galleyguy4u2
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- Aug 9, 2003
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Excellent post.!!!!
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MK , I hope to see you soon..... keeping my fingers crossed. I think with all this new flying there should be a recall ..
He was in FIRST class. There is NO excuse for the manner in which he was treated.Remember next time you fly... #1 Its a bus in the sky, no more frills. Pretend you are getting on the "A" train going uptown.
#2 There always will be someone in that seat, at $40 to $100 per fare I see the well never drying up !!
Please it was a 2 hr flight..... And remember there are two sides to every story....He was in FIRST class. There is NO excuse for the manner in which he was treated.
Please it was a 2 hr flight..... And remember there are two sides to every story....
How sad that my fellow AA flight attendants feel the need to justify poor service. There is NO justification. I told a fellow flight attendant recently that life was way to short to work at a job she seemed to hate as much as this one. And, don't give me the "I took a paycut in 2003" argument. So did I, along with a 17 month furlough. That ship has sailed. If you are not being paid what you think you are worth, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution outlawing slavery has not been repealed. No one is forcing you to stay.
We can all blather all we want about "We are not sky waiters and waitresses. We are safety professionals." Ok, and the public will still expect us to bring them a glass of water and answer questions. As far as I know, there is no part of my job description that says I am responsible for keeping the jumpseat in the down position by sitting on it. In fact, my fondest wish is that the day I retire from American, I can say, "You know. All that safety stuff we did at recurrent training every year was a total waste of time. I never needed any of it."
Art, please accept my apology for your experience. And, please believe that not all AA flight attendants are like the ones you encountered on your trip.
Jim, you and I both know that APFA protects lazy and bad flight attendants but cannot even aovid a 2 month "involuntary" furlough where good people are forced to collect unemployment for two months. Art, I do hope your next flight on American is better.
This thread really sums up my observations and feelings having flown in many international carriers such as JAL, Korean Air, Asiana, British Airways, SWISS, El Al, Air France and fine US carriers like Delta or Continental. AA really, really has some excellent employees that are capable of and would like to provide first rate service to all passengers however it seems lately some combination of irritable customers, deterioration of employee morale management cost cutting and pay concessions have placed this matter aside.
I had a lovely crew on an early AM LAX-JFK in 3-class First class that acknowledged every customer by his/her name, frequently checked to ensure glasses were full, passengers were well fed and happy. I spoke to the FA in the galley and presented her an AAplause card and she said "I'm serving as an ambassador to AA. My customers like you make my job possible and keep this company viable. Providing poor service not only reflects on me, but my colleagues and our company overall".
As a passenger this really, really is disturbing but I must say I'd prefer consistent, professional service from Continental or Delta as opposed to hit or miss superb service along with lackluster, disgruntled, surly service at other times. I'm not saying anyone individual or carrier is perfect (everyone can have bad days) but it seems AA is getting the reputation of UAL or NWA with APFAs vindictive, unprofessional buttons campaign and threat of striking. I'd like to support AA and AA flight attendants, but I'm not prepared to be stranded at an airport when I have work commitments or could be spending time withy my wife.
Labor is not entirely the one to blame. AA management seems to have allowed the company to be backed into a corner and is at a strategic disadvantage. In roughly three years AA has gone from #1 to #3 US carrier. The MD-80s have been on borrowed time and they are finally being replaced with 737-800s but not quickly enough. AA really needs to do capital improvements like new business class seats (NGBC product wasn't even competitive when it was launched in 2006), new First class (Flagship suite is from 1999!!!), AVOD in all international and transcon routes at least (I think 763/757 International config at the very, very least), new Admirals Club-BOS, JFK, DFW-D, MIA-D, etc are either new or recently renovated but others like LGA, SFO, STL are in desperate need of attention. The Flagship Lounge is nothing but a joke compared to foreign carrier lounges. Management has decided that AA only flies to a handful of European markets and has been unwilling to enter secondary markets like Edinburgh, Oslo, Valencia or resume destinations like Stockholm. AA has minimal presence in Asia and no presence in the Middle East or Africa. I'd really like to see JFK/MIA-TLV-Delta and Continental seem to be making money hand over fist on these routes. Another example-why doesn't AA fly to Dubai? Dubai has no direct link from O'Hare and AA could really land itself in a superior position before Emirates or UAL decide to launch the route. AA is killing many routes that customers like myself depend on, most notably BOS-SFO and ORD-FRA.
Josh
DFW-DXB might be a better option, but since it's 1000 miles longer than DFW-BJS is, it's a non starter under the current APA contract.