"There's too many of you to do a beverage service"
May 31, 2013, 1:08 am
#76
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I just flew a DL flight LAX-SAN in FC (granted it was a CR-700) however, one drink service on the ground and TWO (count them TWO) drink services in the air (30 minute flight time.) It can be done if the FA's want to...
May 31, 2013, 8:19 am
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I've been flying DL FC CHS-ATL a lot recently (when last minute F is cheaper than last minute Y), and have routinely had a PDB plus two to three drink services and two to three "snack basket" offerings. Gate to gate on this flight is around an hour, flight time maybe 45 minutes.
May 31, 2013, 9:50 am
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Jun 2, 2013, 5:06 pm
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that's just sad. We flew TK from Istanbul to Ankara last month-45 min flight on a packed 737-800 drink service & a boxed lunch with chicken sandwich, fruit and yogurt.
Jun 3, 2013, 11:36 am
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If you fly an airline based in Western Europe even twice you know that the airlines based in the USA have terrible service. Whether it's a matter of training, environment, union demands ... I don't know how the FAs look themselves in the mirror when they spend 50% of a flight chatting with each other. There is no work ethic there at all. Out of 600 flights in the last 30 years, I have encountered probably three dozen FAs who truly do a professional job. The rest of them are too busy yapping to do much more than the minimum, and I generally fly up front. There's no way that management is unaware of the problem but I'd like to know the reason that nothing is done about it.