Originally Posted by
MFC_Fly
Hang on, hang on........why not read the posts above?
The cabin crew thought the flight was going to Dusseldorf, the passengers thought the flight was going to Dusseldorf, but fr some reason the pilots thought the flight was going to Edinburgh.
My gut feeling is that the flight deck was called in at short notice to replace the scheduled crew for some reason. They arrived too late to meet the cabin crew, who were already on their way to the gate to start boarding the pax. For some reason the pilots were under the impression they were to fly to Edinburgh (given or picked up the wrong flight details), hence why they planned for, filed a FP to, and subsequently flew to Edinburgh. Flight deck arrive at aircraft too busy pre-flighting to chat to cabin crew. Cabin crew give initial pax announcements ("Welcome aboard this flight to Dusseldorf") whilst the pilots were getting their clearance ("Cleared to Edinburgh via the blah blah blah departure...."). Flight progresses normally (as far as the flight deck are concerned). Approaching Edinburgh the Capt/FO gives the arrival announcement. This is the first that the cabin crew and pax know of the flight going to Edinburgh.
This seems to have the right kind of logic to it. Having come from a different aircraft or called off standby, certainly plenty of occasions would involve arriving at the aircraft after both cabin crew and passengers. As much as a full joint briefing is probably written down somewhere as desirable, I can imagine being asked " what's the flight time?" by the crew, and little else whilst settling in, probably in their efforts to let you get on with flicking switches. DUS vs EDI flight times aren't going to be drastically different, so if the cabin crew hear "an hour" it's going to be in the ballpark either way, lulling them into a false sense of security that you're all planning on going to the same destination. Not to mention the distraction of ground handling, fuel, loading the box, walkaround, what you want in your tea, etc.