Peter 47
I know what you mean about the cart being out soon after rotation !. Only other airline at about the same era with that ethos was Finnair. On a Friday night flight back to Helsinki from London, I think the crew and cart were on the starting blocks soon after the gear came up, and never seemed to stop going up and down A/C all the way there !!. Some very merry Finns by the time we got to Helsinki, I commented on this to one of the crew and was told wait till you see price of booze in Finland, and that this was quite normal on that flight !.