News and notes from around the interweb:
- Federal 4th Circuit Court of Appeals rules that interfering with flight crew is not itself a violent crime. As a result an intoxicated man who rushed the cockput and yelled jihad on a United flight in 2015, suggested there was something dangerous in the belly of the aircraft, and ‘forcibly touched’ flight crew likely won’t have to pay restitution (since he can’t afford it) — something that would have been required had the ‘touching’ constituted violence. (HT: Steve M.)
- Aeromexico wants to save porpoises
- “Air France aims its new airline, Joon, at credulous millennials” (Without Bullshit)
- Are Etihad’s big losses just cleaning up the balance sheet, positioning itself for a bright future?
- Why flight attendants hate to serve diet coke
Because it’s so unbelievably fizzy at high altitude.
Full fat coke is fine, but diet coke takes much longer to pour as the cabin’s low air pressure makes it easier to release CO2 in the drink – making it more fizzy than usual.
In fact, air stewards claim that they could serve three passengers in the time it takes to pour one diet coke.
- Hyatt’s new-ish ‘unbrand’ Unbound Collection wants to be culturally hip or something.
“full-fat coke”?
I guess we’ll see how “Coke Zero Sugar” is 🙁
“air stewards claim that they could serve three passengers in the time it takes to pour one diet coke.”
Lol, then just put the whole can on our tray and move along…sheesh. Funny how you can spend $800 on a flight and be made to feel like you are trying to get away with something asking for the other half of a 50 cent can of diet coke.
A little secret – if there’s a squeeze of lime or lemon prior to the pour, the amount of CO2 fizz drops considerably. A flight attendant told me that she suggests that prior to the pour to make things go faster.
True about the fizz. I’ve seen quite a few FA’s re-open a bunch of diet drinks just to let them calm down a bit for 10 or 15 minutes.
But really, on shirt flights they don’t do beverage service anymore, and on longer ones they’ve got the time. So I guess this complaining has to do with their having to spend extra minutes ACTUALLY SERVING AND INTERACTING WITH PAYING CUSTOMERS, rather than closing the curtain and reading a book on their iPad in the galley.
Give pax the entire can of Diet Coke (GASP!). Problem solved.
@Jed Full-fat Coke is how the Brits refer to regular Coke.
Don’t put ice before pouring. Problem solved.
Really? The old Diet Coke and Air Waitress complaint. Is this news. This is like 20 year old news. Just FYI. Coke Zero (the current version) is fairly bad also. Just ask for the can. “Would you like the can sir”.
Donald says:
July 29, 2017 at 3:12 pm
But really, on short flights they don’t do beverage service anymore, and on longer ones they’ve got the time.
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Short flights? Ton of short flights in this country where they do a beverage service. No serve flights are basically non-existent. Ratio of 1 flight attendant per 50 passengers, so time is crucial. Many times, flight times require you to be rushed, take off, serve, clean up and land.
Echoing the others, just pass out the whole can. I am perfectly capable of pouring it myself. I’ve practiced at home and have gotten pretty good at it.