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Old 12th Dec 2007, 07:55
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Tightslot,
Do not despair. I think it is something to do with long-haul flights. Maybe there are too many crew on board (because of legislation) with not enough to do and that then leads to a type of malaise. I don't fly short-haul very often these days but as it happens, I did last week. Air Berlin to Dusseldorf. For the first time in a long while, I really enjoyed my flight. Two very nice crew welcoming everyone on board. A 90 second safety briefing which everyone seemed to watch. As soon as the wheels were up, so were the CC. They served everyone with a ham or cheese bagette, which was extremely tasty, together with soft drinks or tea/coffee.
All cleared away again quickly and enough time for them both to come round with some chocolate Santa sweets. I watched the German girl working our part of the aircraft and every so often, she would ask passengers if they had children. If the answer was yes, she told them to take a couple of extra Santa's.
That is a flight I will remember for a long time. Cost? About £80.
Only an hour but it made a lasting impression. I would think up excuses to fly with these people again
Contrast that with a flight I am doing to NY next Monday. I can't get Silverjet or Eos, so it's VS UC complete with bad attitude. Now who's depressed..
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Old 14th Dec 2007, 19:38
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I think cabin crew are getting an unfair beating on this issue.

I'm unclear as to why, but crew rest will always bring out some resentment in passengers.

Lets clear this myth up ------ the issue of crew rest and closed window blinds are completely and totally seperate. Cabin crew bunks are situated at the back of the aircraft and there are no windows to interfere with our bunk rest. Crew who are on bunk rest will not give a monkeys as to whether the blinds are open or closed.

Crew who are on duty will try to keep the windows down for the benefit of other passengers who may be sleeping, and not (as suggested) to maximise their rest - the crew on duty are not on rest and, indeed, may even welcome any distraction during the 'dark' hours to keep themselves occupied (I know I do!)

In addition, there seems to be some grumbling about lack of service/crew in between stipulated meal routines. May I suggest, if this aggrieves you in any way, then you raise it with the inflight services dept of the airline concerned.

We, as crew, operate to specific service standards issued by the company, and in between meal services the service is reduced to a regular juice/water round and a cabin check. Other services (alcohol/hot drinks etc) are on request only. This will obviously seem like crew aren't doing very much during the period between formal services but ultimately, the crew will follow the company service standards for that cabin.

Obviously, the longer the flight, the longer the period is between the meal services, and the longer it will seem that crew aren't very visible. But in the main, the crew are there and ready to deal with any requests and doing the regular cabin checks, specific requests etc.

I've been flying long enough to know that there are some crew out there who aren't as 'responsive' as others, but generally I feel our job is done to standard and done well, and the bad apples are few and far between. As always, it'll always be the minority who spoil it for all of us who do a good job.
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Old 15th Dec 2007, 01:31
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I am alone in this view?

On my regular long haul legs (UK-BKK-UK) I am more than happy to see the cabin crew disappear after dinner until breakfast. This gives the maximum chances of a quiet cabin and a decent amount of sleep.
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Old 15th Dec 2007, 09:32
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Upgrade!

Well said boyo25, but could I also add... if the 'J' Class passengers have a need for constant attention that they put their hand in their pocket and upgrade! They would then very quickly discover that even in 'First' that passengers don't want the cabin flooded with daylight.

The joys of longhaul huh? But when the technonlogy does finally arrive... 'Beam me up Scotty'!
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Old 17th Dec 2007, 15:30
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Rubbish. I’ve ‘enjoyed’ 6 sectors in the front end this past month BKK to Europe and I wanted daylight throughout. That’s why I selected the daytime flight, not the nightime flight.
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Old 17th Dec 2007, 16:18
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From ZFT:

Rubbish. I’ve ‘enjoyed’ 6 sectors in the front end this past month BKK to Europe and I wanted daylight throughout. That’s why I selected the daytime flight, not the nightime flight.

I believe we were talking about 'night flying'... weren't we? Sigh!

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Old 18th Dec 2007, 12:13
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They would then very quickly discover that even in 'First' that passengers don't want the cabin flooded with daylight.
You get daylight during the night in your part of the world?
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Old 18th Dec 2007, 15:49
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To those of you moaning that the crew aren't in the cabin between meal services.... What on earth do you want to be happening on a long night flight guys???? After a bar round and a meal, with crew and trolleys constantly in the aisle preventing you walking to the loo, what do you want the crew to be doing? OK, juices or water now and again, but I'd rather be left alone to read my book, watch a film or just sleep! Do you want a re-enactment of last week's Strictly Come Dancing? Or a tombola raffle? Good god. There's only a certain amount of room to stow catering, surely you can't be that hungry, what are you expecting????
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Old 20th Dec 2007, 01:53
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You get daylight during the night in your part of the world?
It helps Father Christmas deliver all the presents.

Can I choose the 'Strictly Come Dancing' option please?
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