News and notes from around the interweb:
- It used to be that passengers complained about indifferent service from veteran flight attendants, but recently new hires have been considered to be worse on average. I hear this all the time from American Airlines crew, but it’s not limited to American: Veteran United Airlines Flight Attendant Slams ‘Lazy’ Post-Pandemic New Hires Who Lack ‘Class, Etiquette, And Professionalism’
“Standards went out the window, 100%,” the veteran crew member said of the recruitment campaigns run by many airlines, not just United, who found themselves in the same situation.
“The new hires we’ve been getting the last few years are, for the most part, unanimously hated amongst the entire workgroup,” the disgruntled crew member continued. “You can’t generalize every single one, of course, but for every good one, there are 10 awful, embarrassing godawful ones.”
“They aren’t hired for their attention to class, etiquette, professionalism, service, etc. like it once was. A scary amount of these people only have Taco Bell and McDonald’s as prior work experience on their resume.”
- It appears the orange vest is Delta, and the yellow vest is Menzies.
Finally, an airport video of things kicking off on the tarmac.
byu/mindyour inPublicFreakout - 20% of ‘best flexible rate’ at IHG hotels for anyone with a Visa credit card (HT: Loyalty Lobby) This cancellable rate generally beats the prepaid member rate.
- Hyatt double elite nights if you’re willing to stay somewhere with a canvas roof
- Man found with crocodile head at Delhi airport (HT: Enilria)
- Ethiopian Airlines Boeing “787 couldn’t hold it in anymore! If you gotta go, you gotta go!”