Water Only 2+ Hour Flight IAH-MCO
Jan 18, 2024, 5:47 am
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Water Only 2+ Hour Flight IAH-MCO
Flight attendants walked the aisle a couple times early in the Flight. Nothing in the second hour. Only pouring water from a bottle. No beverage cart. No snack sales. Flight time over 2 hours. A new low in service?
Jan 18, 2024, 5:50 am
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Also remember that UA FA's seem to get injured in flight significantly more than any other airline globally -- so they changed the rules -- so it's best that you just enjoy your water and be happy with that....
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Jan 18, 2024, 6:29 am
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Well then don't fly AA, where the FAs are randomly not doing any service at all on similar length flights due to their labor beef.
Jan 18, 2024, 7:09 am
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Jan 18, 2024, 7:12 am
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look at the bright side. At least you’re not being charged for the cup of water poured from a bottle.
Jan 18, 2024, 7:57 am
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Jan 18, 2024, 8:44 am
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Jan 18, 2024, 8:54 am
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The same crap over on DL. Its just laziness in the US workforce. My fav was a 2,000 mile, 4+hour ATL-UVF in F. First Class FA took 2 hours to provide any service, while the economy FAs completed the ENTIRE drink service. Then when she did finally decide to work, they passed out a terrible cold snack box.
Jan 18, 2024, 11:49 am
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I can recall when A used to serve and sandwich and a beverage on a 40 minute flight from SFW to AUS. The race to the bottom continues...
Jan 18, 2024, 12:13 pm
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It all comes to the crew due to weather issues. I was on MCO-IAD last Friday where weather was bad right from the start. The FAs made it clear this was the only drink service. I got my Jack and Coke. Plus they made two rounds of champagne before departure making it known this was going to be a rough ride in the air.
Jan 18, 2024, 12:22 pm
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It all comes to the crew due to weather issues. I was on MCO-IAD last Friday where weather was bad right from the start. The FAs made it clear this was the only drink service. I got my Jack and Coke. Plus they made two rounds of champagne before departure making it known this was going to be a rough ride in the air.
Many of us have seen an astonishing lack of service on flights that previously had higher levels. In one case, recently, I was on a flight where there were multiple pre-boarding announcements made in the gate area about alcoholic beverages being available for sale on that flight (and the restrictions thereupon), but when in the air? Just water. After the flight, I complained about the reduction in service and got a perfunctory number of miles, but would much rather have had some pretzels and my evening whiskey.
Jan 18, 2024, 1:27 pm
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Recently flew from London to Basel in business class on BA. Flight was 1.5 hours. Meal service.
Flew from Frankfurt to Budapest in business class on LH. Flight was 1.5 hours. Meal service.
Jan 18, 2024, 1:30 pm
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I had multiple recent BOS-EWR flights in F with no service ... apparently by the time they maybe thought about getting going, the new 'prep cabin 30 min before landing' kicked in.
Getting water would have been great ...
Getting water would have been great ...