Well thanks very much. There are many tactics with which to get the desired outcome.
Encouraging and showing customers how to file a DOT complaint and/or just writing into the company raise managements "Level of Pain". The higher the level of pain the better for F/A's.
It's a simple concept really you just need some creativity to make it work and framed in the veil of customer satisfaction the company is in a bit of a bind trying to crack down and make life difficult
My common response is "do you have email, yes, well let me write down an email address for you .... and it is not the customer service department that I give them, it is something MUCH better I tell them that OF COURSE our CEO wants to hear from YOU our valued pax. And, if they do not have email, I give them pen and paper from my stash and have them write a letter. I then take the letters over to the sand castle and hand deliver them.
Now, as for the A320 reconfig, honestly, I was not sure what all the hopla was about since the config sounded like what we run out west.....then I learned a few things, and, let me just say I learned them within about 10 seconds of actually getting on a reconfigured 320 going from PHX to PIT.....
1. The east is not allowed to have hangers on their bulkhead .... well ok, then why take out the d4mn closet? At least on west we can hang up the minks that come off our F/C pax in JFK, PHL, BOS, etc.
2. All east airbii's are EOW meaning they have big bulking survival kits that need to be VERY close to the 1L and 1R doors. Just like the west 757's. Now, where the h3ll am I going to put those if I remove the closet??? Again, I must ask, why get rid of d4mn closet????
3. The video equipment is FWD A/C left instead of AFT A/C left like it is on west. Now, I am willing to bet it was built into the freakin closet, right? So why in heavens name did they REMOVE THE CLOSET?!?!?!?
Honestly, 3 or 4 rows of first, no biggie in my book. But removing the closet and thinking they could put all that crap in the overheads??? That is just pure assine thinking! C'mon the only time we have empty overheads was last august when they banned EVERYTHING. Ahhh, those were the days, but I digress.
Simply adding that one measley closet back would solve ALL THESE PROBLEMS. The coats could be hung, the emergency equipment could be OUT of the way, and the stupid video equipment could also be out of the way. We do not have all that crap in our FWD bins and are allowed hangers, so it kinda works for the west A/C.
However, I wonder, we just put ELT's in all our buses, when we combine certificates will all the west Airbii's become EOW? If so, where the h3ll am I going to put those survival kits???? Now, I want a freakin closet too!
GAWD someone at the sand castle really, and I mean REALLY f&cked this one up. I swear I figured that all out in less then 10 seconds. Did anyone at the sand castle even get on a east plane BEFORE making this decision.
All I can say is "I am sorry, that the HP management team did this to your aircraft." I really am ....
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