don't serve cookies on ERJ's
LOL, but I haven't been off mainline in quite some time. We do have some larger planes here at the hublette.
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Old Sep 22, 2009 | 7:48 pm
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Originally Posted by trm2
LOL, but I haven't been off mainline in quite some time. We do have some larger planes here at the hublette.
What routes? Cookies are only on breakfast/lunch flights that are of around 1,500-1,600 miles or so in length. Even IAH-EWR, at just over 1,400 miles, doesn't get them. IAH-SEA, on the other hand, does.
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Old Sep 22, 2009 | 8:11 pm
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Originally Posted by ssullivan
What routes? Cookies are only on breakfast/lunch flights that are of around 1,500-1,600 miles or so in length. Even IAH-EWR, at just over 1,400 miles, doesn't get them. IAH-SEA, on the other hand, does.
The last time I had them was CLE-LAS and back (1825 miles), but I've also been on other routes that got them in the past.
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Old Sep 22, 2009 | 8:47 pm
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Flew EWR-SAT last Sunday night, ended up with a Coke Zero from Japan, J-League logos and everything. Thought it was pretty interesting.
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Old Sep 22, 2009 | 8:59 pm
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Originally Posted by trm2
The last time I had them was CLE-LAS and back (1825 miles), but I've also been on other routes that got them in the past.
That route should have them.
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 3:28 pm
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Originally Posted by trm2
They still offer cookies? I haven't hade one since March.
My flight yesterday from Vancouver (YVR) to Houston (IAH) had cookies. :-)

My flight from Houston (IAH) to Austin (AUS) last night served a drink and US Airways Fiesta Mix.
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 3:46 pm
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Originally Posted by flyinfroggie
My flight from Houston (IAH) to Austin (AUS) last night served a drink and US Airways Fiesta Mix.
In US branded packaging? That is a screwup!
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 4:42 pm
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Originally Posted by ssullivan
In US branded packaging?
Yes, in US Airways packaging.

I laughed about it with the flight attendant. He responded by joking that they must have been free. I then responded by saying that he must have never flown US Airways. Nothing is free. :-)
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 4:45 pm
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Originally Posted by flyinfroggie
Yes, in US Airways packaging.

I laughed about it with the flight attendant. He responded by joking that they must have been free. I then responded by saying that he must have never flown US Airways. Nothing is free. :-)

I ran ito this once a while back. Clever FA opened the bags and poured the nuts into cups to mitigate the damage.
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 4:59 pm
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Originally Posted by channa
Clever FA opened the bags and poured the nuts into cups to mitigate the damage.
Smart!
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 10:55 pm
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I have had lots of issues with special meals this year--they weren't loaded. I sent a message to CO Insider and assumed he did something about it, as the problem went away. However, I took my first flight on CO in a while last Monday and they failed yet again.
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