FA taking 1st class drink orders with iPad App
Jul 15, 2011 | 3:49 pm
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Jul 15, 2011 | 3:57 pm
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What would be really cool is if the iPad could be connected to another one in the galley so that drink orders could instantly be read there and prepared while the orders were being taken! That would speed things up (no more running back and forth), and would allow the FA taking orders to spend a bit more time making small talk with those pax interested in doing so! Seems like it should be possible using bluetooth, or possibly even the in-flight wifi.
If flight attendants spend less time being waiters/waitresses, more time could be spent on more important tasks or being in their seats to avoid injury due to turbulence, in clear air or not.
Jul 15, 2011 | 4:18 pm
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What would be really cool is if the iPad could be connected to another one in the galley so that drink orders could instantly be read there and prepared while the orders were being taken! That would speed things up (no more running back and forth), and would allow the FA taking orders to spend a bit more time making small talk with those pax interested in doing so! Seems like it should be possible using bluetooth, or possibly even the in-flight wifi.
Jul 15, 2011 | 4:20 pm
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Of course, jetBlue has been doing this with pen and paper for years. No carts in the aisles in Y!
Virgin America's ordering system is probably the standard here. (ie: self service, why should the FA even have to ask me what I want?) In theory, this could be done with only software updates and minimal additional equipment on AVOD equipped planes, though I'd probably get annoyed at the people around me not knowing how to use it and pushing my head forward in the process.
Virgin America's ordering system is probably the standard here. (ie: self service, why should the FA even have to ask me what I want?) In theory, this could be done with only software updates and minimal additional equipment on AVOD equipped planes, though I'd probably get annoyed at the people around me not knowing how to use it and pushing my head forward in the process.
Jul 15, 2011 | 8:23 pm
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Jul 16, 2011 | 6:11 am
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