US Airways - new changes of Seat configurations

I have approx 112,000 points on my Hilton Silver VP card. The problem I have is that they have black out periods quite often. They only reserve so many rooms for this program. And in certain cities its only a couple rooms.
In very popular cities and depending on their events,Hilton reserves no rooms.
 
trvlr64 said:
KC....take a good look at the face in your avatar. That's what is flying more & more. Would this person pay for a FC ticket? NO. Would this person continue to fly an airline that has no real FC? NO. There are very few people paying for a real FC ticket (domestic).
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The problem trvlr64 is this...many of the passengers in first class didn't pay much, if any, more for their ticket than the dashing fellow in my avatar did. Yet they expect...no DEMAND...that they be given a first class seat because their butt occupies seats many many times over the course of a year. I've had some differences with Piney over the years, but at least he admits that if the airline is dumb enough to sell him a $200 roundtrip transcon fare, he's going to buy it. Gotta respect that.
 
PineyBob said:
Well we enjoy you too! At the risk of being redundant the front liners are the reason for our loyalty. Certyainly not DP and the rest.

As for preflight beverage service on the 321 it can be done. It's a bear and a half and I'm shocked when someone tries it but it isn't impossible. Last time it was done I was in the last row of F and he got it done.
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Well of course it CAN BE DONE. We have served breakfast and dinner on thirty minute flights; we can surely serve 26 drinks. That is NOT the point. If we serve pre-departure drinks on the 321, we physically can not be watching both 1R and 1L, and we can not greet the other hundred passengers as well as monitor the baggage. As much as I would like to do a nice pre-departure; I can not justify neglecting my safety duties since there is only one F/A as you know. I know this may be inconvenient for you and that it is not your fault that we are understaffed for a true first class pre-departure service on the 321. However, don't make it sound as if one F/A is superior to another because he chooses service over safety - and that is exactly the position that we are in- It does not help us help you.
 
USCREW,

I agree with you regarding safety. It is more important to me to have the #1 at the #1 doors greeting and checking on bag sizes than it is to have the predeparture drink. You get no argument from me on that, nor would you get one on the fact that you are understaffed--across the line to be frank. I think one of the reasons we admire you guys so much is that you get so much done with so little to work with.

That said there is another issue of consistency, but that's a discussion for another time.

My best to you all.....
 
KCFlyer said:
The problem trvlr64 is this...many of the passengers in first class didn't pay much, if any, more for their ticket than the dashing fellow in my avatar did. Yet they expect...no DEMAND...that they be given a first class seat because their butt occupies seats many many times over the course of a year. I've had some differences with Piney over the years, but at least he admits that if the airline is dumb enough to sell him a $200 roundtrip transcon fare, he's going to buy it. Gotta respect that.
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I will agree with you about that. Thankfully I never demand anything. And never have. I use the upgrade ability as a game. Sometimes I win and sometimes I loose. As long as I get to work and get home again I'm happy.

(but I will admit to having personal satisfaction of taking that FC when I'm at the gate and I encounter one of those pushy/b1tchy elites and they rant and rave they didn't get their seat. I'm so evil sometimes!)

What I don't understand is the need for a pre-departure drink. All I ever want is a bottle of water and I can usually wait for that once we've taken off.





USCREW said:
Thank-you,:wub:
Travlr64, if you're ever in F/C on one of my 321 flights; it will be my pleasure to serve you anything you want on pre-departure. Safety be damned! Thank-you for flying US Airways!
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NO THANK YOU.....you took exactly 10 words out of that paragraph to be sarcastic and exploit your train of thought for safety.

If you READ the entire paragraph you would have understood that .......oh never mind.......you didn't catch my train of thought the first time why should I bother explaining it again.

;)
 
trvlr64 said:
I will agree with you about that. Thankfully I never demand anything. And never have. I use the upgrade ability as a game. Sometimes I win and sometimes I loose. As long as I get to work and get home again I'm happy.

(but I will admit to having personal satisfaction of taking that FC when I'm at the gate and I encounter one of those pushy/b1tchy elites and they rant and rave they didn't get their seat. I'm so evil sometimes!)

What I don't understand is the need for a pre-departure drink. All I ever want is a bottle of water and I can usually wait for that once we've taken off.
NO THANK YOU.....you took exactly 10 words out of that paragraph to be sarcastic and exploit your train of thought for safety.

If you READ the entire paragraph you would have understood that .......oh never mind.......you didn't catch my train of thought the first time why should I bother explaining it again.

;)
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I was not being sarcastic. I was being sincere. I took some nice things that you said and responded to them. Sorry you took it negatively.
 
PineyBob said:
OK, Question for you. When the Pre-Flight beverage service has been done I distinctly remember a "Greater" and what I'll call a "runner". It happened to be a man and a woman, the woman F/A greeted and fixed the beverages 2 at a time. The Male F/A rtook the orders ran the drinks and snagged coats. This was completely full as in no empty seats not even one. So the question is where did the "extra" body come from for 1/L-1/R? Commuting crew member in uniform decided to help maybe?

As Art said the consistency issue is another topic.
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It is a mystery. My guess is that it was the "C" F/A who boards at 2L/R, which is now un-manned. Or the D F/A who watches the 3R/L, or the B F/A who left 4 R/L. Of course it could be a nice commuting or deadheading crew member.
 
USCREW said:
It is a mystery. My guess is that it was the "C" F/A who boards at 2L/R, which is now un-manned. Or the D F/A who watches the 3R/L, or the B F/A who left 4 R/L. Of course it could be a nice commuting or deadheading crew member.
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More than likely, It was before they cut the staffing to min. crew..........When we first flew the a/c we were staffed with more f/a's.......on all equipment then the reduced the staffing to min on all a/c and adjusted some service, the service seems to be back but the other f/a's are not...hmmm..............
 
PineyBob said:
The flight in question was early May
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My guess is that someone left their post.

This is what I don't get. The company says they want one flight attendant at each door area. They act like we can't leave those post EVER. That is crap. Who closes the overhead bins. Who helps if grandma needs our help stowing her bag. Flight Attendants on ALL the other ac move about and NOBODY makes THAT an issue. Whats wrong with this picture? Why has the 321 become the a/c to become goofy over? Somewhere alone the way we have been scared into thinking the feds are ready to come out of the ovehead bins to GET US!

If anyone at the Sandcastle is reading this....WE KNOW YOU DO...please get a clarification on this. I know I have felt that I would be written up if I was up in that galley.

AND there are those that just use that as an excuse to be lazy or a bitter pill with the "I have given..they should too" BS.

Until that moment, if I am A, I'm going to ask C to stay up for just a few minutes to get those beverages. If that say no, well it's water bottle time, but you WILL get something on my flight one way or another. ;)
 
LCC_#1 said:
My guess is that someone left their post.

This is what I don't get. The company says they want one flight attendant at each door area. They act like we can't leave those post EVER. That is crap. Who closes the overhead bins. Who helps if grandma needs our help stowing her bag.
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You have described SAFETY related duties NECESSARY for departure.
 
USCREW said:
You have described SAFETY related duties NECESSARY for departure.
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Do you mean it's necessary for actual take off rather than during pre-boarding at the gate? Otherwise, yeah - it makes no sense to me that F/A's would be mandated by FAA regs or even airline policies to stand at each set of doors during boarding.
 
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