Homesick
Agree with you and Tony also. I never ever met anyone onboard QR before with as much dynamite as Yuva. She could somehow be in all three galleys at the same time, and still found the time to have a kind word with EVERY single pax on the plane.
Remember a flight years ago when Yuva was operating as CSD and we were on A7-ABN to London and the screens in Y class didn't work. Flight was full, mainly with transit pax coming in from BOM, TRV and PEW, etc, en route to London. Pax all irate.
But Yuva and Caroline (Saville) instigated a plan to go row-by-row and speak to every pax in every seat and apologise for the lack of IFE.
It worked a treat - it was then very clear to all the passengers that Yuva was in charge on board, and despite her frame, she was really such a gentle and hard working lady.
After that, whenever she would come behind from the J class cabin, all the passengers on the flight would stir in their seats, and spring to attention, because they all wanted to have a friendly chat with her on her way down the cabin, and show her fotos of their families and so on, sharing other flying experiences and comparisons between QR and other lesser quality airlines they had flown on, etc.
I will miss flying with Yuva - it was always memorable. Condolences.
A300Man