Beverage Service
Feb 22, 2022, 12:17 am
#391
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Not a flight attendant or a Southwest employee here..... But I just want to say.....The fight attendants are NOT the one who made the policy to not serve alcohol for the past two years... I've read these posts here and other places where frequent flyers are talking about handing out tons of of old coupons to everyone around them.....
Come on, man..... These flight attendants could be your neighbors, your husbands or wives... your kids.... THEY didn't make up the no-booze policy that has been around the last coupe of years... why make their job harder?
No reason to be passing around a bunch of expired coupons to your seatmates just to make the flight attendants work harder.
Come on, man..... These flight attendants could be your neighbors, your husbands or wives... your kids.... THEY didn't make up the no-booze policy that has been around the last coupe of years... why make their job harder?
No reason to be passing around a bunch of expired coupons to your seatmates just to make the flight attendants work harder.
Feb 22, 2022, 9:05 am
#392
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SNA
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Posts: 4,966
Some of us old-timers may remember a day waaaaaaaay back in time where FAs used to actually serve drinks to an entire plane- almost like it was their job!
... now get off'a mah lawn!
... now get off'a mah lawn!
Feb 22, 2022, 9:20 am
#393
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 5,813
Not a flight attendant or a Southwest employee here..... But I just want to say.....The fight attendants are NOT the one who made the policy to not serve alcohol for the past two years... I've read these posts here and other places where frequent flyers are talking about handing out tons of of old coupons to everyone around them.....
Come on, man..... These flight attendants could be your neighbors, your husbands or wives... your kids.... THEY didn't make up the no-booze policy that has been around the last coupe of years... why make their job harder?
No reason to be passing around a bunch of expired coupons to your seatmates just to make the flight attendants work harder.
Come on, man..... These flight attendants could be your neighbors, your husbands or wives... your kids.... THEY didn't make up the no-booze policy that has been around the last coupe of years... why make their job harder?
No reason to be passing around a bunch of expired coupons to your seatmates just to make the flight attendants work harder.
Feb 24, 2022, 8:42 pm
#394
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 46
I respect the fa's job. I also expect alcohol service. I understand how stupid people are and why they would like to eliminate it. I'm guessing 80% of an fa's problems on a flight are from someone who had five beers before the flight and now needs to piss while the plane is in line for take off and make a big deal about being allowed to use the bathroom. I know that one for fact actually. But I still want service.
Feb 24, 2022, 8:53 pm
#395
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 825
I remember the snack packs they offered on cross country flight and the proactive offering of a full can of pop. Good times!
Feb 25, 2022, 7:30 am
#396
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 825
I respect the fa's job. I also expect alcohol service. I understand how stupid people are and why they would like to eliminate it. I'm guessing 80% of an fa's problems on a flight are from someone who had five beers before the flight and now needs to piss while the plane is in line for take off and make a big deal about being allowed to use the bathroom. I know that one for fact actually. But I still want service.
Feb 26, 2022, 8:26 pm
#397
Join Date: Dec 2019
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Feb 26, 2022, 8:34 pm
#398
Join Date: Dec 2006
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May 30, 2022, 3:16 pm
#399
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I flew RDU-BWI-JAX over the weekend. Both flights were on 737-800s. I was glad to get a drink on RDU-BWI again, this one was often a no service during COVID flight. And for BWI-JAX they're closer to a full menu than my last few flights.
The liquors they have are sure bottom shelf though. My wife said the sparkling wine was undrinkable and the vodka I had was bad too. Also the FAs on both flights took drinks to passengers two at a time so it took an hour on BWI-JAX to get a drink in row 9.
The liquors they have are sure bottom shelf though. My wife said the sparkling wine was undrinkable and the vodka I had was bad too. Also the FAs on both flights took drinks to passengers two at a time so it took an hour on BWI-JAX to get a drink in row 9.
Jun 2, 2022, 6:32 am
#403
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Flew BNA-BWI-RDU yesterday. BNA-BWI was the same situation I described above where the FAs were bringing out drinks two at a time. Great service though, they offered us refills.
BWI-RDU the FA announced that due to an "industry wide shortage" of cups there were no hot beverages. That's a new one for me.
Incidentally the lime vodka was pretty good.
BWI-RDU the FA announced that due to an "industry wide shortage" of cups there were no hot beverages. That's a new one for me.
Incidentally the lime vodka was pretty good.
Jun 3, 2022, 12:31 pm
#404
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: LAX
Posts: 559
Same happened on my HNL-LAX earlier this week.
No hot beverages because their paper cup supplier is experiencing a paper shortage, and they can't easily replace them with the amount of cups the airline goes through daily.
Last edited by hur88; Jun 3, 2022 at 12:32 pm Reason: forgot to quote
Jun 3, 2022, 1:01 pm
#405
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 5,813
Flew BNA-BWI-RDU yesterday. BNA-BWI was the same situation I described above where the FAs were bringing out drinks two at a time. Great service though, they offered us refills.
BWI-RDU the FA announced that due to an "industry wide shortage" of cups there were no hot beverages. That's a new one for me.
Incidentally the lime vodka was pretty good.
BWI-RDU the FA announced that due to an "industry wide shortage" of cups there were no hot beverages. That's a new one for me.
Incidentally the lime vodka was pretty good.