F/A Transfers Given then Taken Away!

[TWskyliner]

Don't forget that during this whole thing you were bumping butts with the coach galley person who was working about three feet behind you serving hot breakfast in the back.

I remember hot meals with freshly baked chocolate cookies from St. Louis to ORD and MCI. Now that was a challenge but we always got it done..not to mention passing magazines on every flight and using F/C passengers names at least three times during the flight, no matter the flight time.

 

[StraaightTaalk]

Don't forget that during this whole thing you were bumping butts with the coach galley person who was working about three feet behind you serving hot breakfast in the back.

Three feet? Try three inches. That 727-023 galley was small. I can still remember doing a hand-run liquor/dinner on it between Dallas and Albuquerque, and we served sundaes in First Class!

When they ripped out the old "carrier-style" galleys and put in carts, we did not know what to do with all those carts in such a limited space. I still remember the "cart traffic jams" on those first few flights. It almost made it worse, as we had already figured out how to work around the limitations of hand-running trays from a single galley for the whole airplane. It also did not help that the company removed the buffet annex across from the galley (on the opposite side of the plane), replacing it with six seats when they reconfigured with carts.

I still think the more junior flight attendants today would have a stroke if they saw what we had to do back then.

 

[nbmcg01]

Three feet? Try three inches. That 727-023 galley was small. I can still remember doing a hand-run liquor/dinner on it between Dallas and Albuquerque, and we served sundaes in First Class!

When they ripped out the old "carrier-style" galleys and put in carts, we did not know what to do with all those carts in such a limited space. I still remember the "cart traffic jams" on those first few flights. It almost made it worse, as we had already figured out how to work around the limitations of hand-running trays from a single galley for the whole airplane. It also did not help that the company removed the buffet annex across from the galley (on the opposite side of the plane), replacing it with six seats when they reconfigured with carts.

I still think the more junior flight attendants today would have a stroke if they saw what we had to do back then.

Back in "the day" it was feet because we were all anorexic..lol It would be pretty close quarters these days. And my most favorite, steaks in coach between PHL and ORD, all cooked on board. And of course EVERYONE wanted it "their way".

 

[StraaightTaalk]

Back in "the day" it was feet because we were all anorexic..lol It would be pretty close quarters these days. And my most favorite, steaks in coach between PHL and ORD, all cooked on board. And of course EVERYONE wanted it "their way".

Yes, and the airlines wanted them to have it "their way." I remember that, when I started at AA, the galley drawer with utensils, stir sticks and napkins also came with a pack of numerous different kinds of salad dressings...for COACH.

If the passenger didn't like the Thousand Island Dressing that came on his tray, we were supposed to offer one of the other dressings.

AA, in the 1970's, in stiff competition with UA and TWA on the LGA to ORD route, offered a choice of several different meals. There was a board with several meal choices right next to the agent's podium, and as the passengers checked in, they indicated their choice of which one they wanted in flight. If I recall correctly, there was always a choice of a salad, a hearty sandwich, or a hot entree. The agent would note the number of types of each meal required, along with seat locations, and then the flight attendants would have to go through the nightmarish task of trying to match passengers to meals. I do not know how they had enough to give everybody a choice. (I am sure there was a supp meal cart somewhere near the gate).

Good times.

 

[Nor'Easta]

Once Again, words from another line F/A who doesn't care about what's actually happening to their own co-workers.
What Unity?

Mutual transfers depend on both flight attendants accepting it. If one decides to not transfer, then the other one must stay at their current base.


AA did not take away your mutual transfer. The other flight attendant you were matched up with decided not to go.